Tornadoes · United States · Arkansas · 2005

F2 tornado, Marcella, Arkansas, November 27, 2005

This F2 tornado ran 7.0 miles across Stone County on November 27, 2005, touching down at 8:05 PM CST and reaching 250 yards wide. It killed nobody.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. F040 to 72 mph

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. F173 to 112 mph

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. F2113 to 157 mphthis tornado

    Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.

  4. F3158 to 206 mph

    Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

  5. F4207 to 260 mph

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. F5261 to 318 mph

    Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.

  7. Unrated

    The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

The record

Rating
F2
Date
November 27, 2005
Touchdown
8:05 PM CST (02:05 UTC)
Path length
7.0 miles (11.3 km)
Path width
250 yards (229 m)
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
County
Stone County
Touchdown point
35.780, -91.950
Lift-off point
35.870, -91.880
Record number
592

What the Weather Service recorded

A strong tornado was spawned in eastern Stone County roughly 3.6 miles west of Marcella. The tornado tracked to the northeast, and tore the porch off of a house and damaged the roof. A roof was removed from a barn with another barn roof damaged. Several homes had roof damage, and a shed was destroyed. Hundreds of trees were downed, with one tree on a flatbed truck. The tornado dissipated 2.7 miles northeast of St. James.

From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.

The warnings

35 minutes of warning. NWS LZK issued a tornado warning for this county at 01:30 UTC, 35 minutes before the tornado touched down, in force until 02:15 UTC.

The county was under a tornado watch, issued at 20:55 UTC and running to 04:00 UTC.

Issued (UTC)ExpiredProductOffice
16:00 UTC12:00 UTCLake Wind AdvisoryLZK
20:55 UTC04:00 UTCTornado WatchLZK
00:24 UTC01:30 UTCTornado WarningLZK
00:43 UTC01:30 UTCTornado WarningLZK
01:30 UTC02:15 UTCTornado WarningLZK
02:29 UTC04:30 UTCFlash Flood WarningLZK

Every warning and watch covering the touchdown point that day, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service products. Lead time is measured from the issue of the warning in force to the touchdown time in the database, both of which were recorded to the minute by different people.

The forecast that day

The Storm Prediction Center had this point in a Moderate Risk, with a 0.15 chance of a tornado within 25 miles, in the hatched area where significant tornadoes were expected. The outlook in force was issued at 00:59 UTC.

SPC's Day 1 convective outlook as it stood when the tornado began, read at the touchdown point. The same archive is on the radar archive.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the tornado touched down, 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 the tornado touched down at Nov 27, 3:18 PM CST, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 27, 3:18 PM CST, 4 hours 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
318 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT
STRONG LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST THROUGH KANSAS. STRONG
SHEAR IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM AND HELICITY VALUES HAVE
INCREASED TO OVER 400 ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA. KLZK
RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN FAR WESTERN
SECTIONS. COLD FRONT CURRENTLY IN OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE THROUGH
ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT TO NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BY 12Z. SPC
CONTINUES MODERATE RISK OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. WITH A TIGHT
GRADIENT AROUND THAT SURFACE LOW...WILL CONTINUE THE LAKE WIND
ADVISORY THROUGH 12Z AND EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH.

AS LOW MOVES INTO IOWA ON MONDAY...WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WILL MAKE IT
INTO THE NORTH...THEREFORE WILL CONTINUE SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
ACROSS THE NORTH SECTIONS THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO THE AREA TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. DRY CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
&&

