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Tornado Warning 151, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 23, 2011Baxter County, Fulton County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2011, 12:57 PM CDT for Baxter County, Fulton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 33 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 23, 2011, 12:57 PM CDT (17:57 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2011, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Baxter County, AR, Fulton County, AR

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 155 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: 1041 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -257 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 224 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

735 
WFUS54 KLZK 231757
TORLZK
ARC005-049-231830-
/O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0151.110523T1757Z-110523T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1257 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BAXTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  WESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1257 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE
  STORM WAS LCENTERED 3 MILES WEST OF CARTNEY...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF
  MOUNTAIN HOME. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
  SHIPP...              SALESVILLE...         ROBINSON PT LNDG...
  OTT...                NORFORK DAM...        NORFORK...
  DIAMOND BAY...        CARTNEY...            BYRON...
  BRIARCLIFF...         VIDETTE...            MITCHELL...
  HENDERSON...          GEPP...               ELIZABETH...
  BUFORD...             WOOD PT PARK...       WOLF KNOB...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3631 9194 3625 9212 3626 9215 3624 9215
      3617 9242 3618 9245 3621 9247 3622 9246
      3624 9248 3625 9247 3650 9208
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 240DEG 31KT 3622 9240

$$

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1 follow-up statement

892 
WWUS54 KLZK 231821
SVSLZK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
121 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

ARC005-049-231830-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0151.000000T0000Z-110523T1830Z/
FULTON AR-BAXTER AR-
121 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL BAXTER AND
WESTERN FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...

AT 119 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DIAMOND BAY...OR 10 MILES EAST OF
MOUNTAIN HOME...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
  SALESVILLE...         RODNEY...             NORFORK DAM...
  DIAMOND BAY...        VIDETTE...            WOOD PT PARK...
  WOLF KNOB...          TIMBER LAKE MANOR...  SYCAMORE SPRING...
  SYCAMORE HEIGHTS...   RUTH...              
  NORFORK LAKE ESTATES...                     JORDAN LANDING...
  HOLIDAY HILLS...      HELDEBREND LAKE...    FLINT KNOB...
  CUMI...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3626 9215 3624 9215 3624 9228 3631 9229
      3650 9208
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 240DEG 31KT 3632 9218

$$

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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 22, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton, Izard, Sharp	37 min
May 22, 7:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Sharp	44 min
May 22, 8:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LZK	Baxter, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton, Independence and 8 more	59 hr
May 22, 8:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Boone, Marion	44 min
May 22, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion	30 min
May 22, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone	30 min
May 22, 9:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Baxter, Boone, Marion	3 hr
May 22, 9:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Boone	28 min
May 22, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion	29 min
May 22, 10:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Scott	46 min
May 22, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Scott, Yell	26 min
May 22, 10:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Newton, Searcy, Stone	48 min
May 22, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Sharp, Stone	53 min
May 22, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Independence, Sharp, Stone	45 min
May 22, 11:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson, White, Woodruff	23 min
May 22, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Sharp, Stone	47 min
May 23, 12:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Woodruff	23 min
May 23, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion	31 min
May 23, 12:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Baxter, Marion	45 min
May 23, 12:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Izard, Sharp	45 min
May 23, 8:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	5 days
May 23, 8:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Union	15 days
May 23, 9:40 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Randolph	36 hr
May 23, 12:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion	37 min
May 23, 1:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton, Izard	41 min
May 23, 1:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Baxter	30 min
May 23, 1:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Fulton, Izard, Sharp	43 min
May 23, 3:06 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Fulton, Sharp	19 hr
May 23, 3:06 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	19 hr
May 23, 3:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Izard, Stone	4 days
May 23, 3:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence	7 days
May 23, 3:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Randolph	19 hr
May 23, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Newton	51 min
May 23, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Newton	42 min
May 23, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Marion, Newton, Searcy	15 min
May 23, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson	57 min
May 23, 4:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Conway, Van Buren	47 min
May 23, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	White	47 min
May 23, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Newton, Pope	47 min
May 23, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pope, Searcy	46 min

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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.