Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Aug 31, 2012, 7:02 PM CDT for Arkansas County, Jefferson County, Lincoln County, Arkansas. It was in force for 28 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
- Aug 31, 2012, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Arkansas County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lincoln County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 968 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1208 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
951 WFUS54 KLZK 010002 TORLZK ARC001-069-079-010030- /O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0022.120901T0002Z-120901T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 702 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS... CENTRAL ARKANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 657 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRADY...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF STAR CITY. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... WOODVILLE... LITTLE BAYOU METO PARK... LANGFORD... GRADY... ENGLISH LAKE... DOUGLAS... DE WITT... VARNER... SARASSA... REYDELL... DE LUCE... THOMAS RESERVOIR... SOLLARS RESERVOIR... SHANNON TANK... SARASSA LAKE... ROUND LAKE... RODGERS RESERVOIR... PRAIRIE UNION... 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 3439 9136 3419 9122 3401 9167 3410 9175 TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 235DEG 32KT 3407 9164 $$ /51
1 follow-up statement
032
WWUS54 KLZK 010021
SVSLZK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
721 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012
ARC069-079-010031-
/O.CAN.KLZK.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120901T0030Z/
JEFFERSON AR-LINCOLN AR-
721 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN AND SOUTHEASTERN
JEFFERSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3410 9144 3411 9145 3413 9144 3413 9147
3415 9148 3439 9136 3419 9122
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 240DEG 34KT 3415 9141
$$
ARC001-010030-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120901T0030Z/
ARKANSAS AR-
721 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ARKANSAS COUNTY
UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 718 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF GILLETT...OR 17 MILES
WEST OF WHITE RIVER NWR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
DE WITT... DE LUCE... THOMAS RESERVOIR...
PRAIRIE UNION... MITCHELL LAKE... MILLER LAKE...
MCKINLEY RES... MAYVIEW... LUMSDEN RESERVOIR...
LOWE LAKE... LITTLE PELICAN LAKE...
LA FARGUE... INDIANA... HYDEN...
HALLER LAKE... HALL LAKE... GREGORY LAKE...
FLAG 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 3410 9144 3411 9145 3413 9144 3413 9147
3415 9148 3439 9136 3419 9122
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 240DEG 34KT 3415 9141
$$
/51The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2:31 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Jackson, Woodruff | 17 days |
| Sep 1, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Faulkner | 29 min |
| Sep 1, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, White | 36 min |
| Sep 1, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, White | 30 min |
| Sep 1, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 14 min |
| Sep 1, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 30 min |
| Sep 1, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Woodruff | 33 min |
| Sep 1, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 24 min |
| Sep 1, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson | 34 min |
| Sep 1, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Saline | 39 min |
| Sep 1, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 39 min |
| Sep 1, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White | 52 min |
| Sep 1, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 45 min |
| Sep 1, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring | 45 min |
| Sep 1, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Saline | 41 min |
| Sep 1, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery | 48 min |
| Sep 1, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Pulaski, Saline | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 33 min |
| Sep 1, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski | 46 min |
| Sep 1, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Saline | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 39 min |
| Sep 1, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Saline | 34 min |
| Sep 1, 6:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln | 50 min |
| Sep 1, 6:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson | 3 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.