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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2009, 8:56 PM CDT for 5 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2009, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2009, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Johnson County, AR, Newton County, AR, Pope County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Van Buren County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 156 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 445 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 321 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLZK 020156 TORLZK ARC071-101-115-129-141-020245- /O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0021.090502T0156Z-090502T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 856 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN POPE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN SEARCY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS WEST CENTRAL VAN BUREN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS EAST CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 856 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NORTHWESTERN POPE COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ROTARY ANN PARK... SAND GAP... FAIRVIEW RECREATION AREA... FREEMAN SPRINGS... SIMPSON... MOCCASIN GAP RECREATION AREA... PEDESTAL ROCKS... VICTOR... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LITTLE ROCK. && LAT...LON 3574 9277 3549 9282 3558 9328 3576 9325 TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 278DEG 14KT 3566 9315 $$ 61
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone, Newton | 50 min |
| May 1, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton, Pope | 41 min |
| May 1, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton | 44 min |
| May 1, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton, Pope | 47 min |
| May 1, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy | 31 min |
| May 1, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Pope | 41 min |
| May 1, 9:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Conway, Johnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren and 1 more | 2 hr |
| May 1, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Newton, Perry, Pope, Van Buren and 1 more | 55 min |
| May 1, 9:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope, Van Buren | 51 min |
| May 1, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren | 58 min |
| May 1, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Pope | 42 min |
| May 1, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Johnson, Logan, Perry, Pope, Yell | 39 min |
| May 1, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren, White | 45 min |
| May 1, 11:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Johnson, Logan, Newton, Pope and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 2, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski | 42 min |
| May 2, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren, White | 48 min |
| May 2, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White | 52 min |
| May 2, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White | 33 min |
| May 2, 2:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Faulkner, Independence, Jackson, Stone, Van Buren and 2 more | 4 hr |
| May 2, 3:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 32 min |
| May 2, 6:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Pope, Van Buren, Yell | 4 hr |
| May 2, 7:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Yell | 41 min |
| May 2, 8:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Pulaski, White and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 2, 8:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Scott, Yell | 3 hr |
| May 2, 10:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Pope, Scott, Yell | 3 hr |
| May 2, 11:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Lonoke, Monroe, Perry and 8 more | 6 hr |
| May 2, 11:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell | 6 hr |
| May 2, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 48 min |
| May 2, 12:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Prairie, White, Woodruff | 23 hr |
| May 2, 12:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Prairie | 18 days |
| May 2, 12:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Randolph | 18 days |
| May 2, 12:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | White | 32 hr |
| May 2, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Montgomery, Pike | 41 min |
| May 2, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson | 43 min |
| May 2, 2:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln | 52 min |
| May 2, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln | 49 min |
| May 2, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Drew, Lincoln | 45 min |
| May 2, 3:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Perry and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 2, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew, Lincoln | 39 min |
| May 2, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Drew | 60 min |
| May 2, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha | 39 min |
| May 2, 4:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita | 6 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.