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Tornado Warning 125, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 26, 2011Arkansas County, Desha County, Monroe County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 5:28 PM CDT for Arkansas County, Desha County, Monroe County, Arkansas. It was in force for 47 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 26, 2011, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Arkansas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Monroe County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 26, 5:40 PM CDT	HAIL 0.25	2 W De Witt, AR
Apr 26, 5:43 PM CDT	HAIL 1	5 S De Witt, AR
Apr 26, 5:45 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	2 W De Witt, AR
Apr 26, 6:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	St. Charles, AR	THE ARKANSAS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A POWER LINE BLOWN DOWN AT SAINT CHARLES...CAUSING OUTAGES.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 26, 3:02 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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: 112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -229 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

409 
WFUS54 KLZK 262228
TORLZK
ARC001-041-095-262315-
/O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0125.110426T2228Z-110426T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
528 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  EASTERN ARKANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
  NORTHERN DESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 527 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITE RIVER NWR. DOPPLER
  RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
  WHITE RIVER NWR...    YANCOPIN...           TRUSTEN HOLDER WMA...
  STIMSON...            ST. CHARLES...        SNOW LAKE...
  MORGAN PT REC AREA... MERRISACH LAKE...     LORAYS...
  LACONIA...            GILLETT...            DE WITT...
  BACK GATE...          WEBER...              PENDLETON...
  PEA RIDGE...          MOZART...             INDIAN BAY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 70 MPH..

&&

LAT...LON 3403 9089 3402 9096 3397 9096 3396 9100
      3400 9107 3396 9104 3388 9140 3400 9143
      3401 9140 3403 9144 3412 9144 3428 9150
      3454 9105 3448 9104 3447 9098 3435 9099
      3433 9104 3414 9108 3411 9087 3406 9086
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 238DEG 41KT 3418 9120

$$

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4 follow-up statements

046 
WWUS54 KLZK 262237
SVSLZK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
537 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

ARC001-041-095-262315-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0125.000000T0000Z-110426T2315Z/
DESHA AR-ARKANSAS AR-MONROE AR-
537 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONROE...
EASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN DESHA COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 532 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF WHITE RIVER NWR...MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  WHITE RIVER NWR...    YANCOPIN...           TRUSTEN HOLDER WMA...
  STIMSON...            ST. CHARLES...        SNOW LAKE...
  MORGAN PT REC AREA... MERRISACH LAKE...     LORAYS...
  LACONIA...            GILLETT...            DE WITT...
  BACK GATE...          WEBER...              PENDLETON...
  PEA RIDGE...          MOZART...             INDIAN BAY...

DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL ARE ALSO 
POSSIBLE WITH THIS DANGEROUS STORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3403 9089 3402 9096 3397 9096 3396 9100
      3400 9107 3396 9104 3388 9140 3400 9143
      3401 9140 3403 9144 3412 9144 3428 9150
      3454 9105 3448 9104 3447 9098 3435 9099
      3433 9104 3414 9108 3411 9087 3406 9086
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 250DEG 40KT 3417 9109

$$

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741 
WWUS54 KLZK 262245
SVSLZK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
545 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

ARC001-041-095-262315-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0125.000000T0000Z-110426T2315Z/
DESHA AR-ARKANSAS AR-MONROE AR-
545 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONROE...
EASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN DESHA COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 541 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY STRONG ROTATION...WITH A 
TORNADO LIKELY.  THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF LORAYS...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHITE RIVER 
NWR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
  WHITE RIVER NWR...    YANCOPIN...           TRUSTEN HOLDER WMA...
  STIMSON...            ST. CHARLES...        SNOW LAKE...
  MORGAN PT REC AREA... MERRISACH LAKE...     LORAYS...
  LACONIA...            GILLETT...            DE WITT...
  BACK GATE...          WEBER...              PENDLETON...
  PEA RIDGE...          MOZART...             INDIAN BAY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3403 9089 3402 9096 3397 9096 3396 9100
      3400 9107 3396 9104 3388 9140 3400 9143
      3401 9140 3403 9144 3412 9144 3428 9150
      3454 9105 3448 9104 3447 9098 3435 9099
      3433 9104 3414 9108 3411 9087 3406 9086
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 231DEG 48KT 3424 9102

$$

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299 
WWUS54 KLZK 262250
SVSLZK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
550 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

ARC001-041-095-262315-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0125.000000T0000Z-110426T2315Z/
DESHA AR-ARKANSAS AR-MONROE AR-
550 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONROE...
EASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN DESHA COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY STRONG ROTATION...LIKELY 
PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
ST. CHARLES...OR 12 MILES WEST OF ELAINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  WHITE RIVER NWR...    YANCOPIN...           TRUSTEN HOLDER WMA...
  STIMSON...            ST. CHARLES...        SNOW LAKE...
  MORGAN PT REC AREA... MERRISACH LAKE...     LORAYS...
  LACONIA...            GILLETT...            DE WITT...
  BACK GATE...          WEBER...              PENDLETON...
  PEA RIDGE...          MOZART...             INDIAN BAY...

