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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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 5, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Scott	38 min
May 5, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Perry, Pope, Scott, Yell	50 min
May 5, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Scott, Yell	49 min
May 5, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Perry, Pope, Yell	49 min
May 5, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Grant, Hot Spring	47 min
May 5, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Ouachita	39 min
May 5, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Perry, Pope, Yell	45 min
May 5, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Hot Spring, Saline	42 min
May 5, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry	51 min
May 5, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski	40 min
May 5, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita	57 min
May 5, 11:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline, Yell	49 min
May 5, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Jefferson	63 min
May 5, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Saline	60 min
May 5, 11:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Pulaski	43 min
May 5, 11:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita	42 min
May 6, 12:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie	50 min
May 6, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pulaski, Saline	45 min
May 6, 12:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Drew, Lincoln	58 min
May 6, 12:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Logan, Montgomery, Perry and 4 more	4 hr
May 6, 12:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson	53 min
May 6, 12:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Pike, Polk	49 min
May 6, 12:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Lincoln	45 min
May 6, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Pulaski, Saline	51 min
May 6, 12:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe	55 min
May 6, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln	27 min
May 6, 1:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pulaski and 1 more	3 hr
May 6, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	31 min
May 6, 1:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Saline	60 min
May 6, 1:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Pike, Polk	45 min
May 6, 1:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe	43 min
May 6, 1:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski	46 min
May 6, 1:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Logan, Montgomery, Pike, Polk, Scott and 1 more	3 hr
May 6, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski	46 min
May 6, 1:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Conway, Johnson, Logan, Pope, Yell	3 hr
May 6, 2:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring	43 min
May 6, 2:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lonoke	47 min
May 6, 2:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Faulkner, Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe and 5 more	4 hr
May 6, 2:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie	42 min
May 6, 2:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Hot Spring	10 hr
May 6, 3:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Pike	66 min
May 6, 3:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson	55 min
May 6, 3:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring	51 min
May 6, 3:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha, Grant and 4 more	4 hr
May 6, 4:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha and 3 more	53 min
May 6, 4:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Ouachita	56 min
May 6, 4:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring	52 hr
May 6, 4:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Saline	32 hr
May 6, 4:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Drew, Lincoln	44 min
May 6, 5:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha, Drew, Lincoln	48 min
May 6, 5:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Drew	25 min
May 6, 5:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring, Saline	42 min
May 6, 6:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Montgomery and 3 more	5 hr
May 6, 7:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha and 3 more	5 hr
May 6, 7:09 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LZK	Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Sharp, Stone	118 min
May 6, 7:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha, Grant and 4 more	4 hr
May 6, 7:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Clark, Dallas, Ouachita	38 min
May 6, 9:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Franklin, Johnson, Logan	47 hr
May 6, 9:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry	47 hr
May 6, 9:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Jefferson, Lincoln	23 hr
May 6, 10:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Nevada, Ouachita	51 hr
May 6, 10:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Ashley, Bradley, Cleveland, Drew	9 days
May 6, 10:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln	22 hr
May 6, 12:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas and 11 more	3 hr
May 6, 1:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LZK	Hot Spring	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.