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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Little Rock, AR

January 12, 2024Lonoke County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Jan 12, 2024, 4:22 AM CST for Lonoke County, Arkansas. It was in force for 23 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 12, 2024, 4:22 AM CST (10:22 UTC)
Expired: Jan 12, 2024, 4:45 AM CST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Lonoke County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:26 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 12, 3:57 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 83 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 428 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 528 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 Jan 12, 3:55 AM CST, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 3:55 AM CST, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 4:09 AM CST, 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 12, 1:55 AM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
155 AM CST Fri Jan 12 2024

ARZ031-039-122-238-120830-
Perry AR-Yell Excluding Northwest AR-Southern Pope County AR-
Conway AR-
155 AM CST Fri Jan 12 2024

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Perry,
southwestern Conway and east central Yell Counties through 230 AM
CST...

At 155 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Ola, or 13 miles southeast of Danville, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch 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...
Carden Bottoms...                 Petit Jean State Park...
Casa...                           Birta...
Carter Cove Park...               Lakeview in Yell County...
Nimrod...                         Fourche Junction...
Pontoon...                        Garden Point Recreation Area...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CST for central
Arkansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3484 9322 3493 9330 3518 9303 3506 9289
TIME...MOT...LOC 0755Z 226DEG 34KT 3495 9318

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Local storm report, Jan 12, 2:00 AM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 12, 2:01 AM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 12, 2:42 AM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 12, 2:49 AM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 12, 3:01 AM CST, 1 hour 21 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 11, 8:00 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pope	30 min
Jan 11, 8:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Pope, Van Buren, Yell	52 min
Jan 11, 9:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell	38 min
Jan 11, 9:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Pike, Polk, Yell	41 min
Jan 11, 9:44 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pope	31 min
Jan 11, 9:58 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Perry	32 min
Jan 11, 10:02 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Montgomery	28 min
Jan 11, 10:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery	45 min
Jan 11, 10:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Conway	28 min
Jan 11, 10:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski	47 min
Jan 11, 10:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry	23 min
Jan 11, 10:46 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pike	29 min
Jan 11, 10:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry	44 min
Jan 11, 10:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Garland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	38 min
Jan 11, 11:10 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Hot Spring	35 min
Jan 11, 11:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Lonoke, Perry, Pulaski, White	29 min
Jan 11, 11:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Independence, Jackson, Van Buren, White	43 min
Jan 11, 11:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	48 min
Jan 11, 11:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White, Woodruff	51 min
Jan 11, 11:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring, Pulaski, Saline	47 min
Jan 11, 11:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Pulaski, Saline	23 min
Jan 11, 11:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Lawrence, White, Woodruff	46 min
Jan 12, 12:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion	40 min
Jan 12, 12:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White, Woodruff	19 min
Jan 12, 12:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	31 min
Jan 12, 12:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lawrence	44 min
Jan 12, 12:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson, Lonoke, Prairie, White, Woodruff	52 min
Jan 12, 12:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White	35 min
Jan 12, 12:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson, White, Woodruff	31 min
Jan 12, 1:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson, White, Woodruff	18 min
Jan 12, 1:19 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Woodruff	26 min
Jan 12, 1:39 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner	36 min
Jan 12, 1:41 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Polk	34 min
Jan 12, 1:47 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Conway	28 min
Jan 12, 1:48 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	White	27 min
Jan 12, 1:55 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Perry	35 min
Jan 12, 1:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	White	17 min
Jan 12, 1:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Van Buren	15 min
Jan 12, 1:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Perry, Pope, Yell	33 min
Jan 12, 2:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Montgomery, Scott, Yell	9 min
Jan 12, 2:34 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LZK	Baxter, Boone, Johnson, Logan, Marion, Newton and 4 more	9 hr
Jan 12, 2:42 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson	33 min
Jan 12, 2:49 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Yell	26 min
Jan 12, 3:01 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Grant	29 min
Jan 12, 3:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	30 min
Jan 12, 3:48 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Independence, White	117 min
Jan 12, 4:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White	34 min
Jan 12, 4:36 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Grant	24 min
Jan 12, 5:26 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Desha, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln and 1 more	49 min
Jan 12, 5:28 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson	47 min
Jan 12, 5:32 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LZK	Arkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke and 2 more	43 min
Jan 12, 5:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Prairie	13 min
Jan 12, 5:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie	40 min
Jan 12, 6:04 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe	13 min
Jan 12, 6:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe	21 min
Jan 12, 10:37 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Lawrence	3 days
Jan 12, 10:42 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LZK	Jackson, Woodruff	40 days
Jan 12, 3:44 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	LZK	Arkansas, Baxter, Boone, Clark, Cleburne, Conway and 34 more	4 days
Jan 12, 3:44 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	LZK	Arkansas, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark and 41 more	23 hr

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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.