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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Little Rock, AR

January 2, 2023Desha County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Jan 2, 2023, 10:36 PM CST for Desha County, Arkansas. It was in force for 12 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: Jan 2, 2023, 10:36 PM CST (04:36 UTC)
Expired: Jan 2, 2023, 10:48 PM CST
In force: 12 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Desha County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:37 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
Jan 2, 6:29 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 2, 6:43 PM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 2, 8:08 PM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 2, 9:25 PM CST, 1 hour 11 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
Jan 2, 6:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Prairie, White, Woodruff	18 min
Jan 2, 7:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha, Drew	42 min
Jan 2, 7:30 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Lawrence	4 days
Jan 2, 7:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha, Drew	28 min
Jan 2, 8:08 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Desha	37 min
Jan 2, 9:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Drew, Lincoln	50 min
Jan 2, 9:25 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Montgomery	35 min
Jan 2, 9:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Desha, Drew	36 min
Jan 2, 9:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln	48 min
Jan 2, 9:55 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Pulaski, Saline	3 hr
Jan 2, 9:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln	34 min
Jan 2, 10:12 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln	7 hr
Jan 2, 10:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Monroe	37 min
Jan 2, 10:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln	46 min
Jan 2, 10:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe	23 min
Jan 2, 10:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln and 2 more	48 min
Jan 2, 10:59 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita	3 hr
Jan 2, 11:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun	33 min
Jan 2, 11:37 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	White	38 min
Jan 2, 11:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe	37 min
Jan 2, 11:47 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Bradley, Drew, Lincoln	28 min
Jan 3, 12:09 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe	5 hr
Jan 3, 12:22 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Desha, Drew	38 min
Jan 3, 12:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln	44 min
Jan 3, 12:33 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson	27 min
Jan 3, 1:03 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Polk	27 min
Jan 3, 1:19 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Desha	26 min
Jan 3, 1:26 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Johnson	34 min
Jan 3, 1:45 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Ouachita	3 hr
Jan 3, 1:52 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita	5 hr
Jan 3, 3:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe	38 min
Jan 3, 3:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie	43 min
Jan 3, 3:34 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Woodruff	26 min
Jan 3, 5:00 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Desha, Drew and 4 more	3 hr
Jan 3, 6:07 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Arkansas	23 min
Jan 3, 7:21 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Desha	99 min
Jan 3, 7:49 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Saline	12 hr
Jan 3, 11:02 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	72 hr
Jan 3, 11:04 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	White, Woodruff	8 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.