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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Little Rock, AR

July 8, 2024Clark County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2024, 8:35 PM CDT for Clark County, Arkansas. It was in force for 18 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
Jul 8, 2024, 8:35 PM CDT (01:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2024, 8:53 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

County Clark County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 8, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2024-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 382 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2024-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 434 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
382 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
434 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
515 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
10.6

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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 Jul 8, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 4:08 AM CDT, 16 hours 27 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
408 AM CDT Mon Jul 8 2024

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-
237-238-240-241-313-340-341-091000-
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-
408 AM CDT Mon Jul 8 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

The remnants of Hurricane Beryl will move towards the state this
afternoon into the overnight period. Showers and thunderstorms are
expected to develop and expand in coverage as the system nears.
There will be the potential for brief tornadoes this afternoon and
tonight in addition to isolated instances of flash flooding within
heavier bands of precipitation.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

The remnants of Beryl will be lifting northeast across the state
Tuesday morning...lifting northeast of the state by late Tuesday
afternoon/early Tuesday evening. Chances for heavy rainfall will
continue into the afternoon hours...with some potential for flash
flooding continuing. Some threat for a few brief tornadoes may also
remain during the daytime on Tuesday...but expect this threat to
decrease rapidly from south to northeast throughout the day.

By late Tuesday night into Wednesday...the threat for seeing
hazardous weather will then become low.

.Spotter Information Statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

&&

Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Hot Spring50 min
Jul 8, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Hot Spring50 min
Jul 8, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKOuachita21 min
Jul 8, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKGarland, Hot Spring40 min
Jul 8, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKGarland, Saline33 min
Jul 8, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring46 min
Jul 8, 9:33 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKDallas, Grant, Hot Spring42 min
Jul 8, 9:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Garland, Hot Spring, Ouachita3 hr
Jul 8, 9:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKArkansas, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie27 min
Jul 8, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant, Saline23 min
Jul 8, 10:30 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLZKGrant, Jefferson, Pulaski, Saline14 min
Jul 8, 10:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKGrant, Jefferson, Pulaski, Saline7 hr
Jul 8, 10:56 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKGrant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline17 min
Jul 8, 11:18 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKJefferson, Lonoke14 min
Jul 8, 11:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKFaulkner, Jefferson, Lonoke, Perry, Prairie, Pulaski and 1 more5 hr
Jul 8, 11:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKLonoke, Prairie34 min
Jul 9, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Prairie35 min
Jul 9, 1:00 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKPrairie, White11 min
Jul 9, 1:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKCleburne, Prairie, White3 hr
Jul 9, 1:19 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKWoodruff26 min
Jul 9, 3:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKCleburne, Independence, Jackson, White3 hr
Jul 9, 3:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope3 hr
Jul 9, 5:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson, Lawrence, Sharp28 min
Jul 9, 5:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLawrence31 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.