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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 7, 2022Bradley County, Calhoun County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 2022, 1:04 AM CST for Bradley County, Calhoun 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 7, 2022, 1:04 AM CST (07:04 UTC)
Expired: Mar 7, 2022, 1:30 AM CST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:06 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 166 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 418 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1398 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

808 
WFUS54 KLZK 070704
TORLZK
ARC011-013-070730-
/O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0021.220307T0704Z-220307T0730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
104 AM CST Mon Mar 7 2022

The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Bradley County in southeastern Arkansas...
  Central Calhoun County in southwestern Arkansas...

* Until 130 AM CST.
    
* At 103 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Hampton, moving northeast 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...
  Hampton...                        Harrell...
  Hampton Municipal Airport...      Ellisville...
  Lanark...                         Banks...
  Tinsman...                        Delhi...
  Woodberry...                      Locust Bayou...

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.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3346 9265 3358 9270 3378 9237 3351 9223
TIME...MOT...LOC 0703Z 242DEG 37KT 3355 9258 

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

$$

232

1 follow-up statement

091 
WWUS54 KLZK 070711
SVSLZK

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
111 AM CST Mon Mar 7 2022

ARC011-013-070730-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220307T0730Z/
Bradley AR-Calhoun AR-
111 AM CST Mon Mar 7 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN BRADLEY AND NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTIES...
    
At 111 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Hampton, moving northeast at 50 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...
Hampton...                        Harrell...
Hampton Municipal Airport...      Ellisville...
Lanark...                         Banks...
Tinsman...                        Woodberry...

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.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3348 9251 3364 9259 3378 9237 3351 9223
TIME...MOT...LOC 0711Z 240DEG 42KT 3359 9249 

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 6, 6:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Baxter, Izard, Searcy, Stone	63 min
Mar 6, 7:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Izard, Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp	49 min
Mar 6, 7:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Boone	20 min
Mar 6, 7:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp	28 min
Mar 6, 8:29 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Boone	31 min
Mar 6, 8:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Scott	34 min
Mar 6, 9:06 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Newton	39 min
Mar 6, 9:08 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Boone	37 min
Mar 6, 9:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Marion	14 min
Mar 6, 9:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott	11 min
Mar 6, 9:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy	30 min
Mar 6, 9:30 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Polk	30 min
Mar 6, 9:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Marion	23 min
Mar 6, 9:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion	16 min
Mar 6, 9:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Scott, Yell	38 min
Mar 6, 9:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion, Searcy	33 min
Mar 6, 10:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pope, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren	25 min
Mar 6, 10:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Perry, Pope, Yell	35 min
Mar 6, 10:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Izard, Searcy, Stone	29 min
Mar 6, 10:57 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Izard, Stone	33 min
Mar 6, 10:59 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Conway	31 min
Mar 6, 11:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Sharp	29 min
Mar 6, 11:36 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Garland	24 min
Mar 6, 11:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Fulton, Randolph, Sharp	29 min
Mar 7, 12:13 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Randolph	32 min
Mar 7, 12:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Dallas, Ouachita	26 min
Mar 7, 12:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas	25 min
Mar 7, 12:59 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln	31 min
Mar 7, 1:23 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln	52 min
Mar 7, 1:23 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland	37 min
Mar 7, 1:42 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Bradley, Cleveland, Drew, Lincoln	33 min
Mar 7, 1:54 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe	51 min
Mar 7, 2:09 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Desha, Lincoln	36 min
Mar 7, 2:34 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln	30 min
Mar 7, 3:35 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Arkansas, Lincoln	25 min
Mar 7, 9:47 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Randolph	6 days

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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.