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Tornado Warning 68, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 5, 2023Boone County, Newton County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2023, 5:46 AM CDT for Boone County, Newton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 29 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 5, 2023, 5:46 AM CDT (10:46 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2023, 6:15 AM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Boone County, AR, Newton County, AR

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:48 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
Apr 5, 4:54 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 105 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: 1291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1115 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 476 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 702 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.3
Supercell composite: 6.2

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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, 4:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 4:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 4:53 AM CDT, 53 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 5, 1:18 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
118 AM CDT Wed Apr 5 2023

ARZ031-039-122-138-238-050700-
Northwest Yell County AR-Perry AR-Yell Excluding Northwest AR-
Southern Pope County AR-Conway AR-
118 AM CDT Wed Apr 5 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Perry,
southwestern Conway, central Yell and southern Pope Counties through
200 AM CDT...

At 118 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Petit Jean River WMA, or near Danville, moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Russellville...                   Morrilton...
Danville...                       Dardanelle...
Atkins...                         Pottsville...
Dover...                          Ola...
London...                         Hector...
Lake Dardanelle State Park...     Carden Bottoms...
Happy Bend...                     Mt Nebo State Park...
Petit Jean State Park...          Plainview in Yell County...
Petit Jean River WMA...           Galla Creek WMA...
Mosley...                         Taral...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3548 9306 3549 9301 3516 9275 3491 9324
      3491 9337 3501 9345
TIME...MOT...LOC 0618Z 219DEG 41KT 3505 9327

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 4:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 4:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 5, 5:15 AM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 5:20 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 5:22 AM CDT, 24 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
Apr 5, 1:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Yell	38 min
Apr 5, 1:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pope, Yell	42 min
Apr 5, 1:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Searcy, Stone, Van Buren	35 min
Apr 5, 1:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Pope, Yell	44 min
Apr 5, 1:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Izard, Stone	40 min
Apr 5, 1:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Pope, Van Buren	28 min
Apr 5, 2:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Stone, Van Buren	48 min
Apr 5, 2:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Fulton, Izard, Sharp	48 min
Apr 5, 2:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Stone, Van Buren	40 min
Apr 5, 2:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	LZK	Fulton, Sharp	44 min
Apr 5, 2:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	45 min
Apr 5, 2:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Izard, Stone	19 min
Apr 5, 2:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	LZK	Randolph, Sharp	34 min
Apr 5, 3:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton, Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone	33 min
Apr 5, 3:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp	30 min
Apr 5, 4:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp	44 min
Apr 5, 5:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Johnson	30 min
Apr 5, 5:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Newton	35 min
Apr 5, 5:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Johnson, Newton	24 min
Apr 5, 5:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Boone	20 min
Apr 5, 6:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion, Newton	36 min
Apr 5, 6:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion	30 min
Apr 5, 7:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Newton, Pope	40 min
Apr 5, 7:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pike	34 min
Apr 5, 7:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Logan, Scott	29 min
Apr 5, 7:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Pope, Yell	49 min
Apr 5, 8:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Marion, Newton	23 min
Apr 5, 8:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren	46 min
Apr 5, 8:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Scott, Yell	24 min
Apr 5, 8:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy	37 min
Apr 5, 8:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Garland	35 min
Apr 5, 8:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Johnson, Logan, Perry, Pope and 3 more	51 min
Apr 5, 8:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Logan, Scott, Yell	11 min
Apr 5, 8:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton, Marion, Searcy	46 min
Apr 5, 9:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Searcy	30 min
Apr 5, 9:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pulaski, Saline	37 min
Apr 5, 9:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Izard, Pope, Searcy, Stone and 1 more	48 min
Apr 5, 9:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Conway	31 min
Apr 5, 9:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Fulton	28 min
Apr 5, 9:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton	23 min
Apr 5, 9:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Dallas, Grant, Jefferson	23 min
Apr 5, 9:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Dallas, Grant, Jefferson	23 min
Apr 5, 9:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring	32 min
Apr 5, 10:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Izard, Sharp	25 min
Apr 5, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	21 hr
Apr 5, 10:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	36 min
Apr 5, 10:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jefferson	31 min
Apr 5, 10:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lawrence, Sharp	32 min
Apr 5, 10:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Grant	30 min
Apr 5, 10:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	36 min
Apr 5, 10:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	28 min
Apr 5, 10:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp	35 min
Apr 5, 10:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski	17 min
Apr 5, 11:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Woodruff	25 min
Apr 5, 11:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie	12 min
Apr 5, 11:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie	38 min
Apr 5, 11:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Woodruff	34 min
Apr 5, 11:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson	29 min
Apr 5, 11:34 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	16 min
Apr 5, 11:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	37 min
Apr 5, 11:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Monroe, Woodruff	9 min
Apr 5, 12:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Desha	32 min
Apr 5, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Calhoun	38 min
Apr 5, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleveland	37 min

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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.