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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Little Rock, AR

December 10, 20215 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Dec 10, 2021, 7:19 PM CST for 5 counties in 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
Dec 10, 2021, 7:19 PM CST (01:19 UTC)
Expired
Dec 10, 2021, 7:45 PM CST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

Counties Cleburne County, AR, Independence County, AR, Jackson County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 10, 3:07 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2021-12-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1725 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2021-12-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 398 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1725 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
759 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
398 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
420 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.8
Supercell composite
16.2

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The text

As transmitted.

417 
WFUS54 KLZK 110119
TORLZK
ARC023-063-067-145-147-110145-
/O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0049.211211T0119Z-211211T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
719 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Woodruff County in eastern Arkansas...
  South central Independence County in north central Arkansas...
  Southwestern Jackson County in eastern Arkansas...
  Southeastern Cleburne County in north central Arkansas...
  Northern White County in central Arkansas...

* Until 745 PM CST.
    
* At 718 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Crosby, or 11 miles northwest of Searcy, moving
  northeast 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...
  Bald Knob...                      Pangburn...
  Pleasant Plains...                Russell...
  Steprock...                       Bradford...
  Letona...                         Albion...
  Hickory Flat...                   Clay...
  Thida...                          Providence...
  Dewey...                          Heffington...
  Sidon...                          Pickens in White County...
  Denmark...                        Sunnydale...
  Velvet Ridge...                   Roosevelt...

This includes US Highway 67 between mile markers 52 and 67.
 
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 3529 9196 3541 9198 3565 9151 3532 9135
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 243DEG 38KT 3535 9190 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement
225 
WWUS54 KLZK 110130
SVSLZK

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
730 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021

ARC023-110140-
/O.CAN.KLZK.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-211211T0145Z/
Cleburne AR-
730 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLEBURNE 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 1100 PM CST for eastern,
central and north central Arkansas.

LAT...LON 3532 9135 3530 9185 3545 9181 3546 9180
      3551 9179 3565 9151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 251DEG 36KT 3538 9176 

$$

ARC063-067-145-147-110145-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-211211T0145Z/
Woodruff AR-Independence AR-Jackson AR-White AR-
730 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN WOODRUFF...SOUTH CENTRAL INDEPENDENCE...SOUTHWESTERN
JACKSON AND NORTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTIES...
    
At 730 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Pangburn, or 9 miles north of Searcy, moving east 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 impacted include...
Bald Knob...                      Pleasant Plains...
Russell...                        Steprock...
Bradford...                       Letona...
Albion...                         Hickory Flat...
Clay...                           Thida...
Providence...                     Dewey...
Heffington...                     Denmark...
Sunnydale...                      Velvet Ridge...
Roosevelt...                      Plainview in White County...

This includes US Highway 67 between mile markers 53 and 67.
 
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 3532 9135 3530 9185 3545 9181 3546 9180
      3551 9179 3565 9151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 251DEG 36KT 3538 9176 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 10, 6:21 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKJackson24 min
Dec 10, 6:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, Perry, Pulaski, Saline, White45 min
Dec 10, 6:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Faulkner, Independence, White52 min
Dec 10, 7:01 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White29 min
Dec 10, 7:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Montgomery, Saline27 min
Dec 10, 7:26 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKLonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White49 min
Dec 10, 7:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White46 min
Dec 10, 7:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline17 min
Dec 10, 7:38 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKLonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White37 min
Dec 10, 7:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Prairie, Pulaski46 min
Dec 10, 7:47 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson, White43 min
Dec 10, 7:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike56 min
Dec 10, 8:02 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKJackson, White, Woodruff43 min
Dec 10, 8:12 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKFaulkner, Garland, Lonoke, Perry, Pulaski, Saline and 2 more3 hr
Dec 10, 8:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White, Woodruff46 min
Dec 10, 8:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLZKLonoke, Prairie, White, Woodruff46 min
Dec 10, 8:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson, Woodruff37 min
Dec 10, 8:40 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBoone, Marion50 min
Dec 10, 8:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Saline47 min
Dec 10, 8:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Pike45 min
Dec 10, 8:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan, Scott52 min
Dec 10, 9:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson, Woodruff47 min
Dec 10, 9:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant, Jefferson, Pulaski, Saline41 min
Dec 10, 9:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLZKConway, Johnson, Logan, Pope, Van Buren, Yell48 min
Dec 10, 9:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas40 min
Dec 10, 9:53 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLonoke, Prairie37 min
Dec 10, 10:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Conway, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren25 min
Dec 10, 10:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson42 min
Dec 10, 10:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie31 min
Dec 10, 11:07 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMonroe53 min
Dec 10, 11:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson27 min
Dec 10, 11:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Ouachita48 min
Dec 10, 11:46 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJefferson29 min
Dec 11, 12:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita30 min
Dec 11, 12:46 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln29 min
Dec 11, 1:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Lincoln55 min
Dec 11, 1:41 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKArkansas19 min
Dec 11, 1:46 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDrew44 min
Dec 11, 2:02 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDesha43 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.