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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 6, 2022Searcy County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2022, 1:30 AM CDT for Searcy County, Arkansas. It was in force for 16 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
Apr 6, 2022, 1:30 AM CDT (06:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2022, 1:46 AM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.25 in

County Searcy County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:34 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 148 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2022-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2022-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 Apr 5, 6:38 PM CDT, 6 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 6:38 PM CDT, 6 hours 52 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
638 PM CDT Tue Apr 5 2022

.AVIATION...06/00Z TAF CYCLE

A cold front to the NW of AR this evening, with race to the SE
thru the FA later tngt and Wed mrng. VFR conds ahead of the front,
will eventually bcm IFR/MVFR as low clouds incrs and a narrow
band of convection accompany the FROPA. Clouds wl dcrs fm the NW
later on Wed as drier air filters in and VFR conds return. /44/
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...(ISSUED 247 PM CDT Tue Apr 5 2022)
SHORT TERM...Tonight Through Thursday
A large upper low over the northern Plains tonight will move east
into the Great Lakes Wednesday and sink slowly south Thursday. An
upper ridge over the western U.S. will amplify during the period.

Southerly winds continue to bring warm and moist air into the state.
A cold front in the Plains will move through Arkansas tonight and
bring increased instability that will produce scattered showers and
thunderstorms. Expect the front to move out of the state in the
morning and precipitation will end in the southeast by 17Z. High
pressure will build over the state Wednesday and Thursday with dry
conditions. Temperatures will be slightly below normal each day.

LONG TERM...Thursday Night Through Tuesday
Surface high pressure is expected to control much of the long term
period as cool and dry conditions early in the period become more
spring-like late.

Thursday night through early Monday morning looks to be very quiet a
surface high pressure slides in from the west (Thursday) behind a
weather system. This will give way to below average temperatures
early before temperatures return to average and above average by the
middle to end of the period. By Monday, the next system looks to
impact the natural state as an upper-level trough digs in returning
showers and thunderstorms to the area. Right now it is too early to
detail exact impacts regarding this system, but looking at some
longer range guidance...the chance of severe weather is possible.

Expect highs to be in the 50s and 60s early before warming into the
70s and 80s late in the period. A similar pattern is expected with
low temperatures as they will be in the 30s and 40s early before
warming into the 50s and 60s.
&&

.LZK Watches/Warnings/Advisories...NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 12:55 PM CDT, 12 hours 35 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
1255 PM CDT Tue Apr 5 2022

ARZ004>008-014>017-024-025-031>034-039-042>047-052>057-062>069-
103-112-113-121>123-130-137-138-140-141-203-212-213-221>223-230-
237-238-240-241-313-340-341-061800-
Marion-Baxter-Fulton-Sharp-Randolph-Stone-Izard-Independence-
Lawrence-Cleburne-Jackson-Conway-Faulkner-White-Woodruff-Perry-
Garland-Saline-Pulaski-Lonoke-Prairie-Monroe-Pike-Clark-
Hot Spring-Grant-Jefferson-Arkansas-Dallas-Cleveland-Lincoln-
Desha-Ouachita-Calhoun-Bradley-Drew-Boone County Except Southwest-
Newton County Higher Elevations-Searcy County Lower Elevations-
Southern Johnson County-Southern Pope County-
Southeast Van Buren County-Western and Northern Logan County-
Northern Scott County-Northwest Yell County-
Polk County Lower Elevations-
Central and Eastern Montgomery County-
Boone County Higher Elevations-Newton County Lower Elevations-
Northwest Searcy County Higher Elevations-
Johnson County Higher Elevations-Pope County Higher Elevations-
Van Buren County Higher Elevations-
Southern and Eastern Logan County-
Central and Southern Scott County-Yell Excluding Northwest-
Northern Polk County Higher Elevations-
Northern Montgomery County Higher Elevations-
Eastern, Central, and Southern Searcy County Higher Elevations-
Southeast Polk County Higher Elevations-
Southwest Montgomery County Higher Elevations-
1255 PM CDT Tue Apr 5 2022

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Expect hit and miss showers and thunderstorms returning across
the northern half of Arkansas tonight. This will be ahead of a
fast moving cold front pushing through the region from the
northwest.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday Through Monday

Chances of showers and thunderstorms will continue over the
central and eastern counties Wednesday morning. This will be
followed by cooler and much drier air.

Windy conditions are expected Thursday and Friday. Sustained
west to northwest winds at 15 to 25 mph are likely along with
higher gusts.

Below average temperatures will be noted Friday night into
Saturday morning, with a freeze possible across portions of
the north and west.

It will warm up again late in the weekend and early next week,
with thunderstorms back in the forecast.

.Spotter Information Statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

&&

Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to https://weather.gov/lzk.

46/67

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton, Searcy54 min
Apr 6, 1:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKStone27 min
Apr 6, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren48 min
Apr 6, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Izard, Lawrence, Sharp42 min
Apr 6, 1:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJohnson46 min
Apr 6, 2:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKStone44 min
Apr 6, 2:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Pope, Van Buren52 min
Apr 6, 2:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJackson32 min
Apr 6, 2:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLawrence, Sharp40 min
Apr 6, 2:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKIndependence61 min
Apr 6, 3:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren45 min
Apr 6, 3:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKIndependence, Jackson, White, Woodruff64 min
Apr 6, 10:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun, Union5 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.