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
12Z GFS CAME IN ALMOST THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE 00Z AND 06Z RUNS
WERE SHOWING FOR LATE THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BASICALLY
SHOWING MOISTURE AND CHANCES OF RAIN DURING TIME PERIODS THE EARLIER
RUNS WERE SHOWING AS DRY AND SHOWING DRY AND COOL CONDITIONS DURING
WHAT WERE MOIST PERIODS. IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE UPPER FLOW PATTERN
TRANSITIONS INTO SOMEWHAT OF A FAST ZONAL FLOW PATTERN LATE IN THE
WEEK AND THIS WILL LEAD TO FAST MOVING WEAK SYSTEMS THAT WILL BE
HARD TO TIME AND CAN EASILY CHANGE CHARACTER IN LATER RUNS. DECIDED
TO STICK PRETTY MUCH WITH WHAT THE 00Z AND 06Z RUNS WERE SHOWING FOR
NOW AND MADE LITTLE CHANGE TO THE FORECAST. DID INSERT SOME POPS
INTO THE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY WITH THOSE TRANSLATING INTO THE
SOUTHEAST SUNDAY NIGHT. WAS GOING TO DROP POPS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT
BUT SINCE THE 12Z GFS IS INDICATING MOISTURE IN THE AREA...DECIDED
TO LEAVE THE SMALL POPS IN FOR NOW. TEMPS SHOULD BE NEAR OR A LITTLE
BELOW NORMAL. BASED ON ALL THIS AND NO STRONG SYSTEMS...SHOULD NOT
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WINTER PRECIPITATION OR SEVERE WEATHER IN THIS
CWA THROUGH THE EXTENDED.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
LITTLE ROCK   AR  50  61  37  54 /  60  20  10  10
HARRISON AR       45  49  31  47 /  60  20  10  10
HOT SPRINGS AR    50  60  37  54 /  50  10  10   0
PINE BLUFF AR     52  63  38  56 /  70  20   0   0
MOUNTAIN HOME AR  46  51  31  48 /  50  20  10  10
MONTICELLO AR     54  65  39  58 /  80  20   0   0
SEARCY AR         50  60  36  52 /  70  20  10  10
MOUNT IDA AR      49  59  36  53 /  60  10  10   0
RUSSELLVILLE AR   48  56  35  51 /  60  10  10  10
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY FOR ARZ003-ARZ004-ARZ005-
ARZ006-ARZ007-ARZ012-ARZ013-ARZ014-ARZ015-ARZ016-ARZ021-ARZ022-
ARZ023-ARZ024-ARZ025-ARZ030-ARZ031-ARZ032-ARZ033-ARZ034-ARZ037-
ARZ038-ARZ039-ARZ040-ARZ041-ARZ042-ARZ043-ARZ044-ARZ045-ARZ046-
ARZ047-ARZ052-ARZ053-ARZ054-ARZ055-ARZ056-ARZ057-ARZ062-ARZ063-
ARZ064-ARZ065-ARZ066-ARZ067-ARZ068-ARZ069.

&&

SHORT TERM...51 / LONG TERM....29
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 27, 8:15 AM CST, 11 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
815 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-281100-
ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-
CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-
INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-
MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-
PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-
WOODRUFF-YELL-
815 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
   TONIGHT...

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL GATHER
MORE STRENGTH TODAY. WINDS AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL BECOME
EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG. WINDS NEAR THE SURFACE WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH
OR A LITTLE EAST OF SOUTH WHILE WINDS ALOFT WILL COME FROM MORE OF A
SOUTHWEST TO WEST DIRECTION.

THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES ACROSS ARKANSAS.

LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THE LOW WILL BE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...WITH A
COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE LOW THROUGH EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO
NORTHEASTERN TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY
ALONG THE FRONT AROUND MID AFTERNOON.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN A NORTH TO SOUTH LINE ALONG
THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SQUALL LINE WILL MOVE
TO THE EAST RAPIDLY AND SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT OR
SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THIS LINE MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS
BEING THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR TORNADOES AND A FEW SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
SOME LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP
AHEAD OF THE LINE. ANY OF THESE COULD BECOME SEVERE OR TORNADIC
WITH DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL.

THE LOW PRESSURE WILL CAUSE SURFACE WINDS TO INCREASE IN STRENGTH
AND TO BECOME GUSTY. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE
ENTIRE AREA TODAY. ANYBODY VENTURING OUT ON LAKES TODAY WILL NEED TO
EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION FOR BOTH THE STRONG WINDS AND THE RAPID
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MUCH COOLER AIR WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT ON MONDAY WITH BREEZY
NORTHWEST WINDS. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT LAKE WIND
ADVISORIES MAY BE REQUIRED FOR SOME AREAS ON MONDAY.

.SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT
ACROSS MOST ALL OF THE AREA.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. PEOPLE ACROSS
ARKANSAS ARE URGED TO REVIEW THEIR SEVERE WEATHER AND TORNADO
SAFETY RULES AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA
OUTLETS FOR LATER STATEMENTS...WATCHES...AND WARNINGS.
&&

FOR THE LATEST GRAPHICAL AND TEXT FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS...PLEASE
VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.WEATHER.GOV/LZK

29/32

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 27, 4:37 PM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
437 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0422 PM     TORNADO          DARDANELLE              35.23N 93.17W
11/27/2005                   YELL               AR   AMATEUR RADIO

            TORNADO WAS SPOTTED ON THE GROUND WEST OF DARDANELLE.

&&

58
Local storm report, Nov 27, 4:57 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
457 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0430 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KIRBY                   34.25N 93.63W
11/27/2005                   PIKE               AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROOF BLOWN OFF OF A CHICKEN HOUSE.

0445 PM     HAIL             NATHAN                  34.11N 93.81W
11/27/2005  1.75 INCH        PIKE               AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

58
Local storm report, Nov 27, 5:43 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
543 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0437 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NE KIRBY              34.28N 93.60W
11/27/2005                   PIKE               AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POSSIBLE TORNADO. DAMAGE ALONG EBENEZER AND ROCK CREEK
            ROADS. HOUSE TRAILERS...SHOPS...SHEDS...AND CHICKEN
            HOUSES DAMAGED.

&&

28
Local storm report, Nov 27, 5:46 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
546 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 N ROYAL               34.59N 93.23W
11/27/2005                   GARLAND            AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DOCKS DESTROYED AND BOATS OVERTURNED AT BRADY MOUNTAIN
            MARINA. ALSO...REPORT OF PENNY SIZED HAIL.

0543 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     SUNSHINE                34.47N 93.23W
11/27/2005                   GARLAND            AR   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            REPORT OF FUNNEL CLOUD MOVING NORTHEAST.

&&

58
Local storm report, Nov 27, 7:27 PM CST, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
727 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 E WALTREAK           34.98N 93.42W
11/27/2005                   YELL               AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER POLES DOWN AND ROOF OFF OF CHICKEN HOUSE ON HIGHWAY
            80.

0350 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BLUFFTON                34.90N 93.60W
11/27/2005                   YELL               AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BARN WITH CAR INSIDE BLOWN DOWN AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.

0525 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W PEARCY              34.43N 93.30W
11/27/2005                   GARLAND            AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN COVERING HIGHWAY 70 WEST.

0525 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S PEARCY              34.40N 93.28W
11/27/2005                   GARLAND            AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED...ONE MOBILE HOME BLOWN OFF ITS
            FOUNDATION.

0600 PM     HAIL             HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE     34.67N 93.00W
11/27/2005  0.75 INCH        GARLAND            AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0605 PM     HAIL             ADONA                   35.03N 92.92W
11/27/2005  1.00 INCH        PERRY              AR   AMATEUR RADIO

0605 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PERRYVILLE              35.01N 92.80W
11/27/2005                   PERRY              AR   AMATEUR RADIO

            STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO HOUSE...PERSON TRAPPED IN HOME...AND
            WAS RESCUED BY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL.

0613 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE     34.67N 93.00W
11/27/2005                   GARLAND            AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTS OF A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE ON
            HIGHWAY 7.

0615 PM     TORNADO          3 W PLUMERVILLE         35.16N 92.69W
11/27/2005                   CONWAY             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ON INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 110 AND
            111...LUMBERYARD HIT BY TORNADO. LUMBER COVERING BOTH
            SIDE OF I-40...CARS TURNED OVER ON I-40.

0620 PM     HAIL             6 S MOUNTAIN HOME       36.25N 92.38W
11/27/2005  0.75 INCH        BAXTER             AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY SIZED HAIL...75 MPH WIND GUST...AND FUNNEL CLOUD
            REPORTED.

