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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Dec 9, 2012, 2:54 PM CST for Sharp County, Arkansas. It was in force for 36 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
- Dec 9, 2012, 2:54 PM CST (20:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2012, 3:30 PM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Sharp County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 2:55 PM CST | HAIL 0.5 | Evening Shade, AR | DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN EVENING SHADE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 2:10 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 344 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 445 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
480 WFUS54 KLZK 092054 TORLZK ARC135-092130- /O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0029.121209T2054Z-121209T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 254 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN SHARP COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS... * UNTIL 330 PM CST * AT 252 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIDNEY...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF ASH FLAT. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... POUGHKEEPSIE... NELSONVILLE... EVENING SHADE... CENTER... STREET LAKE... HWY 354 AND 58... BEN GAY... 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 3600 9135 3600 9163 3614 9165 3620 9135 TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 257DEG 32KT 3607 9154 $$ /44
2 follow-up statements
470 WWUS54 KLZK 092108 SVSLZK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 308 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ARC135-092130- /O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-121209T2130Z/ SHARP AR- 308 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN SHARP COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM CST... AT 305 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF STRAWBERRY...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ASH FLAT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... POUGHKEEPSIE... NELSONVILLE... CENTER... STREET LAKE... HWY 354 AND 58... BEN GAY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR ARKANSAS. LAT...LON 3600 9135 3600 9158 3615 9158 3620 9135 TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 257DEG 32KT 3609 9142 $$ /44
718 WWUS54 KLZK 092125 SVSLZK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 325 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ARC135-092135- /O.EXP.KLZK.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-121209T2130Z/ SHARP AR- 325 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SHARP COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 330 PM CST... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR ARKANSAS. LAT...LON 3600 9135 3600 9158 3615 9158 3620 9135 TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 257DEG 32KT 3612 9124 $$ /44
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 9:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Montgomery | 31 min |
| Dec 8, 10:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Montgomery | 46 min |
| Dec 8, 10:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery | 25 min |
| Dec 8, 11:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Montgomery | 44 min |
| Dec 8, 11:17 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Independence | 43 min |
| Dec 8, 11:22 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Polk | 28 min |
| Dec 8, 11:53 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Garland | 32 min |
| Dec 9, 12:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Saline | 26 min |
| Dec 9, 12:11 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Faulkner | 44 min |
| Dec 9, 12:12 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke | 48 min |
| Dec 9, 12:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Pulaski, Saline | 51 min |
| Dec 9, 12:32 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Montgomery | 33 min |
| Dec 9, 12:56 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Woodruff | 44 min |
| Dec 9, 1:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Saline | 42 min |
| Dec 9, 1:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 35 min |
| Dec 9, 1:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Prairie, White, Woodruff | 44 min |
| Dec 9, 1:41 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 29 min |
| Dec 9, 1:44 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Garland, Saline | 31 min |
| Dec 9, 2:12 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Saline | 28 min |
| Dec 9, 2:41 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 29 min |
| Dec 9, 3:23 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie | 32 min |
| Dec 9, 3:55 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Prairie | 30 min |
| Dec 9, 5:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 43 min |
| Dec 9, 7:52 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Baxter | 43 min |
| Dec 9, 8:01 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Sharp | 29 min |
| Dec 9, 12:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Fulton | 47 min |
| Dec 9, 1:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Izard | 44 min |
| Dec 9, 1:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Van Buren | 44 min |
| Dec 9, 2:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton, Izard, Sharp, Stone | 40 min |
| Dec 9, 2:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Izard, Sharp | 48 min |
| Dec 9, 2:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Van Buren | 46 min |
| Dec 9, 3:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Cleburne | 29 min |
| Dec 9, 3:18 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Cleburne | 32 min |
| Dec 9, 3:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Stone | 39 min |
| Dec 9, 3:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne | 29 min |
| Dec 9, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Sharp | 45 min |
| Dec 9, 4:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Faulkner | 45 min |
| Dec 9, 4:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence | 44 min |
| Dec 9, 4:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner | 19 min |
| Dec 9, 4:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 44 min |
| Dec 9, 4:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Faulkner, Van Buren, White | 37 min |
| Dec 9, 4:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 31 min |
| Dec 9, 4:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Faulkner | 31 min |
| Dec 9, 5:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Pulaski, White | 22 min |
| Dec 9, 5:10 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jackson | 30 min |
| Dec 9, 5:18 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Saline | 47 min |
| Dec 9, 5:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Saline | 37 min |
| Dec 9, 5:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 43 min |
| Dec 9, 5:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, White | 29 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.