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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2016, 6:53 PM CDT for Faulkner County, Lonoke County, White County, Arkansas. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2016, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 2.5 in
Counties Faulkner County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, White County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 840 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
939
WFUS54 KLZK 132353
TORLZK
ARC045-085-145-140030-
/O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0013.160313T2353Z-160314T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
653 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LONOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN FAULKNER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN WHITE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 653 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
CONWAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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 IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CONWAY...CABOT...BEEBE...WARD...VILONIA...AUSTIN IN LONOKE COUNTY...ROSE
BUD...ENOLA...MOUNT VERNON...HOLLAND...ROMANCE...EL PASO...FLOYD...
SALTILLO...OTTO AND HAMLET.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 126 AND 132.
US HIGHWAY 67 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND 29.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3503 9187 3500 9207 3502 9222 3498 9223
3496 9239 3510 9244 3532 9204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 245DEG 29KT 3507 9233
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
2263 follow-up statements
879
WWUS54 KLZK 140001
SVSLZK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
701 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
ARC045-085-145-140030-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160314T0030Z/
LONOKE AR-FAULKNER AR-WHITE AR-
701 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LONOKE...EAST CENTRAL FAULKNER AND SOUTHWESTERN WHITE
COUNTIES...
AT 700 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF
VILONIA...OR 10 MILES EAST OF CONWAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CABOT...BEEBE...WARD...VILONIA...AUSTIN IN LONOKE COUNTY...ENOLA...MOUNT
VERNON...HOLLAND...ROMANCE...EL PASO...FLOYD...SALTILLO...OTTO AND HAMLET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3503 9187 3500 9207 3502 9222 3498 9223
3499 9232 3513 9237 3532 9204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 245DEG 29KT 3510 9226
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
226277
WWUS54 KLZK 140017 RRA
SVSLZK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
717 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
ARC045-085-145-140030-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160314T0030Z/
LONOKE AR-FAULKNER AR-WHITE AR-
717 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LONOKE...EAST CENTRAL FAULKNER AND SOUTHWESTERN WHITE
COUNTIES...
AT 716 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF VILONIA...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CABOT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ALONG HIGHWAY 64
AT THE FAULKNER...WHITE COUNTY LINE.
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 IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CABOT...BEEBE...WARD...VILONIA...ENOLA...MOUNT VERNON...EL PASO...FLOYD...
ROMANCE AND OTTO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3503 9187 3502 9221 3518 9223 3527 9201
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 252DEG 28KT 3512 9211
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
226871
WWUS54 KLZK 140028
SVSLZK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
728 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
ARC045-085-145-140037-
/O.EXP.KLZK.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160314T0030Z/
LONOKE AR-FAULKNER AR-WHITE AR-
728 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LONOKE...EAST CENTRAL
FAULKNER AND SOUTHWESTERN WHITE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER HAIL...
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
ARKANSAS.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT.
LAT...LON 3503 9187 3502 9221 3518 9223 3527 9201
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 245DEG 29KT 3512 9211
$$
226The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 24 min |
| Mar 13, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Scott | 30 min |
| Mar 13, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Pike, Polk, Scott | 37 min |
| Mar 13, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 50 min |
| Mar 13, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk | 19 min |
| Mar 13, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Scott | 26 min |
| Mar 13, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Hot Spring | 35 min |
| Mar 13, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery | 18 min |
| Mar 13, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery, Yell | 46 min |
| Mar 13, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery | 30 min |
| Mar 13, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott, Yell | 42 min |
| Mar 13, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Hot Spring, Saline | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Saline, Yell | 53 min |
| Mar 13, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery | 36 min |
| Mar 13, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 41 min |
| Mar 13, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Perry, Saline | 32 min |
| Mar 13, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Yell | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline | 50 min |
| Mar 13, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 34 min |
| Mar 13, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Pope, Yell | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 47 min |
| Mar 13, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline | 30 min |
| Mar 13, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln | 38 min |
| Mar 13, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski | 37 min |
| Mar 13, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski | 50 min |
| Mar 13, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski | 48 min |
| Mar 13, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Prairie | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln | 21 min |
| Mar 13, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline | 50 min |
| Mar 13, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Pike | 48 min |
| Mar 13, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope, Van Buren | 46 min |
| Mar 13, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Ouachita | 61 min |
| Mar 13, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Prairie | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.