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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 348, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2011, 11:56 AM CDT for 6 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 49 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 27, 2011, 11:56 AM CDT (16:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Pope County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 184 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -327 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 27, 11:02 AM CDT, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 11:02 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 500 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-281000- 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- 500 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF ARKANSAS TODAY AS ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSES EASTWARD THROUGH THE AREA. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS MAINLY OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF LINE FROM BATESVILLE...TO DANVILLE TO MOUNT IDA. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERNS...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDDAY OVER MUCH OF ARKANSAS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY WELL SATURATED...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY INCREASE THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY RIVER FLOODING WILL REMAIN A CONCERN HEADING INTO NEXT WEEK. THE BLACK AND UPPER WHITE RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO CREST IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO...WITH THE OUACHITA AND LOWER WHITE RIVER CONTINUING TO RISE BEFORE CRESTING SOMETIME EARLY NEXT WEEK. MEANWHILE...ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WITH BRING AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NATURAL STATE LATE IN THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 44
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Special weather statement, Apr 27, 9:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Johnson, Logan, Perry, Pope, Scott and 1 more | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, Johnson, Logan, Pope, White and 1 more | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Johnson, Marion, Newton, Pope, Searcy and 1 more | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring | 13 min |
| Apr 26, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 20 min |
| Apr 26, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, White | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Pike, Polk | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Perry, Saline | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Logan, Pope, Yell | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Izard, Marion and 4 more | 55 min |
| Apr 26, 7:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Lonoke and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery, Yell | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry, Pope, Yell | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 8:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Hot Spring and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson, White, Woodruff | 66 min |
| Apr 26, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Ouachita | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 8:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Baxter, Conway, Izard, Marion, Newton, Pope and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren | 23 min |
| Apr 26, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Baxter | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson and 4 more | 57 min |
| Apr 26, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie | 57 min |
| Apr 26, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Lonoke, Perry, Van Buren and 1 more | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 8:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Pike, Polk, Pulaski and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 8:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Van Buren and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson, Pulaski | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Garland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, White | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton, Sharp | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Lincoln and 1 more | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Desha, Drew, Lincoln | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 11:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 11:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Drew | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Monroe | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 1:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Nevada, Ouachita | 45 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jefferson | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Clark, Dallas, Ouachita | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 5:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 5:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 5:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln | 62 min |
| Apr 27, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Hot Spring, Ouachita | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 6:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Saline | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 6:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 6:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 6:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Pulaski, Saline | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln and 1 more | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 6:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 7:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Drew, Lincoln | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 7:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Prairie | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 7:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Bradley, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Jefferson and 1 more | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 7:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 7:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Bradley, Desha, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Drew | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 9:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Arkansas | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 9:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 9:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Desha, Drew | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 9:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 9:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Monroe | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Newton, Pope, Scott, Searcy and 1 more | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 10:11 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | LZK | Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Newton, Pope, Searcy | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 10:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Desha, Drew and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LZK | Baxter, Boone, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Searcy | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 11:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Stone | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 11:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Desha, Drew | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 11:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 11:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Stone | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 11:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Independence, Sharp | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011
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.