ANOTHER TORNADO WAS ALSO POSSIBLE JUST SOUTH OF TICHNOR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3403 9089 3402 9096 3397 9096 3396 9100
      3400 9107 3396 9104 3388 9140 3400 9143
      3401 9140 3403 9144 3412 9144 3428 9150
      3454 9105 3448 9104 3447 9098 3435 9099
      3433 9104 3414 9108 3411 9087 3406 9086
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 215DEG 45KT 3431 9101

$$

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473 
WWUS54 KLZK 262258
SVSLZK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
558 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

ARC001-041-095-262315-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0125.000000T0000Z-110426T2315Z/
DESHA AR-ARKANSAS AR-MONROE AR-
558 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONROE...
EASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN DESHA COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF WHITE RIVER NWR...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
  WHITE RIVER NWR...    TRUSTEN HOLDER WMA... STIMSON...
  ST. CHARLES...        SNOW LAKE...          MORGAN PT REC AREA...
  MERRISACH LAKE...     LORAYS...             LACONIA...
  GILLETT...            DE WITT...            WEBER...               
  PENDLETON...          MOZART...             INDIAN BAY...          
  ETHEL...              DE LUCE...            CROCKETTS BLUFF...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3403 9089 3402 9096 3397 9096 3396 9100
      3400 9107 3396 9105 3394 9115 3394 9140
      3401 9141 3401 9140 3401 9141 3433 9141
      3454 9105 3448 9104 3447 9098 3435 9099
      3433 9104 3414 9108 3411 9087 3406 9086
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 269DEG 36KT 3413 9113

$$

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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 Apr 26, 2:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 2:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
257 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...HIGH RISK OF SEVERE STORMS THIS EVENING TO THE OVERNIGHT OVER
ARKANSAS...

.DISCUSSION...
MAIN CONCERNS AGAIN ARE FIRST PERIOD SEVERE STORMS WITH HIGH TO
SLIGHT RISK OVER ALL OF AR. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE EXPECTED RAIN AND WITH CURRENT FLOODING AND
ELEVATED AREAS AND SATURATED GROUND. FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

ISOLATED CONVECTION JUST STARTING TO FIRE THIS AFTERNOON IN
OVERALL MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. ISOLATED SEVERE POSSIBLE
THIS LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. TIMING OF SEVERE STORM
INITIATION WILL BE A BIT LATER THAN YESTERDAY...AS THE UPPER
DYNAMICS SWING INTO AR THIS EVENING TO OVERNIGHT. BOUNDARY
GENERALLY OVER WESTERN AR WITH 70 TEMPS AND UPPER 60S DEW POINT
TEMPS OVER SOUTHERN AR. 12Z KLZK SOUNDING QUITE UNSTABLE WITH LI
-7...AROUND 1 INCH PRECIP WATER...AND LIGHT SURFACE FLOW TO A SW
JET 40 KNOTS 2K TO 5K FT. AFTER MODIFICATION CONDITIONS BECOME
MORE PRONE FOR SEVERE STORMS. UPPER DYNAMICS ARE SEEN IN THE UPPER
FLOW OVER SW PLAINS AT THIS TIME.

&&

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT
INITIAL STORMS THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING WILL BE ASSOCIATED
WITH LIFTING BOUNDARY AND SOME WEAKER DYNAMICS WITH THE IN PLACE
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY...MOVING IN OVER AR. THEN STRONG
DYNAMICS WILL SET UP LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH THE
MAIN LOW AND COLD FRONT. THEN A SQUALL LINE OF STORMS WITH POSSIBLE
FRONT EDGE ROTATION WILL MOVE ACROSS AR. CONVECTION WILL FINALLY
BE WINDING DOWN 06Z T0 12Z OVER EASTERN AR...WITH LIGHTER SHOWERS
BEHIND THE SYSTEM...AS THE COLD FRONT AND UPPER DYNAMICS PUSH
EAST. DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...THE SURFACE LOW LIFTS NE WHILE
THE COLD FRONT PUSHES TO MS. THE UPPER TROUGH ROTATES THROUGH THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. SOME CONCERN WITH THE UPPER LOW AND BACK SIDE
DYNAMICES WITH POSSIBLE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS OVER NORTHERN
AR. LOW SEVERE THREAT MAY EXIST. PRECIP MAY NEED TO BE ADDED. ALSO
WINDS WILL BE UP ON WEDNESDAY TO LAKE WIND ADVISORY...BUT WILL
HOLD OFF TO LIMIT NUMBER OF HEADLINES ON PRODUCTS. MAINLY DRY
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH COOLER TEMPS.