0645 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BEE BRANCH              35.45N 92.40W
11/27/2005                   VAN BUREN          AR   AMATEUR RADIO

            HOUSE DESTROYED ON HAPPY HOLLOW ROAD.

0653 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CHERRY HILL             34.98N 92.87W
11/27/2005                   PERRY              AR   AMATEUR RADIO

            STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO HOMES...AND TREES DOWN. HIGHWAY 60 IS
            BLOCKED.

0655 PM     HAIL             BISMARCK                34.32N 93.17W
11/27/2005  1.75 INCH        HOT SPRING         AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0706 PM     HAIL             GREENBRIER              35.23N 92.38W
11/27/2005  0.88 INCH        FAULKNER           AR   AMATEUR RADIO

            ALSO...POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED.

0706 PM     HAIL             MOUNTAIN VIEW           35.87N 92.11W
11/27/2005  0.88 INCH        STONE              AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

58
Local storm report, Nov 27, 8:03 PM CST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
803 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MOUNTAIN HOME           36.34N 92.38W
11/27/2005                   BAXTER             AR   BROADCAST MEDIA

            BUILDINGS DESTROYED ALONG HIGHWAY 5 IN MOUNTAIN HOME.

0730 PM     HAIL             2 SE CONWAY             35.07N 92.43W
11/27/2005  1.00 INCH        FAULKNER           AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

0733 PM     HAIL             FERNDALE                34.78N 92.55W
11/27/2005  0.75 INCH        PULASKI            AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

58

The air that afternoon

The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.

Springfield, MO (KSGF), 00:00Z

2.1 hours before the tornado, 207 km from the path. November 28, 2005.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2005-11-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel lifted from the surface. Mixed-layer CAPE 70 joules per kilogram, CIN -44, lifted condensation level 1004 meters above ground. Wind barbs in knots down the right edge.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. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2005-11-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers as a curve, rings every 10 meters per second labeled in knots. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 196 square meters per square second, 0 to 6 km bulk shear 80 knots.1939587897117136Sfc1 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. RM and LM are the right and left moving storms Bunkers' method gives; the shaded area is the 0 to 1 km storm-relative helicity.
Mixed-layer CAPE
70 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Surface CAPE
162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1004 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.4
0-3 km lapse rate
6.3 K/km

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Springfield, MO (KSGF), 12:00Z

9.9 hours after it, 207 km from the path. November 28, 2005.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2005-11-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel lifted from the surface. Mixed-layer CAPE 2 joules per kilogram, CIN -2, lifted condensation level 939 meters above ground. Wind barbs in knots down the right edge.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. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2005-11-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers as a curve, rings every 10 meters per second labeled in knots. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second, 0 to 6 km bulk shear 21 knots.1939587897117136Sfc1 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. RM and LM are the right and left moving storms Bunkers' method gives; the shaded area is the 0 to 1 km storm-relative helicity.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Surface CAPE
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
939 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0
0-3 km lapse rate
4.9 K/km

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The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 02:03 UTC.

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Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.

What was reported nearby

Local storm reports within 60 km of the path, in the three hours either side.

Time (UTC)ReportWhereCountyRemark
00:45 UTCTSTM WND DMGBee BranchVan Buren, ARHOUSE DESTROYED ON HAPPY HOLLOW ROAD.
01:06 UTCHAIL 0.88Mountain ViewStone, AR
02:10 UTCTSTM WND DMGPleasant GroveStone, ARTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 14 FROM ST. JAMES TO PLEASANT GROVE AND MARCELLA.
02:15 UTCTORNADO4 E Horseshoe BendSharp, ARCOUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED TORNADO TOUCH DOWN ON IZARD...SHARP COUNTY LINE. HOUSE TRAILERS DAMAGED...AND BARNS BLOWN DOWN...WITH TREES DOWN ON HOUSES.
02:30 UTCTORNADO4 E Horseshoe BendSharp, ARCOUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED TORNADO TOUCH DOWN ON IZARD...SHARP COUNTY LINE. HOUSE TRAILERS DAMAGED...AND BARNS BLOWN DOWN...WITH TREES DOWN ON HOUSES.
02:55 UTCTSTM WND DMGPangburnWhite, ARHOUSE TRAILER OVERTURNED ON OLD CLAY ROAD. POWER LINES ALSO DOWN.
03:55 UTCHAIL 0.75ThidaIndependence, AR

