Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2016, 8:32 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 43 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
- Mar 13, 2016, 8:32 PM CDT (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Arkansas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lincoln County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 8:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Gould, AR | TREES WERE BLOWN 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
586
WFUS54 KLZK 140132
TORLZK
ARC001-041-069-079-140215-
/O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0021.160314T0132Z-160314T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
832 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN DESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 832 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER GOULD...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF DUMAS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
GOULD AND MITCHELLVILLE AROUND 835 PM CDT.
DOUGLAS AROUND 840 PM CDT.
GILLETT AROUND 900 PM CDT.
MERRISACH LAKE AROUND 905 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ARKANSAS POST...WEBER...PENDLETON...DE LUCE...MORGAN POINT RECREATION
AREA...VARNER...TICHNOR AND REEDVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3399 9104 3398 9109 3396 9109 3389 9161
3404 9169 3432 9122 3413 9110 3412 9111
3412 9109 3400 9102 3399 9103 3397 9100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 235DEG 29KT 3396 9158
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CAVANAUGH2 follow-up statements
937
WWUS54 KLZK 140153
SVSLZK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
853 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
ARC069-140202-
/O.CAN.KLZK.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160314T0215Z/
JEFFERSON AR-
853 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ARKANSAS.
LAT...LON 3398 9109 3396 9109 3395 9140 3399 9149
3410 9155 3407 9151 3408 9144 3413 9144
3413 9150 3432 9122 3413 9110 3412 9111
3412 9109 3400 9102
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 236DEG 26KT 3403 9144
$$
ARC001-041-079-140215-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160314T0215Z/
ARKANSAS AR-DESHA AR-LINCOLN AR-
853 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...NORTHWESTERN DESHA AND NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN
COUNTIES...
AT 852 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DOUGLAS...OR 10
MILES NORTH OF DUMAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER 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. A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED DAMAGE FROM A TORNADO NEAR
GOULD. THIS TORNADO IS MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARDS GILLETT. IF YOU ARE
NEAR THIS AREA... TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
GILLETT AROUND 905 PM CDT.
MERRISACH LAKE AROUND 910 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ARKANSAS POST...WEBER...PENDLETON...DE LUCE...MORGAN POINT RECREATION
AREA AND TICHNOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3398 9109 3396 9109 3395 9140 3399 9149
3410 9155 3407 9151 3408 9144 3413 9144
3413 9150 3432 9122 3413 9110 3412 9111
3412 9109 3400 9102
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 236DEG 26KT 3403 9144
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CAVANAUGH496
WWUS54 KLZK 140215
SVSLZK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
915 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
ARC001-041-079-140225-
/O.EXP.KLZK.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160314T0215Z/
ARKANSAS AR-DESHA AR-LINCOLN AR-
915 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...NORTHWESTERN DESHA
AND NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ARKANSAS.
LAT...LON 3398 9109 3396 9109 3395 9140 3399 9149
3410 9155 3407 9151 3408 9144 3413 9144
3413 9150 3432 9122 3413 9110 3412 9111
3412 9109 3400 9102
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 235DEG 29KT 3403 9144
$$
CAVANAUGHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 43 min |
| Mar 13, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland | 48 min |
| Mar 13, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Faulkner, Lonoke, Perry, Pulaski, White | 47 min |
| Mar 13, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 46 min |
| Mar 13, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Pike | 59 min |
| Mar 13, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 39 min |
| Mar 13, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Drew | 46 min |
| Mar 13, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 46 min |
| Mar 13, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, White | 51 min |
| Mar 13, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski | 48 min |
| Mar 13, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | White | 28 min |
| Mar 13, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lincoln | 50 min |
| Mar 13, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 28 min |
| Mar 13, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, White, Woodruff | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Drew | 43 min |
| Mar 13, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Monroe | 38 min |
| Mar 13, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, White | 51 min |
| Mar 13, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Conway | 48 min |
| Mar 13, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew | 48 min |
| Mar 13, 9:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Drew | 3 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.