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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2011, 4:38 PM CST for Lonoke County, Pulaski County, Saline County, Arkansas. It was in force for 37 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2011, 4:38 PM CST (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2011, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lonoke County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 4:47 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Scott, AR | A ROOF WAS PARTIALLY TORN OFF OF A HOUSE. |
| Feb 24, 4:50 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Scott, AR | NUMEROUS TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN. |
| Feb 24, 4:55 PM CST | TORNADO 1 | 3 Ne Scott, AR | DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF BEARSKIN LAKE. THERE WERE NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN. LARGE METAL BUILDING HAD TWO DOORS BLOWN IN...WITH ONE SIDE OF THE BUILDING BLOWN OUT. ROOF DAMAGE TO MANY HOUSES. ONE SHED DESTROYED AND ANOTHER HAD ITS ROOF TAKEN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 11:25 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
963 WFUS54 KLZK 242238 TORLZK ARC085-119-125-242315- /O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0002.110224T2238Z-110224T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 438 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL LONOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... SOUTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... EAST CENTRAL SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... * UNTIL 515 PM CST * AT 434 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHANNON HILLS...OR 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SW LITTLE ROCK. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... SW LITTLE ROCK... NORTH LITTLE ROCK... DWNTWN LITTLE ROCK... LITTLE ROCK ARPT... TERRY LOCK AND DAM... SWEET HOME... SHANNON HILLS... SCOTT... PROTHRO JUNCTION... PARK HILL... OTTER CREEK... MCALMONT... MABELVALE... LAKEWOOD... IRONTON... GEYER SPGS... ARGENTA... ROSE CITY... 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 3488 9207 3466 9194 3461 9242 3469 9249 TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 244DEG 48KT 3467 9235 $$ BJS
2 follow-up statements
359 WWUS54 KLZK 242254 SVSLZK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 454 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ARC125-242304- /O.CAN.KLZK.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110224T2315Z/ SALINE AR- 454 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SALINE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3477 9220 3483 9204 3466 9194 3464 9217 TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 244DEG 48KT 3476 9211 $$ ARC085-119-242315- /O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110224T2315Z/ PULASKI AR-LONOKE AR- 454 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL LONOKE AND EAST CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CST... AT 451 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PROTHRO JUNCTION...OR NEAR DWNTWN LITTLE ROCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... TOLTEC MOUNDS SP... TERRY LOCK AND DAM... SCOTT... PROTHRO JUNCTION... TOLTEC... ROSE CITY... KERR... GALLOWAY... BAUCUM... HAMITER... BEARSKIN LAKE... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 159 AND 166. 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 3477 9220 3483 9204 3466 9194 3464 9217 TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 244DEG 48KT 3476 9211 $$ 225
046 WWUS54 KLZK 242306 SVSLZK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 506 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ARC085-119-242316- /O.EXP.KLZK.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110224T2315Z/ PULASKI AR-LONOKE AR- 506 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL LONOKE AND EAST CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM CST... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM LAT...LON 3477 9220 3483 9204 3466 9194 3464 9217 TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 244DEG 48KT 3483 9193 $$ 225
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 4:23 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Fulton, Izard, Sharp | 57 min |
| Feb 24, 10:10 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Jackson, Woodruff | 108 days |
| Feb 24, 3:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike and 1 more | 49 min |
| Feb 24, 3:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline | 53 min |
| Feb 24, 3:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 4:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Lonoke and 2 more | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 4:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Faulkner, Independence, Van Buren, White | 49 min |
| Feb 24, 4:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White, Woodruff | 38 min |
| Feb 24, 4:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Pulaski and 1 more | 49 min |
| Feb 24, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 5:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, White | 38 min |
| Feb 24, 5:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 49 min |
| Feb 24, 5:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.