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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 15, 20115 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2011, 1:56 AM CDT for 5 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 34 min. 9 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 15, 2011, 1:56 AM CDT (06:56 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2011, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Grant County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:57 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 15, 2:00 AM CDT	TORNADO 1	3 Sw Sweet Home, AR	AN EF1 TORNADO TRACKED FROM 3.5 SOUTHWEST OF SWEET HOME TO 2.2 E OF COLLEGE STATION...WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 6.6 MILES. TREES AND POWER POLES WERE DOWNED...WITH AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING DESTROYED. A ROOF OFF OF ANOTHER INDUSTRIAL BUILDING WAS DAMAGED.
Apr 15, 2:06 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E East End, AR	TRRES AND POWERLINE DOWN ALONG I-530.
Apr 15, 2:09 AM CDT	TORNADO 1	7 Ssw Scott, AR	* 1 INJ * AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 7.4 MI SSW OF SCOTT IN PULASKI CO. AND LIFTED 2.3 MI NW OF KEO IN LONOKE CO. WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 6.9 MI. NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND A TRAILER OF AN 18-WHEELER WAS ALSO BLOWN OVER. A COTTON TIN WAS DESTROYED..
Apr 15, 2:10 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 Ssw Scott, AR	* 1 INJ * A MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED...AND THE OCCUPANT WAS THROWN FROM IT AND SUSTAINED INJURIES.
Apr 15, 2:15 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 W Keo, AR	POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED IN HALF NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 232 AND TEMPLETON ROAD.
Apr 15, 2:15 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ssw Scott, AR	TREES WERE BLOCKING RIVER ROAD JUST OFF OF HIGHWAY 161.
Apr 15, 2:15 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sw Scott, AR	* 1 FATAL * A TREE FELL ON AN RV...KILLING THE OCCUPANT INSIDE.
Apr 15, 2:17 AM CDT	TORNADO 2	3 Ssw Pettus, AR	A TORNADO DAMAGED OR DESTROYED 50 LARGE STEEL POWER TRANSMITTER TOWERS...WITH POWER LINES...POWER POLES AND TREES DOWNED AS WELL. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF2...AND HAD A PATH WIDTH OF 200 YARDS. THE TORNADO TRACKED 7 MILES BEFORE DISSIPATING 6.3 MILES SOUTH-SOUT
Apr 15, 2:19 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 S Scott, AR	TRRES DOWN AND BLOCKING PARTS OF HWY 161. A TRAILED HAS BEEN DAMAGED AND FIRE AND RESUCE IS ON THE SCENE. THERE ARE SEVERAL TRAPPED OCCUPANTS.

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this tornado warning; the first came 4 minutes after it went out.

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 14, 9:06 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 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: 195 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

028 
WFUS54 KLZK 150656
TORLZK
ARC053-085-117-119-125-150730-
/O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0017.110415T0656Z-110415T0730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
156 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN PRAIRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHERN LONOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 152 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANE CREEK...OR 9 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF BRYANT. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING
  EAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
  WRIGHTSVILLE...       TOLTEC MOUNDS SP...   TERRY LOCK AND DAM...
  PRAIRIE CENTER...     PARKERS CORNER...     ORION...
  MCCREANOR...          KEO...                IRONTON...
  ESTES...              ENGLAND...            CARLISLE...
  CANE CREEK...         WOODSON...            VIMY RIDGE...
  TOLTEC...             SEATON...             SARDIS...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 530 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 18.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3449 9209 3449 9220 3446 9221 3442 9240
      3459 9247 3481 9170 3459 9162
TIME...MOT...LOC 0656Z 253DEG 56KT 3454 9232

$$

58

2 follow-up statements

577 
WWUS34 KLZK 150711
SVSLZK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
211 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

ARC053-125-150721-
/O.CAN.KLZK.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110415T0730Z/
GRANT AR-SALINE AR-
211 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SALINE AND NORTHEASTERN GRANT
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 211 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE 
AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. 
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3459 9162 3450 9209 3449 9220 3466 9224
      3481 9170
TIME...MOT...LOC 0711Z 247DEG 48KT 3460 9210

$$

ARC085-117-119-150730-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110415T0730Z/
PULASKI AR-LONOKE AR-PRAIRIE AR-
211 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PRAIRIE...SOUTHERN LONOKE AND SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI
COUNTIES...

AT 211 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF
WRIGHTSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CARLISLE...
ENGLAND...KEO AND WRIGHTSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3459 9162 3450 9209 3449 9220 3466 9224
      3481 9170
TIME...MOT...LOC 0711Z 247DEG 48KT 3460 9210

$$
BORGHOFF

420 
WWUS54 KLZK 150723
SVSLZK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
223 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

ARC119-150733-
/O.CAN.KLZK.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110415T0730Z/
PULASKI AR-
223 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3459 9162 3459 9164 3452 9199 3472 9203
      3481 9170
TIME...MOT...LOC 0723Z 247DEG 48KT 3466 9192

$$

ARC085-117-150730-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110415T0730Z/
LONOKE AR-PRAIRIE AR-
223 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN PRAIRIE AND
SOUTHERN LONOKE COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM CDT...

AT 219 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF KEO...OR 11 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LONOKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
  PRAIRIE CENTER...     PARKERS CORNER...     MCCREANOR...
  ENGLAND...            CARLISLE...           SEATON...
  PETTUS...             CULLER...             BLAKEMORE...
  SEATON DUMP...        JABB...               COBBS...
  BAYOU METO...

