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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Feb 1, 2012, 3:39 PM CST for Arkansas County, Monroe County, Prairie County, Arkansas. It was in force for 20 min. 1 report 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 1, 2012, 3:39 PM CST (21:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2012, 3:59 PM CST
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Arkansas County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Prairie County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 3:40 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Stuttgart, AR | SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES ARE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 79 BETWEEN STUTTGART AND ULM. |
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 1, 12:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
938 WFUS54 KLZK 012139 TORLZK ARC001-095-117-012215- /O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0013.120201T2139Z-120201T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 339 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN PRAIRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... WEST CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS... * UNTIL 415 PM CST * AT 336 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STUTTGART MUNI ARPT...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF STUTTGART. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... ULM... STUTTGART MUNI ARPT... ROE... SLOVAK... FAIRMOUNT... DUNCAN... CASSCOE... ABERDEEN... RED CAT LAKE... PRESTON FERRY... PECKERWOOD LAKE... MT ADAMS... MIDWAY LAKE... MCCOLLUM LAKE... LUCKETT LAKE... KAY... GREEN LAKE... FORKED LAKE... 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 3464 9122 3447 9123 3455 9163 3466 9162 TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 277DEG 33KT 3459 9152 $$ 46
1 follow-up statement
102 WWUS54 KLZK 012159 SVSLZK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 359 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012 ARC001-095-117-012209- /O.CAN.KLZK.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120201T2215Z/ ARKANSAS AR-MONROE AR-PRAIRIE AR- 359 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PRAIRIE...WEST CENTRAL MONROE AND NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. LAT...LON 3464 9122 3447 9123 3455 9163 3466 9162 TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 277DEG 33KT 3457 9130 $$ 44
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 5:22 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Independence, Jackson and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 1, 11:30 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Scott | 30 min |
| Feb 1, 12:16 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Scott | 59 min |
| Feb 1, 12:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Yell | 49 min |
| Feb 1, 1:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Polk | 44 min |
| Feb 1, 1:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Garland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline | 50 min |
| Feb 1, 1:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pike | 43 min |
| Feb 1, 2:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike | 39 min |
| Feb 1, 2:17 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Grant | 43 min |
| Feb 1, 2:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring | 52 min |
| Feb 1, 2:24 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 61 min |
| Feb 1, 2:28 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Dallas | 47 min |
| Feb 1, 2:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline | 40 min |
| Feb 1, 2:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson | 35 min |
| Feb 1, 3:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Clark | 44 min |
| Feb 1, 3:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring | 36 min |
| Feb 1, 3:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke | 60 min |
| Feb 1, 3:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln | 43 min |
| Feb 1, 3:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie | 50 min |
| Feb 1, 3:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Prairie | 59 min |
| Feb 1, 3:32 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Dallas | 48 min |
| Feb 1, 3:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln | 42 min |
| Feb 1, 3:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie | 33 min |
| Feb 1, 4:08 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Drew | 47 min |
| Feb 1, 4:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Bradley, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Lincoln | 54 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.