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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Little Rock, AR
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 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.
- 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
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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Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Newton, Searcy | 54 min |
| Apr 6, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Stone | 27 min |
| Apr 6, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren | 48 min |
| Apr 6, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Izard, Lawrence, Sharp | 42 min |
| Apr 6, 1:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Johnson | 46 min |
| Apr 6, 2:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Stone | 44 min |
| Apr 6, 2:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope, Van Buren | 52 min |
| Apr 6, 2:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jackson | 32 min |
| Apr 6, 2:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lawrence, Sharp | 40 min |
| Apr 6, 2:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Independence | 61 min |
| Apr 6, 3:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren | 45 min |
| Apr 6, 3:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Independence, Jackson, White, Woodruff | 64 min |
| Apr 6, 10:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Union | 5 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.