&&

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEKEND. AN UPPER
RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY TO START THE
PERIOD WITH A DEEP TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN U.S. SOUTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT WILL BE OVER ARKANSAS. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE TO THE
EASTERN U.S. MONDAY AND A RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER ARKANSAS TUESDAY.

MODELS ARE INDICATING MOISTURE INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY.
INCREASING INSTABILITY WILL GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST LIKELY SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE FROM OKLAHOMA THROUGH
ARKANSAS. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE OUT OF ARKANSAS LATE SUNDAY.
PRECIPITATION WILL END IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS MONDAY MORNING. MONDAY
AND TUESDAY WILL BE DRY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. NEAR TO SLIGHTLY
BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BATESVILLE AR     57  66  45  73 /  70  60  10  10
CAMDEN AR         65  75  48  77 /  80  50  10  10
HARRISON AR       53  60  42  72 /  70  60  10  10
HOT SPRINGS AR    61  69  46  75 /  80  60  10  10
LITTLE ROCK   AR  61  71  46  75 /  80  60  10  10
MONTICELLO AR     66  78  48  77 /  80  50  10  10
MOUNT IDA AR      60  66  45  74 /  80  60  10  10
MOUNTAIN HOME AR  54  61  43  72 /  70  60  10  10
NEWPORT AR        59  69  46  73 /  80  60  10  10
PINE BLUFF AR     64  75  48  76 /  80  60  10  10
RUSSELLVILLE AR   57  65  44  73 /  70  60  10  10
SEARCY AR         59  69  46  74 /  80  60  10  10
STUTTGART AR      63  74  48  75 /  80  60  10  10
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR 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.

&&

SHORT TERM...59 / LONG TERM...51

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 8:26 AM CDT, 9 hours 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
826 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-271000-
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-
826 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

...HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH ARKANSAS...

HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN ACROSS THE
STATE...AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH TONIGHT WILL AVERAGE ONE TO FOUR INCHES...
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS RAINFALL WILL FALL OVER SATURATED
GROUND...WITH FLASH FLOODING LIKELY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA.

IN ADDITION TO FLASH FLOODING...RIVER FLOODING IS ALSO A CONCERN...
AS THE RIVERS RISE DUE TO RUNOFF. THE MAIN AREAS OF CONCERN FOR
TODAY ARE IN THE WHITE RIVER BASIN...INCLUDING THE BUFFALO...
SPRING...ELEVEN POINT...BLACK AND WHITE RIVERS.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS
AFTERNOON...AS A SYSTEM MOVES ALONG A STALLED FRONT OVER THE STATE.
THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH
ARKANSAS...WITH LONG TRACK TORNADOES POSSIBLE ALONG WITH VERY LARGE
HAIL. AS THE EVENT UNFOLDS...THE CONCERN WILL CHANGE TO DAMAGING
WINDS...AS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

RIVER FLOODING WILL REMAIN A CONCERN FOR SEVERAL DAYS...AS IT WILL
TAKE SOME TIME FOR WATER LEVELS TO RECEDE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT...FOR SEVERE
WEATHER AND FLOODING CONCERNS.

&&

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND
CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 26, 4:56 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
456 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

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

0446 PM     HAIL             SHERIDAN                34.31N 92.41W
04/26/2011  E1.00 INCH       GRANT              AR   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 26, 4:59 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
459 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

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

0459 PM     HAIL             STAR CITY               33.94N 91.84W
04/26/2011  E1.75 INCH       LINCOLN            AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 26, 5:10 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
510 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

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

0510 PM     HAIL             WATSON CHAPEL           34.18N 92.07W
04/26/2011  E1.00 INCH       JEFFERSON          AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 26, 5:12 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
512 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

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

0511 PM     HAIL             STAR CITY               33.94N 91.84W
04/26/2011  E2.00 INCH       LINCOLN            AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 26, 5:17 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
517 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

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

0515 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 S GILLETT             34.09N 91.38W
04/26/2011                   ARKANSAS           AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED CROSSING HIGHWAY 165.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 26, 5:20 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
520 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

