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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2019, 2:09 PM CDT for Logan County, Arkansas. It was in force for 36 min. 4 reports 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 18, 2019, 2:09 PM CDT (19:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2019, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Logan County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2:33 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Paris, AR | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE TOWN OF PARIS. |
| May 18, 2:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Paris, AR | SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. |
| May 18, 2:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Paris, AR | A LARGE TREE WAS UPROOTED. |
| May 18, 2:41 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nw Subiaco, AR | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN NORTH OF SUBIACO IN THE PATTERSON BLUFF AREA. TIME EST. FROM RADAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 12:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 717 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 969 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 385 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
612
WFUS54 KLZK 181909
TORLZK
ARC083-181945-
/O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0021.190518T1909Z-190518T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
209 PM CDT Sat May 18 2019
The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Western Logan County in western Arkansas...
* Until 245 PM CDT.
* At 209 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Washburn, or 10 miles west of Booneville, moving
east at 45 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 impacted include...
Booneville... Paris...
Magazine... Ratcliff...
Echo... Mount Magazine...
Caulksville... Barber...
Lucas... Chismville...
Carbon City... Driggs...
Corley... Glendale in Logan County...
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 3514 9414 3514 9403 3523 9403 3523 9392
3529 9392 3532 9385 3531 9381 3534 9381
3537 9373 3538 9371 3518 9362 3506 9414
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 248DEG 49KT 3514 9411
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
461 follow-up statement
876
WWUS54 KLZK 181928
SVSLZK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
228 PM CDT Sat May 18 2019
ARC083-181945-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-190518T1945Z/
Logan AR-
228 PM CDT Sat May 18 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
LOGAN COUNTY...
At 227 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Ratcliff, or near Paris, moving northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Paris... Ratcliff...
Caulksville... Carbon City...
Driggs...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3520 9385 3523 9392 3529 9392 3532 9385
3531 9381 3534 9381 3537 9373 3538 9371
3526 9366 3522 9375
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 240DEG 53KT 3528 9382
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
46The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Polk, Scott | 52 min |
| May 18, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan | 50 min |
| May 18, 2:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Montgomery | 56 min |
| May 18, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton | 53 min |
| May 18, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Yell | 43 min |
| May 18, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Newton, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren and 1 more | 53 min |
| May 18, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Boone, Marion | 46 min |
| May 18, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Pike | 60 min |
| May 18, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy | 54 min |
| May 18, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Perry, Saline | 56 min |
| May 18, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Pope, Searcy, Stone and 2 more | 39 min |
| May 18, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Saline | 40 min |
| May 18, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Ouachita | 54 min |
| May 18, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Baxter, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Sharp and 1 more | 40 min |
| May 18, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring | 15 min |
| May 18, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski, White | 45 min |
| May 18, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Faulkner, White | 41 min |
| May 18, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson | 66 min |
| May 18, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie | 43 min |
| May 18, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Randolph, Sharp | 45 min |
| May 18, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln | 58 min |
| May 18, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 54 min |
| May 18, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie | 28 min |
| May 18, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson | 26 min |
| May 18, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 11 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.