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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2016, 4:04 PM CDT for Scott County, Arkansas. It was in force for 26 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, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Scott County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS54 KLZK 132104
TORLZK
ARC127-132130-
/O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0002.160313T2104Z-160313T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
404 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 404 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OLIVER...OR NEAR WALDRON...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 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.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WALDRON AROUND 410 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HON...
WINFIELD...ELM PARK AND CAUTHRON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3496 9426 3497 9423 3500 9423 3508 9415
3506 9414 3506 9408 3503 9407 3502 9405
3503 9387 3502 9386 3478 9416 3490 9432
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 230DEG 32KT 3490 9418
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CAVANAUGH2 follow-up statements
352
WWUS54 KLZK 132116
SVSLZK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
416 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
ARC127-132130-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160313T2130Z/
SCOTT AR-
416 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY...
AT 416 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WALDRON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTH CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: ELM
PARK AND HON.
LAT...LON 3497 9423 3500 9423 3508 9415 3506 9414
3506 9408 3503 9407 3502 9405 3502 9393
3491 9414
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 223DEG 27KT 3496 9413
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
CAVANAUGH900
WWUS54 KLZK 132126
SVSLZK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
426 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
ARC127-132135-
/O.EXP.KLZK.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160313T2130Z/
SCOTT AR-
426 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
430 PM CDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. HOWEVER
SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
ARKANSAS.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHERN SCOTT AND SOUTHWEST LOGAN COUNTIES.
LAT...LON 3497 9423 3500 9423 3508 9415 3506 9414
3506 9408 3503 9407 3502 9405 3502 9393
3491 9414
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 230DEG 32KT 3496 9413
$$
CAVANAUGHThe 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, 4:10 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, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, White | 37 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.