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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 2, 2024Newton County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2024, 2:07 AM CDT for Newton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 53 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 2, 2024, 2:07 AM CDT (07:07 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2024, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

County Newton County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:06 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2024-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 787 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2024-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
787 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.5

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Marion30 min
Apr 2, 2:46 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKBoone, Marion, Newton, Searcy44 min
Apr 2, 3:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBaxter38 min
Apr 2, 5:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCalhoun, Ouachita36 min
Apr 2, 6:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleveland29 min
Apr 2, 6:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLincoln29 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.