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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 6, 2009Monroe County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2009, 1:43 AM CDT for Monroe County, Arkansas. It was in force for 17 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2009, 1:43 AM CDT (06:43 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2009, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Monroe County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:45 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 5, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 116 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2009-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2009-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-164 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 5, 6:35 PM CDT, 7 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 6:35 PM CDT, 7 hours 8 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott38 min
May 5, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Perry, Pope, Scott, Yell50 min
May 5, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott, Yell49 min
May 5, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Perry, Pope, Yell49 min
May 5, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Grant, Hot Spring47 min
May 5, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Ouachita39 min
May 5, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Perry, Pope, Yell45 min
May 5, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant, Hot Spring, Saline42 min
May 5, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Perry51 min
May 5, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski40 min
May 5, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita57 min
May 5, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline, Yell49 min
May 5, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant, Jefferson63 min
May 5, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Montgomery, Perry, Saline60 min
May 5, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Pulaski43 min
May 5, 11:48 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKCalhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita42 min
May 6, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Prairie50 min
May 6, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pulaski, Saline45 min
May 6, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Drew, Lincoln58 min
May 6, 12:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Garland, Logan, Montgomery, Perry and 4 more4 hr
May 6, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Jefferson53 min
May 6, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Pike, Polk49 min
May 6, 12:30 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKCleveland, Lincoln45 min
May 6, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Pulaski, Saline51 min
May 6, 12:50 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKArkansas, Monroe55 min
May 6, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Desha, Lincoln27 min
May 6, 1:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKClark, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pulaski and 1 more3 hr
May 6, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe, Prairie, Woodruff31 min
May 6, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Grant, Hot Spring, Saline60 min
May 6, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Pike, Polk45 min
May 6, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Monroe43 min
May 6, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski46 min
May 6, 1:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKClark, Logan, Montgomery, Pike, Polk, Scott and 1 more3 hr
May 6, 1:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski46 min
May 6, 1:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKConway, Johnson, Logan, Pope, Yell3 hr
May 6, 2:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Hot Spring43 min
May 6, 2:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lonoke47 min
May 6, 2:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKArkansas, Faulkner, Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe and 5 more4 hr
May 6, 2:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie42 min
May 6, 2:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKHot Spring10 hr
May 6, 3:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Pike66 min
May 6, 3:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson55 min
May 6, 3:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Hot Spring51 min
May 6, 3:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKArkansas, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha, Grant and 4 more4 hr
May 6, 4:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha and 3 more53 min
May 6, 4:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Ouachita56 min
May 6, 4:44 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring52 hr
May 6, 4:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKSaline32 hr
May 6, 4:46 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKCleveland, Drew, Lincoln44 min
May 6, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha, Drew, Lincoln48 min
May 6, 5:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun, Drew25 min
May 6, 5:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Hot Spring, Saline42 min
May 6, 6:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKClark, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Montgomery and 3 more5 hr
May 6, 7:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha and 3 more5 hr
May 6, 7:09 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLZKBaxter, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Sharp, Stone118 min
May 6, 7:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKArkansas, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha, Grant and 4 more4 hr
May 6, 7:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Clark, Dallas, Ouachita38 min
May 6, 9:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKFranklin, Johnson, Logan47 hr
May 6, 9:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKFaulkner, Perry47 hr
May 6, 9:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKJefferson, Lincoln23 hr
May 6, 10:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKClark, Nevada, Ouachita51 hr
May 6, 10:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKAshley, Bradley, Cleveland, Drew9 days
May 6, 10:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKArkansas, Desha, Lincoln22 hr
May 6, 12:01 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLZKArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas and 11 more3 hr
May 6, 1:43 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLZKHot Spring6 hr

Nearby

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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.