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Tornado Warning 141, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 26, 2011Arkansas County, Jefferson County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 7:38 PM CDT for Arkansas County, Jefferson County, Arkansas. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2011, 8:06 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Arkansas County, AR, Jefferson County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 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, 7:41 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Pine Bluff, AR	FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED OVER PINE BLUFF.

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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 175 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: 468 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 966 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 334 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 505 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 17.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

831 
WFUS54 KLZK 270038
TORLZK
ARC001-069-270130-
/O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0141.110427T0038Z-110427T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
  CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 735 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. NATIONAL
  WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 5
  MILES WEST OF PINE BLUFF. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM
  MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  PINE BLUFF...         WHITE HALL...         WARBRITTON...
  WABBASEKA...          RICHARDSON...         MADDING...
  LINWOOD...            LAKE PINE BLUFF...    HUMPHREY...
  COTTONDALE...         BAYOU METO STATE GAME AREA...
  ALTHEIMER...          WATSON CHAPEL...      SWAN LAKE...
  SULPHUR SPRINGS...    ROB ROY...            NOBLE LAKE...
  LODGE CORNER...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 530 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 46.

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 3416 9168 3418 9170 3418 9172 3416 9173
      3413 9213 3425 9217 3449 9165 3448 9160
      3449 9159 3419 9141
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 250DEG 41KT 3420 9206

$$

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4 follow-up statements

135 
WWUS54 KLZK 270044
SVSLZK

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

ARC001-069-270130-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0141.000000T0000Z-110427T0130Z/
JEFFERSON AR-ARKANSAS AR-
744 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND
CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 740 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.  THIS 
FUNNEL WAS LOCATED NEAR PINE BLUFF...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  PINE BLUFF...         WHITE HALL...         WARBRITTON...
  WABBASEKA...          RICHARDSON...         MADDING...
  LINWOOD...            LAKE PINE BLUFF...    HUMPHREY...
  COTTONDALE...         BAYOU METO STATE GAME AREA...
  ALTHEIMER...          WATSON CHAPEL...      SWAN LAKE...
  SULPHUR SPRINGS...    ROB ROY...            NOBLE LAKE...
  LODGE CORNER...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 530 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 46.

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 3416 9168 3418 9170 3418 9172 3416 9173
      3413 9213 3425 9217 3449 9165 3448 9160
      3449 9159 3419 9141
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 250DEG 39KT 3421 9196

$$

225

615 
WWUS54 KLZK 270046
SVSLZK

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

ARC001-069-270130-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0141.000000T0000Z-110427T0130Z/
JEFFERSON AR-ARKANSAS AR-
746 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND
CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 745 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 SOUTHEAST OF HUMPHREY...OR 9 
MILES SOUTHWEST OF STUTTGART...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS IS A 
SECOND ROTATION WITHIN THE TORNADO WARNING FOR THE PINE BLUFF AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
  PINE BLUFF...         WHITE HALL...         WARBRITTON...
  WABBASEKA...          RICHARDSON...         MADDING...
  LINWOOD...            LAKE PINE BLUFF...    HUMPHREY...
  COTTONDALE...         BAYOU METO STATE GAME AREA...
  ALTHEIMER...          WATSON CHAPEL...      SWAN LAKE...
  SULPHUR SPRINGS...    ROB ROY...            NOBLE LAKE...
  LODGE CORNER...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 530 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 46.

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 3416 9168 3418 9170 3418 9172 3416 9173
      3413 9213 3425 9217 3449 9165 3448 9160
      3449 9159 3419 9141
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 228DEG 35KT 3441 9164

$$

225

684 
WWUS54 KLZK 270056
SVSLZK

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

ARC001-069-270130-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0141.000000T0000Z-110427T0130Z/
JEFFERSON AR-ARKANSAS AR-
756 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND
EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 754 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STUTTGART...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
  WABBASEKA...          RICHARDSON...         MADDING...
  LINWOOD...            HUMPHREY...           COTTONDALE...
  BAYOU METO STATE GAME AREA...               ALTHEIMER...
  SWAN LAKE...          ROB ROY...            NOBLE LAKE...
  LODGE CORNER...       GLENLAKE...           CORNERSTONE...
  WILSON RESERVOIR...   VALLIER...            TRULOCK PARK...
  SWEDEN...

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 3419 9141 3416 9168 3418 9170 3418 9172
      3416 9173 3414 9197 3432 9201 3449 9165
      3448 9161 3449 9159
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 228DEG 35KT 3447 9155

$$

225

903 
WWUS54 KLZK 270106
SVSLZK

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

ARC001-069-270116-
/O.CAN.KLZK.TO.W.0141.000000T0000Z-110427T0130Z/
JEFFERSON AR-ARKANSAS AR-
806 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND EASTERN
JEFFERSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR THE AREA.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3419 9141 3416 9168 3418 9170 3418 9172
      3416 9173 3414 9197 3432 9201 3449 9165
      3448 9161 3449 9159
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 228DEG 35KT 3453 9146

$$

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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, 6:52 PM CDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 6:52 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

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

.AVIATION...
LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH TEXAS. SEVERAL WAVES OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH ARKANSAS THROUGH THE
PERIOD. IFR AND MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE LOW WILL MOVE
THROUGH ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY. RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THIS
LOW MOVES THROUGH THE STATE.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 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.

&&

AVIATION...51

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 8:26 AM CDT, 11 hours 12 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, 6:44 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

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

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

0644 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 S ROMANCE             35.20N 92.05W
04/26/2011                   WHITE              AR   AMATEUR RADIO

            FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR HIGHWAY 5 SOUTH OF
            ROMANCE.

&&

55

Local storm report, Apr 26, 6:58 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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

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

0615 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ST. CHARLES             34.38N 91.13W
04/26/2011                   ARKANSAS           AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            THE ARKANSAS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A POWER LINE BLOWN
            DOWN AT SAINT CHARLES...CAUSING OUTAGES.

&&

57

Local storm report, Apr 26, 7:08 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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

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

0708 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 E CHOCTAW             35.53N 92.39W
04/26/2011                   VAN BUREN          AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED.

&&

55

Local storm report, Apr 26, 7:18 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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

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

0704 PM     HAIL             5 NE CLINTON            35.63N 92.39W
04/26/2011  E1.75 INCH       VAN BUREN          AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

55

Local storm report, Apr 26, 7:24 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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

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

0718 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     1 N VELVET RIDGE        35.43N 91.58W
04/26/2011                   WHITE              AR   AMATEUR RADIO

            FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED.

&&

55

Local storm report, Apr 26, 7:29 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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

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

0718 PM     TORNADO          WICKES                  34.30N 94.34W
04/26/2011                   POLK               AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES REPORTED BLOWN DOWN. TORNADO CONFIRMED BY SPOTTERS.

&&

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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 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, 7:39 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
Apr 27, 11:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Van Buren	46 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.