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The other tornadoes of November 27, 2005

64 more were confirmed in the United States that day.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
November 271:48 PM CSTF0Marion, KS0.150
November 271:48 PM CSTF0Marion, KS13.050
November 271:50 PM CSTF0Marion, KS2.050$1,000
November 272:04 PM CSTF0Marion, KS0.150
November 272:05 PM CSTF0Morris, KS0.3100
November 272:12 PM CSTF1Morris, KS20.0400$250,000
November 272:32 PM CSTF0Dickinson, KS1.5100
November 272:32 PM CSTF0Morris, KS6.0100
November 272:35 PM CSTF0Lyon, KS1.0100$20,000
November 272:48 PM CSTF0Montgomery, KS0.150
November 272:58 PM CSTF0Morris, KS0.3100
November 273:09 PM CSTF1Geary, KS2.0300$900,000
November 273:15 PM CSTF0Geary, KS0.3100
November 273:21 PM CSTF0Geary, KS2.0150$40,000
November 273:28 PM CSTF0Riley, KS0.3100
November 273:32 PM CSTF0Riley, KS0.3100$10,000
November 273:40 PM CSTF1Yell, AR4.550
November 273:49 PM CSTF0Riley, KS0.3100
November 273:57 PM CSTF0Yell, AR2.740
November 274:06 PM CSTF1Neosho, KS6.080$120,000
November 274:22 PM CSTF0Allen, KS0.250
November 274:25 PM CSTF1Pike, AR13.8401
November 274:42 PM CSTF1Montgomery, AR3.240
November 274:49 PM CSTF1Montgomery, AR4.540
November 274:56 PM CSTF1Garland, AR3.540
November 275:10 PM CSTF1Garland, AR1.250
November 275:19 PM CSTF0Jasper, MO0.075
November 275:20 PM CSTF2Hot Spring, AR4.2100
November 275:23 PM CSTF1Van Buren, AR2.850
November 275:26 PM CSTF2Garland, AR13.81001
November 275:27 PM CSTF1Searcy, AR2.750
November 275:30 PM CSTF1Garland, AR2.1100
November 275:32 PM CSTF1Saline, AR6.1100
November 275:37 PM CSTF2Conway, AR3.9250
November 275:41 PM CSTF3Perry, AR19.0800$4.0 million
November 275:42 PM CSTF2Pope, AR2.3250
November 275:44 PM CSTF1Clay, MO11.075$1.2 million
November 275:45 PM CSTF2Conway, AR11.8250
November 275:59 PM CSTF1Ray, MO2.075$30,000
November 276:00 PM CSTF3Conway, AR2.0150
November 276:09 PM CSTF3Conway, AR15.070018
November 276:15 PM CSTF1Baxter, AR3.7100
November 276:25 PM CSTF1Perry, AR0.825
November 276:26 PM CSTF1Pulaski, AR2.225
November 276:27 PM CSTF2Conway, AR6.1600
November 276:34 PM CSTF2Faulkner, AR2.6400
November 276:37 PM CSTF2Van Buren, AR13.1400
November 276:40 PM CSTF1Fulton, AR1.350
November 276:42 PM CSTF1Ozark, MO1.0100
November 276:46 PM CSTF1Howell, MO3.01002$70,000
November 276:55 PM CSTF1Van Buren, AR3.750
November 276:56 PM CSTF1Howell, MO5.01002$70,000
November 276:59 PM CSTF1Faulkner, AR7.775
November 277:02 PM CSTF1Cleburne, AR2.750
November 277:11 PM CSTF0Faulkner, AR4.040
November 277:19 PM CSTF2Van Buren, AR0.8100
November 277:20 PM CSTF2Cleburne, AR9.21001
November 277:47 PM CSTF0Cleburne, AR1.225
November 277:55 PM CSTF1Izard, AR5.8150
November 278:01 PM CSTF1Sharp, AR0.4100

All 65 of them

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.