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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 7, 20224 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 2022, 1:23 AM CST for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 7, 2022, 1:23 AM CST (07:23 UTC)
Expired: Mar 7, 2022, 2:15 AM CST
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Arkansas County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lincoln County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:24 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 7, 1:07 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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: 449 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1244 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 381 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 16.6

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Mar 6, 11:13 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 11:13 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 6, 9:27 AM CST, 15 hours 56 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
927 AM CST Sun Mar 6 2022

ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-071600-
Boone-Marion-Baxter-Fulton-Sharp-Randolph-Newton-Searcy-Stone-
Izard-Independence-Lawrence-Johnson-Pope-Van Buren-Cleburne-
Jackson-Logan-Conway-Faulkner-White-Woodruff-Scott-Yell-Perry-
Polk-Montgomery-Garland-Saline-Pulaski-Lonoke-Prairie-Monroe-Pike-
Clark-Hot Spring-Grant-Jefferson-Arkansas-Dallas-Cleveland-
Lincoln-Desha-Ouachita-Calhoun-Bradley-Drew-
927 AM CST Sun Mar 6 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Two rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms are expected today
into the overnight hours. The first round of storms, this
afternoon and evening, are expected to be scattered out ahead of a
frontal boundary. These storms will likely have the best chance
of producing damaging winds, small hail, and tornadoes. The
second round will occur tonight into the overnight hours as a line
of showers and thunderstorms push through the state. Damaging
winds are expected to be the primary concern associated with this
round although small hail and an isolated tornado cannot be ruled
out. Localized heavy rainfall is also possible, particularly over
the Ozarks region.

The area of greatest concern for strong to severe thunderstorms
will be from the western Arkansas River Valley through northeast
Arkansas. The highest potential for severe storms will be during
the afternoon and evening hours, though some threat will persist
into the morning hours Monday.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday Through Saturday

Rain chances will end on Monday afternoon and evening as the weekend
cold front departs. Much colder air will move back into Arkansas,
with freezing temperatures possible across portions of the north and
west by Tuesday morning. Some rain chances will be noted over
southern Arkansas Tuesday through Wednesday, but no hazardous or
severe weather is expected through most of the coming work week.

Looking further out through the remainder of the week, more
widespread colder temperatures will be possible by the end of the
week and into next weekend. In fact, it appears that much of the
state will be in danger of additional widespread hard freezes into
mid-March.

In addition to late-season hard freezes, some wintry precipitation
may accompany the cold snap next weekend, with some snow fall
possible over portions of northwestern Arkansas and the higher
terrain of the Ozark Mountains. Impactful accumulations are not
anticipated, and shifts in coverage and magnitude of expected wintry
precip should be expected through the week.

.Spotter Information Statement...

Spotter activation is likely, especially over the northern half of
Arkansas this afternoon and tonight.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 6, 11:36 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 6, 11:48 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 6, 11:49 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 6, 11:59 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 7, 12:09 AM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 7, 12:13 AM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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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, 1:04 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun	26 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.