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Tornado Warning 162, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 3:50 PM CDT for Lonoke County, Prairie County, White County, Arkansas. It was in force for 29 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, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 4:19 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lonoke County, AR, Prairie County, AR, White County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 2124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 445 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 413 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.0
- Supercell composite
- 20.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
566 WFUS54 KLZK 252050 TORLZK ARC085-117-145-252130- /O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0162.110525T2050Z-110525T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 350 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... NORTHWESTERN PRAIRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... NORTH CENTRAL LONOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 347 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREYSTONE...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF CABOT. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... SEARCY... WEST POINT... WARD... MCRAE... KENSETT... JUDSONIA... HIGGINSON... BEEBE... WALKER... VINITY CORNER... JASMINE... GRIFFITHVILLE... GARNER... ARMSTRONG SPRINGS... SUNNY HILL... STONY POINT... SMYRNA... SEARCY MUNI ARPT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. && LAT...LON 3535 9168 3507 9152 3500 9201 3511 9208 TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 243DEG 34KT 3506 9198 $$ 44
2 follow-up statements
733 WWUS54 KLZK 252110 RRA SVSLZK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 410 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 ARC085-117-252120- /O.CAN.KLZK.TO.W.0162.000000T0000Z-110525T2130Z/ LONOKE AR-PRAIRIE AR- 410 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PRAIRIE AND NORTH CENTRAL LONOKE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3535 9168 3510 9154 3509 9173 3522 9183 TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 242DEG 35KT 3516 9167 $$ ARC145-252130- /O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0162.000000T0000Z-110525T2130Z/ WHITE AR- 410 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL WHITE COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 405 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF HIGGINSON...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF SEARCY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... SEARCY... WEST POINT... KENSETT... HIGGINSON... WALKER... GRIFFITHVILLE... SEARCY MUNI ARPT... MORNING SUN... KIWANIS PARK... HAPPY... DONIPHAN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. && LAT...LON 3535 9168 3510 9154 3509 9173 3522 9183 TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 242DEG 35KT 3516 9167 $$ 44
318 WWUS54 KLZK 252119 SVSLZK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 419 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 ARC145-252129- /O.CAN.KLZK.TO.W.0162.000000T0000Z-110525T2130Z/ WHITE AR- 419 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WHITE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3535 9168 3510 9154 3509 9173 3522 9183 TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 242DEG 35KT 3520 9157 $$ 44
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 9:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Hot Spring | 9 hr |
| May 24, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Scott | 51 min |
| May 25, 12:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan | 44 min |
| May 25, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Pope, Yell | 49 min |
| May 25, 12:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Pope | 44 min |
| May 25, 12:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton, Pope | 33 min |
| May 25, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren | 36 min |
| May 25, 1:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Newton, Pope, Searcy | 45 min |
| May 25, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Marion, Pope, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren | 32 min |
| May 25, 1:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Searcy, Stone, Van Buren | 26 min |
| May 25, 3:56 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | LZK | Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more | 18 hr |
| May 25, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton, Izard, Sharp | 42 min |
| May 25, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton, Sharp | 20 min |
| May 25, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Stone | 45 min |
| May 25, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Pulaski, Saline | 32 min |
| May 25, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone | 43 min |
| May 25, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 25 min |
| May 25, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White | 48 min |
| May 25, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline | 49 min |
| May 25, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White | 46 min |
| May 25, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Sharp | 43 min |
| May 25, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Sharp | 36 min |
| May 25, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Sharp | 33 min |
| May 25, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton | 31 min |
| May 25, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Grant | 46 min |
| May 25, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, White | 53 min |
| May 25, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring | 34 min |
| May 25, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski | 39 min |
| May 25, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 50 min |
| May 25, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Pulaski, Saline | 49 min |
| May 25, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 46 min |
| May 25, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring | 43 min |
| May 25, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jackson, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 45 min |
| May 25, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton, Izard | 13 min |
| May 25, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson, Pulaski | 22 min |
| May 25, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 47 min |
| May 25, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton, Sharp | 13 min |
| May 25, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie | 38 min |
| May 25, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson | 51 min |
| May 25, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln | 57 min |
| May 25, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie | 42 min |
| May 25, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Jefferson, Lincoln | 39 min |
| May 25, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 36 min |
| May 25, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln | 50 min |
| May 25, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Monroe | 47 min |
| May 25, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita | 49 min |
| May 25, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln | 25 min |
| May 25, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Lincoln | 52 min |
| May 25, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Ouachita | 34 min |
| May 25, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln | 47 min |
| May 25, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe | 16 min |
| May 25, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas | 31 min |
| May 25, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson, Lincoln | 24 min |
| May 25, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun | 49 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.