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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2013, 4:40 PM CDT for 6 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 50 min. 4 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
- Apr 10, 2013, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2013, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baxter County, AR, Izard County, AR, Marion County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 4:45 PM CDT | TORNADO | Botkinburg, AR | A HOUSE WAS DESTROYED...AND 18 WHEELER FLIPPED OVER. |
| Apr 10, 5:27 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 W Mountain View, AR | MANY TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 66...AND SHINGLES WERE BLOWN OFF OF A ROOF. |
| Apr 10, 5:40 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 Nw Allison, AR | |
| Apr 10, 5:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mount Olive, AR | A HOUSE WAS DESTROYED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 1:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 268 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
233 WFUS54 KLZK 102141 TORLZK ARC005-065-089-129-137-141-102230- /O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0021.130410T2141Z-130410T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 440 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS... WESTERN STONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS... EASTERN SEARCY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS... WESTERN IZARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS... SOUTHERN BAXTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS... * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 437 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MT EVANS...OR 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLINTON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED A TORNADO. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... CLINTON... THOLA... SHIRLEY... SHIPP... SALESVILLE... ROCKY HILL... PUSH MTN... PINEVILLE... OLD LEXINGTON... NORFORK... MT EVANS... LOWER BUFFALO WILDERNESS AREA... HERRON... GORBY... FIFTY SIX... ELBERTA... ELBA... CULP... 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 3628 9242 3615 9190 3549 9240 3558 9265 TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 201DEG 48KT 3565 9250 $$ 56
2 follow-up statements
366 WWUS54 KLZK 102157 SVSLZK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 456 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ARC005-065-089-129-137-141-102230- /O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130410T2230Z/ BAXTER AR-IZARD AR-MARION AR-SEARCY AR-STONE AR-VAN BUREN AR- 456 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN VAN BUREN... WESTERN STONE...EASTERN SEARCY...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MARION... WESTERN IZARD AND SOUTHERN BAXTER COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELBA...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF CLINTON...MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM DESTROYED A HOUSE AND ROLLED AN 18 WHEELER IN BOTKINBURG. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... CLINTON... THOLA... SHIRLEY... SHIPP... ROCKY HILL... PUSH MTN... PINEVILLE... OLD LEXINGTON... NORFORK... MT EVANS... LOWER BUFFALO WILDERNESS AREA... HERRON... GORBY... FIFTY SIX... ELBERTA... ELBA... CULP... CHOCTAW REC AREA... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR ARKANSAS. LAT...LON 3628 9242 3615 9190 3549 9240 3558 9265 TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 201DEG 48KT 3579 9245 $$ 56
106
WWUS54 KLZK 102214
SVSLZK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
514 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013
ARC141-102224-
/O.CAN.KLZK.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130410T2230Z/
VAN BUREN AR-
514 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR ARKANSAS.
LAT...LON 3615 9190 3571 9223 3571 9241 3579 9242
3579 9258 3628 9242
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 201DEG 48KT 3593 9241
$$
ARC005-065-089-129-137-102230-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130410T2230Z/
BAXTER AR-IZARD AR-MARION AR-SEARCY AR-STONE AR-
514 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN STONE...EASTERN
SEARCY...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MARION...WESTERN IZARD AND SOUTHERN
BAXTER COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT...
AT 509 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THOLA...OR 11 MILES EAST OF
MARSHALL...MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
THOLA... SHIPP... PUSH MTN...
PINEVILLE... OLD LEXINGTON... NORFORK...
LOWER BUFFALO WILDERNESS AREA... HERRON...
GORBY... FIFTY SIX... ELBERTA...
CULP... CARTNEY... CALICO ROCK...
BRANDENBERG... BLANCHARD SPGS CAVERN...
ADVANCE... TURKEY CREEK...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR ARKANSAS.
LAT...LON 3615 9190 3571 9223 3571 9241 3579 9242
3579 9258 3628 9242
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 201DEG 48KT 3593 9241
$$
56The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:52 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | LZK | Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery, Yell | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 2:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Yell | 28 min |
| Apr 10, 2:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Yell | 32 min |
| Apr 10, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Yell | 32 min |
| Apr 10, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry, Pope, Yell | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Searcy | 32 min |
| Apr 10, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry, Pope, Yell | 53 min |
| Apr 10, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Montgomery, Pike | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope, Van Buren | 36 min |
| Apr 10, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Marion | 21 min |
| Apr 10, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Perry | 29 min |
| Apr 10, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Newton, Pope, Van Buren, Yell | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren | 36 min |
| Apr 10, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Marion, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Garland, Perry, Saline, Yell | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Stone, Van Buren | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Garland, Perry, Pope, Saline, Yell | 34 min |
| Apr 10, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Garland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Cleburne, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Izard, Stone | 34 min |
| Apr 10, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Izard, Stone | 24 min |
| Apr 10, 5:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Izard, Stone, Van Buren | 36 min |
| Apr 10, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew and 2 more | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Faulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton, Izard, Stone | 50 min |
| Apr 10, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Sharp, Stone | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Independence, Lonoke, Van Buren and 1 more | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White, Woodruff | 50 min |
| Apr 10, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Grant and 2 more | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton | 18 min |
| Apr 10, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Stone, White | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 52 min |
| Apr 10, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Izard, Sharp | 33 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.