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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 2012, 7:25 PM CST for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 50 min. 7 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
- Jan 22, 2012, 7:25 PM CST (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2012, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Tornado emergency
Counties Cleveland County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lincoln County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 7:26 PM CST | TORNADO | 4 Ne Fordyce, AR | TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND BY LAW ENFORCEMENT4 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORDYCE. |
| Jan 22, 7:26 PM CST | TORNADO | 4 Nw Fordyce, AR | 2 HOUSES DAMAGAED ON HIGHWAY 8 NORTHWEST OF FORDYCE. NO INJURIES REPORTED AT THIS TIME. |
| Jan 22, 7:56 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Pinebergen, AR | |
| Jan 22, 8:00 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wnw Star City, AR | TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. |
| Jan 22, 8:10 PM CST | HAIL 1.25 | Hooker, AR | |
| Jan 22, 8:10 PM CST | HAIL 2.75 | 1 Nw Hooker, AR | |
| Jan 22, 8:15 PM CST | HAIL 2.75 | Griffith Spring, AR |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 5:16 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 1190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1056 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 339 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
335
WFUS54 KLZK 230125
TORLZK
ARC025-039-069-079-230215-
/O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0005.120123T0125Z-120123T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
725 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 815 PM CST
* AT 722 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORDYCE. DOPPLER RADAR
SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. IN ADDITION TO
THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
RISON... GRAYS LAKE... FORDYCE...
TOLEDO... NEBO... KINGSLAND...
KEDRON... FEENYVILLE... YORKTOWN...
TARRY... STAVES... RANDALL...
PINEBERGEN... PALMYRA... LADD...
IVAN... GRIFFITH SPRING... GLENLAKE...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 530 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 46.
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 3380 9238 3380 9245 3388 9252 3425 9195
3397 9175 3379 9238
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 239DEG 46KT 3386 9241
$$
643 follow-up statements
287 WWUS54 KLZK 230130 SVSLZK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 730 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ARC025-039-069-079-230215- /O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120123T0215Z/ CLEVELAND AR-DALLAS AR-JEFFERSON AR-LINCOLN AR- 730 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN... SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON...SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS AND NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CST... AT 727 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORDYCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... RISON... GRAYS LAKE... TOLEDO... NEBO... KINGSLAND... KEDRON... FEENYVILLE... YORKTOWN... TARRY... RANDALL... PINEBERGEN... LADD... IVAN... GRIFFITH SPRING... GLENLAKE... GLENDALE... FAITH... CALMER... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 530 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 46. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3380 9238 3391 9246 3425 9195 3397 9175 TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 239DEG 46KT 3388 9234 $$ 64
448 WWUS54 KLZK 230139 SVSLZK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 739 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ARC039-230149- /O.CAN.KLZK.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120123T0215Z/ DALLAS AR- 739 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3384 9226 3398 9233 3425 9195 3397 9175 TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 242DEG 46KT 3394 9222 $$ ARC025-069-079-230215- /O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120123T0215Z/ CLEVELAND AR-JEFFERSON AR-LINCOLN AR- 739 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN... SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CST... ...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR THE WARNED AREA... AT 736 PM CST...STORM SPOTTERS AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO WITH REPORTS OF DAMAGE IN FORDYCE. THIS POTENTIALLY DEADLY TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAYS LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... RISON... GRAYS LAKE... TOLEDO... NEBO... KEDRON... FEENYVILLE... YORKTOWN... TARRY... RANDALL... PINEBERGEN... LADD... GRIFFITH SPRING... GLENLAKE... GLENDALE... FAITH... CALMER... WILSON LAKE... UNIONVILLE... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 530 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 46. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. TO REPEAT...A VIOLENT TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3384 9226 3398 9233 3425 9195 3397 9175 TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 242DEG 46KT 3394 9222 $$ 64
361 WWUS54 KLZK 230200 SVSLZK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 800 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ARC025-069-079-230215- /O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120123T0215Z/ CLEVELAND AR-JEFFERSON AR-LINCOLN AR- 800 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN... SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND NORTHEASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CST... AT 754 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF FEENYVILLE...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF PINE BLUFF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... RANDALL... PINEBERGEN... LADD... GRIFFITH SPRING... GLENLAKE... FAITH... SORRELLS... RONE... NEELY LAKE... MIDLAND LAKE... IMBEAU BAYOU... HOOKER... GRIDER FIELD... EUNICE... BRADSHAW BRAKE... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 530 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 46. 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. 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 3403 9182 3398 9207 3410 9216 3425 9195 TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 242DEG 46KT 3409 9193 $$ 64
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 6:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White | 27 min |
| Jan 22, 6:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, White | 25 min |
| Jan 22, 6:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Saline | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 6:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Saline | 32 min |
| Jan 22, 6:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Dallas, Ouachita | 28 min |
| Jan 22, 6:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Dallas, Ouachita | 40 min |
| Jan 22, 6:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson | 24 min |
| Jan 22, 6:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, White, Woodruff | 32 min |
| Jan 22, 6:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Garland | 29 min |
| Jan 22, 6:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, Sharp | 41 min |
| Jan 22, 6:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, White, Woodruff | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 6:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 6:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski | 32 min |
| Jan 22, 7:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita | 29 min |
| Jan 22, 7:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 51 min |
| Jan 22, 7:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Dallas, Ouachita | 35 min |
| Jan 22, 7:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie | 31 min |
| Jan 22, 7:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson, Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 43 min |
| Jan 22, 7:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Pulaski, Saline | 26 min |
| Jan 22, 7:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson, White, Woodruff | 52 min |
| Jan 22, 7:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Jefferson, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Jan 22, 7:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski | 27 min |
| Jan 22, 7:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 35 min |
| Jan 22, 8:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln | 28 min |
| Jan 22, 8:07 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Ouachita | 43 min |
| Jan 22, 8:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 52 min |
| Jan 22, 8:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie | 33 min |
| Jan 22, 8:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 8:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jan 22, 8:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Monroe | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 8:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie | 19 min |
| Jan 22, 8:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland | 19 min |
| Jan 22, 8:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 16 min |
| Jan 22, 9:07 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LZK | Independence, Jackson, Lawrence | 13 hr |
| Jan 22, 9:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 30 min |
| Jan 22, 9:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew, Lincoln | 28 min |
| Jan 22, 9:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Drew | 35 min |
| Jan 22, 9:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Drew | 24 min |
| Jan 23, 9:50 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LZK | Jackson, Woodruff | 33 days |
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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.