Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 521, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2011, 8:25 PM CDT for Bradley County, Desha County, Drew County, Arkansas. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2011, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bradley County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2164 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
749
WUUS54 KLZK 260125
SVRLZK
ARC011-041-043-260200-
/O.NEW.KLZK.SV.W.0521.110526T0125Z-110526T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
825 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BRADLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL DESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
SOUTHERN DREW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 821 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF LADELLE TO
NEAR LONGVIEW...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCIPIO... MASONVILLE... LONGVIEW...
LADELLE... PLEASANT GROVE... LACEY...
JOHNSVILLE... JEROME... HALLEY...
ENON... COLLINS... ARKANSAS CITY...
VALLEY JUNCTION... TUPELO BRAKE... TRIPPE JUNCTION...
TOWNSEND LAKE... SMEARNY... SHADY GROVE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN ARKANSAS.
LAT...LON 3332 9212 3358 9179 3362 9114 3357 9117
3358 9123 3351 9125 3351 9131 3353 9132
3352 9134 3356 9136 3356 9143 3338 9145
3339 9195 3331 9196 3329 9199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 267DEG 43KT 3350 9177 3339 9193
$$
621 follow-up statement
053
WWUS54 KLZK 260142
SVSLZK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
842 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
ARC011-260152-
/O.CAN.KLZK.SV.W.0521.000000T0000Z-110526T0200Z/
BRADLEY AR-
842 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BRADLEY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3358 9179 3362 9114 3357 9117 3358 9123
3351 9125 3351 9131 3353 9132 3352 9134
3356 9136 3356 9143 3338 9145 3339 9190
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 275DEG 53KT 3340 9166
$$
ARC041-043-260200-
/O.CON.KLZK.SV.W.0521.000000T0000Z-110526T0200Z/
DREW AR-DESHA AR-
842 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
DESHA AND SOUTHEASTERN DREW COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...
AT 839 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF SCIPIO...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF HAMBURG...
MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
SCIPIO... MASONVILLE... LADELLE...
PLEASANT GROVE... LACEY... JEROME...
HALLEY... ENON... COLLINS...
ARKANSAS CITY... VALLEY JUNCTION... TUPELO BRAKE...
TRIPPE JUNCTION... TOWNSEND LAKE... SHADY GROVE...
SEVEN DEVILS SWAMP... POTHOLE LAKE... LEWIS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3358 9179 3362 9114 3357 9117 3358 9123
3351 9125 3351 9131 3353 9132 3352 9134
3356 9136 3356 9143 3338 9145 3339 9190
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 275DEG 53KT 3340 9166
$$
62The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew, Lincoln | 21 min |
| May 25, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe | 48 min |
| May 25, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln | 47 min |
| May 25, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha | 25 min |
| May 25, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Desha, Drew | 46 min |
| May 25, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Drew | 43 min |
Nearby
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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.