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

0518 PM     HAIL             PINE BLUFF              34.21N 92.02W
04/26/2011  E1.75 INCH       JEFFERSON          AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

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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
Apr 25, 7:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Van Buren	44 min
Apr 25, 7:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring, Perry, Saline	27 min
Apr 25, 7:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Johnson, Logan, Lonoke and 9 more	105 min
Apr 25, 7:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Lonoke, White	40 min
Apr 25, 7:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	35 min
Apr 25, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Dallas, Faulkner, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Lonoke and 5 more	49 min
Apr 25, 7:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White	48 min
Apr 25, 7:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Van Buren	39 min
Apr 25, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson and 2 more	43 min
Apr 25, 7:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne, White	43 min
Apr 25, 7:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Baxter, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson and 6 more	3 hr
Apr 25, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Ouachita	51 min
Apr 25, 7:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 25, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Faulkner, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie and 2 more	47 min
Apr 25, 8:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Independence, Jackson, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski and 2 more	3 hr
Apr 25, 8:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie	26 min
Apr 25, 8:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln and 4 more	3 hr
Apr 25, 8:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke, White	44 min
Apr 25, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Independence, Jackson, Lonoke, Prairie and 4 more	45 min
Apr 25, 8:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, White	40 min
Apr 25, 8:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Prairie, White, Woodruff	39 min
Apr 25, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha and 4 more	51 min
Apr 25, 8:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Hot Spring, Lonoke and 8 more	3 hr
Apr 25, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff	43 min
Apr 25, 8:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, White	27 min
Apr 25, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Drew, Ouachita	40 min
Apr 25, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie	52 min
Apr 25, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, White, Woodruff	47 min
Apr 25, 8:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Jackson, White, Woodruff	46 min
Apr 25, 8:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Garland and 7 more	3 hr
Apr 25, 8:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Baxter, Boone, Johnson, Logan, Marion, Newton and 5 more	3 hr
Apr 25, 8:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Baxter, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson and 5 more	3 hr
Apr 25, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Jefferson and 1 more	42 min
Apr 25, 9:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Jackson, Woodruff	26 min
Apr 25, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Drew, Ouachita	39 min
Apr 25, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	38 min
Apr 25, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe	52 min
Apr 25, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln	39 min
Apr 25, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Desha, Drew	53 min
Apr 25, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Desha, Drew, Lincoln	42 min
Apr 25, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha	51 min
Apr 25, 10:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Hot Spring	107 min
Apr 25, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Drew	53 min
Apr 25, 10:41 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring	36 hr
Apr 25, 10:41 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Clark, Nevada, Ouachita	36 hr
Apr 25, 10:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Faulkner, Grant, Hot Spring, Independence and 8 more	4 hr
Apr 25, 10:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Grant and 6 more	4 hr
Apr 25, 11:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Hot Spring, Lonoke and 9 more	3 hr
Apr 25, 11:22 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LZK	Ashley, Bradley, Cleveland, Drew	36 hr
Apr 25, 11:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Ouachita	42 min
Apr 25, 11:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LZK	Baxter, Boone, Johnson, Logan, Marion, Newton and 5 more	4 hr
Apr 26, 12:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LZK	Baxter, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson and 5 more	3 hr
Apr 26, 12:03 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Garland and 7 more	3 hr
Apr 26, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Grant	46 min
Apr 26, 12:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln	41 min
Apr 26, 12:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Ouachita	40 min
Apr 26, 12:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Hot Spring	3 hr
Apr 26, 12:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 26, 12:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Dallas	46 min
Apr 26, 12:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson	44 min
Apr 26, 1:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Pope, Yell	55 hr
Apr 26, 1:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry	4 days
Apr 26, 1:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson	39 min
Apr 26, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Dallas, Ouachita	50 min
Apr 26, 1:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Hot Spring	3 hr
Apr 26, 2:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Drew, Lincoln	51 min
Apr 26, 2:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Desha, Drew, Lincoln	34 min
Apr 26, 2:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln	49 min
Apr 26, 3:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland	24 min
Apr 26, 3:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 26, 4:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Hot Spring	3 hr
Apr 26, 6:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring	39 hr
Apr 26, 7:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Hot Spring	3 hr
Apr 26, 9:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Jefferson, Lincoln	5 days
Apr 26, 9:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Ashley, Bradley, Cleveland, Drew	14 days
Apr 26, 10:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln	4 days
Apr 26, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie	41 min
Apr 26, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	40 min
Apr 26, 3:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring	43 min
Apr 26, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Ouachita	41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.