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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 27, 2014White County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2014, 8:14 PM CDT for White County, Arkansas. It was in force for 31 min. 2 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 27, 2014, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2014, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon

County White County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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
Apr 27, 8:20 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 W Searcy, AR	HOUSE WAS DAMAGED ON BLOODWORTH ROAD. A POWER LINE WAS DOWN ON TANNER ROAD. NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED.
Apr 27, 8:35 PM CDT	TORNADO	Steprock, AR	TIN ON THE GROUND AND POWER LINES DOWN.

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 27, 1:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Apr 27, 3:36 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 2449 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 480 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 618 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 8.8
Supercell composite: 40.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

527 
WFUS54 KLZK 280114
TORLZK
ARC145-280145-
/O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0013.140428T0114Z-140428T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
814 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WHITE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 811 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 GRAVEL HILL...OR 13 MILES
  WEST OF SEARCY. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
 
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
  STEPROCK...           RUSSELL...            GRAVEL HILL...
  CROSBY...             VELVET RIDGE...       SUNNYDALE...
  PROVIDENCE...         LETONA...             JOY...
  DEWEY...              CLAY...               CENTER HILL...
  ARMSTRONG SPRINGS...  ALBION...

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 3536 9150 3518 9197 3527 9203 3536 9190
      3536 9185 3540 9185 3554 9166
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 234DEG 41KT 3526 9192

$$

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1 follow-up statement

536 
WWUS54 KLZK 280127
SVSLZK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
827 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

ARC145-280145-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140428T0145Z/
WHITE AR-
827 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN WHITE COUNTY
UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 825 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 NORTHEAST OF CROSBY...OR 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SEARCY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
  STEPROCK...           RUSSELL...            CROSBY...
  VELVET RIDGE...       SUNNYDALE...          ROOSEVELT...
  PROVIDENCE...         LETONA...             DEWEY...
  CLAY...               ARMSTRONG SPRINGS...  ALBION...

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.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR ARKANSAS.

LAT...LON 3523 9183 3534 9193 3536 9190 3536 9185
      3540 9185 3554 9167 3553 9165 3536 9150
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 234DEG 41KT 3534 9178

$$

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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
Apr 27, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Pulaski, Van Buren, White	42 min
Apr 27, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	25 min
Apr 27, 7:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	LZK	Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	24 min
Apr 27, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Van Buren and 1 more	35 min
Apr 27, 7:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	White	33 min
Apr 27, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Stone, Van Buren	32 min
Apr 27, 7:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White	31 min
Apr 27, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Pope, Yell	44 min
Apr 27, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Sharp	51 min
Apr 27, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, White	34 min
Apr 27, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Johnson, Logan, Newton, Pope, Van Buren and 1 more	38 min
Apr 27, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Independence, Stone, Van Buren, White	43 min
Apr 27, 8:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	LZK	Independence, Jackson, White	37 min
Apr 27, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Independence, Izard, Stone, White	48 min
Apr 27, 9:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	LZK	Independence, Jackson	41 min
Apr 27, 9:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence	27 min
Apr 27, 9:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence	26 min
Apr 27, 9:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Independence, Sharp	23 min
Apr 27, 9:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson	28 min
Apr 27, 9:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 27, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Sharp	25 min
Apr 27, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell	52 min
Apr 27, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott	38 min
Apr 27, 10:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Johnson, Logan, Newton, Pope	41 min
Apr 27, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell	47 min
Apr 27, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Pope, Yell	44 min
Apr 27, 11:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Fulton, Independence, Izard, Sharp	29 min
Apr 27, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Boone, Johnson, Marion, Newton, Pope and 2 more	51 min
Apr 27, 11:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Johnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy	21 min
Apr 27, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Johnson, Logan, Perry, Pope, Van Buren and 1 more	47 min
Apr 28, 12:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Fulton, Sharp	43 hr
Apr 28, 12:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	60 hr
Apr 28, 12:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone	3 hr
Apr 28, 1:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Garland, Perry	44 min
Apr 28, 2:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Randolph	53 hr
Apr 28, 2:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Randolph	13 days
Apr 28, 2:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Lawrence	23 days
Apr 28, 2:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring, Ouachita	44 min
Apr 28, 2:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Scott, Yell	49 min
Apr 28, 3:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Pulaski	45 min
Apr 28, 3:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence	56 hr
Apr 28, 3:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, White	37 min
Apr 28, 3:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Independence, Jackson, White	3 hr
Apr 28, 3:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Johnson, Logan, Pope, Van Buren, Yell	39 min
Apr 28, 3:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Clark, Dallas, Ouachita	47 min
Apr 28, 3:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie	42 min
Apr 28, 3:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson	37 min
Apr 28, 3:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Jefferson, Lincoln	46 min
Apr 28, 4:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	41 min
Apr 28, 4:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Monroe	43 min
Apr 28, 4:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln	51 min
Apr 28, 5:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln	23 min
Apr 28, 5:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Monroe	31 min
Apr 28, 9:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Prairie	18 min
Apr 28, 9:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Prairie	20 min
Apr 28, 9:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	30 min
Apr 28, 12:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson	4 days
Apr 28, 1:01 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Prairie, White, Woodruff	8 days
Apr 28, 1:03 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe	31 days
Apr 28, 1:16 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Prairie	36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.