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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2014, 8:43 PM CDT for Conway County, Pope County, Van Buren County, Arkansas. It was in force for 47 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
- May 8, 2014, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2014, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Conway County, AR, Pope County, AR, Van Buren County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:43 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Russellville, AR | NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN. A PROPANE TANK WAS BLOWN INTO THE SIDE OF A MOBILE HOME. ANOTHER MOBILE HOME WAS BLOWN OFF THE FOUNDATION. IT IS POSSIBLE THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A BRIEF TORNADO. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
042
WFUS54 KLZK 090143
TORLZK
ARC029-115-141-090230-
/O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0021.140509T0143Z-140509T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
843 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL VAN BUREN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
POPE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN CONWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 841 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSSELLVILLE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS
SEVERE STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
RUSSELLVILLE... TARAL... POTTSVILLE...
HECTOR... DOVER... BROCK CREEK LAKE...
SCOTTSVILLE... NOGO...
MOUNTAIN MAN TRAILHEAD... MORELAND...
GUM LOG... COGLESVILLE...
BROCK CREEK CAMPGROUND...
BAYOU BLUFF CAMPGROUND... APPLETON...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 78 AND 87.
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 3551 9270 3519 9313 3520 9314 3524 9316
3527 9320 3527 9322 3528 9323 3566 9289
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 224DEG 29KT 3531 9311
$$
461 follow-up statement
950
WWUS54 KLZK 090153
SVSLZK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
853 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014
ARC029-115-141-090230-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140509T0230Z/
CONWAY AR-POPE AR-VAN BUREN AR-
853 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL VAN BUREN...
POPE AND NORTHWESTERN CONWAY COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...
AT 850 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TARAL...OR 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF RUSSELLVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
TARAL... HECTOR... DOVER...
BROCK CREEK LAKE... SCOTTSVILLE... NOGO...
MOUNTAIN MAN TRAILHEAD... MORELAND...
GUM LOG... COGLESVILLE...
BROCK CREEK CAMPGROUND...
BAYOU BLUFF CAMPGROUND... APPLETON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3527 9303 3529 9309 3531 9312 3536 9316
3566 9289 3551 9270
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 225DEG 29KT 3535 9307
$$
46The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Montgomery, Polk, Pope, Scott and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 8, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry, Pope, Van Buren, Yell | 39 min |
| May 8, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope, Van Buren | 45 min |
| May 9, 12:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell | 3 hr |
| May 9, 9:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Yell | 46 hr |
| May 9, 2:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Cleburne | 27 min |
| May 9, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Independence | 30 min |
| May 9, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jackson | 18 min |
| May 9, 5:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jackson | 23 min |
| May 9, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Ouachita | 39 min |
| May 9, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pike | 30 min |
| May 9, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pike | 32 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.