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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Little Rock, AR

January 22, 2012Monroe County, Prairie County, Woodruff County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 2012, 7:55 PM CST for Monroe County, Prairie County, Woodruff County, Arkansas. It was in force for 35 min. 5 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, 7:55 PM CST (01:55 UTC)
Expired: Jan 22, 2012, 8:30 PM CST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Monroe County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Woodruff County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 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
Jan 22, 7:59 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	10 Se Hazen, AR	AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTS TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAZEN.
Jan 22, 7:59 PM CST	TORNADO	2 N Slovak, AR	AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTS A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 2 MILES NORTH OF SLOVAK.
Jan 22, 8:26 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	Brinkley, AR
Jan 22, 8:30 PM CST	HAIL 2.75	Brinkley, AR
Jan 22, 8:33 PM CST	HAIL 1.25	12 N Stuttgart, 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 PDS	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 998 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 475 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 474 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 10.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

149 
WFUS54 KLZK 230155
TORLZK
ARC095-117-147-230230-
/O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0008.120123T0155Z-120123T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
755 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL WOODRUFF COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHERN PRAIRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CST

* AT 750 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE
  STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF PARKERS CORNER...OR 10 MILES
  SOUTH OF HAZEN. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 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...
  HAZEN...              DE VALLS BLUFF...     CLARENDON...
  BRINKLEY...           STUTTGART MUNI ARPT...
  PEPPERS LANDING...    HALLSVILLE...         DOBBS LANDING...
  BISCOE...             ALLENDALE...          ALFREY...
  ZENT...               TOLLVILLE...          SLOVAK...
  MONROE...             KEEVIL...             FARGO...
  FAIRMOUNT...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NORTH OF HUMNOKE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 193 AND 218.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ROUGHLY ONE THIRD OF ALL ARKANSAS TORNADOES OCCUR AT NIGHT. TORNADOES
ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3458 9164 3461 9165 3464 9164 3467 9170
      3476 9170 3504 9116 3500 9113 3499 9114
      3492 9114 3491 9111 3486 9109 3474 9110
      3473 9105
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 237DEG 45KT 3468 9158

$$

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2 follow-up statements

515 
WWUS54 KLZK 230200 RRA
SVSLZK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
800 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

ARC095-117-147-230230-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120123T0230Z/
MONROE AR-PRAIRIE AR-WOODRUFF AR-
800 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WOODRUFF...
SOUTHERN PRAIRIE AND NORTHERN MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CST...

AT 759 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DE VALLS BLUFF...OR 2 MILES 
NORTH OF SLOVAK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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...
  HAZEN...              DE VALLS BLUFF...     CLARENDON...
  BRINKLEY...           PEPPERS LANDING...    HALLSVILLE...
  DOBBS LANDING...      BISCOE...             ALLENDALE...
  ALFREY...             ZENT...               TOLLVILLE...
  SLOVAK...             MONROE...             KEEVIL...
  FARGO...              FAIRMOUNT...          DAGMAR WMA...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 193 AND 218.

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 3458 9164 3461 9165 3464 9164 3467 9170
      3476 9170 3504 9116 3500 9113 3499 9114
      3492 9114 3491 9111 3486 9109 3474 9110
      3473 9105
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 237DEG 45KT 3472 9150

$$

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302 
WWUS54 KLZK 230216
SVSLZK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
816 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

ARC095-117-147-230230-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120123T0230Z/
MONROE AR-PRAIRIE AR-WOODRUFF AR-
816 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WOODRUFF...
EAST CENTRAL PRAIRIE AND NORTHERN MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CST...

AT 812 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF BISCOE...OR 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DE VALLS BLUFF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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...
  BRINKLEY...           DOBBS LANDING...      BISCOE...
  ALLENDALE...          ALFREY...             ZENT...
  KEEVIL...             FARGO...              DAGMAR WMA...
  BRASFIELD...          SAULSBURG...          RICH...
  RAINBOW LAKE...       NINETY POINT...       MILL LAKE...
  MCFARLAND BRAKE...    MALOY BAYOU...        HICKSON LAKE...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 202 AND 218.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ROUGHLY ONE THIRD OF ALL ARKANSAS TORNADOES OCCUR AT NIGHT. TORNADOES
ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3474 9110 3475 9141 3490 9143 3504 9116
      3500 9113 3499 9114 3492 9114 3491 9111
      3486 9109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 237DEG 45KT 3485 9129

$$

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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, 7:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Jefferson, Lincoln	50 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, 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.