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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 25, 2015Polk County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2015, 5:54 PM CDT for Polk County, Arkansas. It was in force for 36 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 25, 2015, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2015, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

County Polk County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 6:06 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 S Wickes, ARSEVERAL TREES ACROSS COUNTY ROADS SOUTH OF WICKES.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 2:52 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 217 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2015-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 261 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2015-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
261 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
922 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

387 
WFUS54 KLZK 252254
TORLZK
ARC113-252330-
/O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0013.150525T2254Z-150525T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
554 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 553 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF WICKES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
  MENA...               WICKES...             VANDERVOORT...
  POLK COUNTY FAIRGNDS...                    
  MENA INTERMOUNTAIN AIRPORT...               MCCAULEY...
  LAKE MENA...          HATFIELD...          
  COSSATOT RIVER STATE PARK...                SHADY GROVE...
  POTTER...             NUNLEY...             HATTON...
  DALLAS...             COVE...               BOGG SPRINGS...
  BOARD CAMP...

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 3436 9447 3439 9447 3466 9429 3454 9406
      3418 9441 3419 9443 3421 9447 3435 9448
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 214DEG 34KT 3428 9444

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 10:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKYell3 days
May 25, 4:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMontgomery28 min
May 25, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk37 min
May 25, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Yell28 min
May 25, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Polk, Scott59 min
May 25, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Perry, Yell51 min
May 25, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan, Yell46 min
May 25, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKPerry, Yell27 min
May 25, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, White10 min
May 25, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKLogan, Scott36 min
May 25, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Montgomery, Pike, Scott, Yell58 min
May 25, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKPerry, Pope, Yell34 min
May 25, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun, Cleveland54 min
May 25, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKLogan, Yell30 min
May 25, 6:47 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLZKPope, Yell43 min
May 25, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike55 min

Nearby

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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.