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 3459 9162 3459 9164 3452 9199 3472 9203
      3481 9170
TIME...MOT...LOC 0723Z 247DEG 48KT 3466 9192

$$

BJS

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 15, 12:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 12:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1255 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

.AVIATION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE STATE
FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE MAIN LINE OF
STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT IS PUSHING FROM WEST TO
EAST...WHILE MEANWHILE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OUT
AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE MOVING IN A SOUTH TO NORTH DIRECTION. WINDS
WILL BE GUSTY...BLOWING UP TO 30 MILES PER HOUR OUT OF THE
SOUTHEAST...THEN SHIFTING OUT OF THE WEST AFTER THE LINE. WINDS
WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY ON FRIDAY AFTER THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CLEAR THE AREA. SHOWERS WILL LINGER ACROSS THE NORTH
AS WRAP AROUND PRECIP MOVES THROUGH THE STATE COMING TO AN END
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 651 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011/

AVIATION...
TSTMS FROM OK WILL ENTER WRN AR LATER THIS EVE AND SHOULD SHIFT E
OF ALL TAF SITES BY MID MORNING FRI. TIMING OF STORMS WAS PRETTY
MUCH IN LINE WITH NAM AND GFS. HOWEVER...SOME OF THE MODELS HAVE
BEEN INDICATING SCT TS DEVELOPMENT OUT AHEAD OF OK STORMS THIS
EVENING /AND ISOLATED STORM HAS POPPED UP IN SERN OK/...SO ALLOWED
FOR A LONGER AMOUNT OF TIME FOR TS AT THE TAF SITES. UNTIL TSTMS
ARRIVE...CONDITONS SHOULD BE VFR WITH GUSTY S-SW SURFACE WIND.
CEILING LOWERING TO MVFR/OCNL IFR DUE TO CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES
AS TSTMS MOVE THROUGH. ALSO...VERY GUSTY WINDS SHOULD ACCOMPANY
THE STORMS. CONTINUED MVFR FOR AWHILE FRI MORNING...THEN BECOMING
VFR. GUSTY WSW-W WINDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRI.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 320 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011/

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT

DEEPENING LOW PRES SYS WAS CENTERED ACRS CNTRL KS AT MID AFTN. LOW
LVL MOISTURE CONTD TO ADVECT NWD INTO ERN OK AND SWRN AR.
CDFNT/DRYLINE WAS ALIGNED SWD FM THE LOW ACRS CNTRL OK. TEMPS HAVE
WARMED INTO THE 70S AND LOWERS 80S ACRS THE FA.

CURRENT FCST THINKING RMNS UNCHANGED AS STRONG/SVR STORMS EXPECTED
TO AFFECT THE AREA TNGT INTO FRI. SCTD TO NUMEROUS SHRA/TSRA WL DVLP
BY LATE THIS AFTN/EVENING ACRS ERN OK AND EVENTUALLY AFFECT PARTS OF
WRN AR...WHERE DISCRETE STORMS COULD PRODUCE ISOLD TORNADOES THRU
THE EVENING HRS. ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO EVENTUALLY ORGANIZED INTO A
BROKEN LINE OF STORMS AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES...WITH THE FOCUS FOR
WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL CONTG INTO FRI.

PRECIP WL TAPER OFF FM THE W LATE TNGT AND FRI AS THE FNT SHIFTS E
OF AR. WITH SFC LOW EXPECTED TO BE CENTERED OVR MO ON FRI...GUSTY
W/SWLY WINDS WL BE COMMON. WENT AHEAD AND POSTED A LAKE WIND ADVY
ACRS THE FA FOR FRI. LATER SHIFTS CAN MONITOR TRENDS FOR A POSSIBLE
UPGRADE TO A WIND ADVY OVR PARTS OF THE AREA.

CYCLONIC FLOW WL RESULT IN PLENTY OF WRAPAROUND MOISTURE WL KEEP
CLOUDS ACRS MUCH OF THE STATE FRI NGT AND SAT. CANNOT RULE OUT SOME
LEFTOVER SHOWERS FRI NGT OVR NRN AR. WINDS WL SUBSIDE HEADING INTO
SAT WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS. HIGH PRES WL SETTLE OVR THE SAT
NGT BEFORE SHIFTING EWD BY SUN. SLY FLOW WL RETURN SUN AFTN WL SOME
INCRS IN MOISTURE COMMENCING BY SUN NGT.

LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

IT APPEARS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE SOUTHEAST
UNITED STATES THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. A COLD
FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST...AND WILL LIKELY STALL ON
TUESDAY AS IT ENCOUNTERS THE RIDGE. A COUPLE OF WAVES OF LOW
PRESSURE WILL FORM ALONG THE FRONT THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH THE FRONT
WAVERING ACROSS THE STATE. THE FRONT WILL BRING UNSETTLED
CONDITIONS...WITH CLOUDS/SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED.

THE FRONT WILL BE A FOCUS FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND WILL HAVE TO
MONITOR THE SITUATION FOR EXCESSIVE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS. THIS WILL
BE MOST FAVORED OVER NORTHERN/CENTRAL SECTIONS OF ARKANSAS.

AT OR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE FORECAST. HOWEVER...THIS
WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE PLACEMENT OF THE FRONT AND
CLOUDS/PRECIPITATION.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BATESVILLE AR     43  63  43  73 /  20  10  10  10
CAMDEN AR         46  69  45  78 /  10   0  10  10
HARRISON AR       42  61  40  71 /  20  10  10  10
HOT SPRINGS AR    45  68  44  76 /  10   0  10  10
LITTLE ROCK   AR  46  67  45  75 /  10  10  10  10
MONTICELLO AR     48  69  45  75 /  10   0  10  10
MOUNT IDA AR      41  67  43  76 /  10   0  10  10
MOUNTAIN HOME AR  40  60  41  72 /  20  10  10  10
NEWPORT AR        43  64  43  72 /  20  10  10  10
PINE BLUFF AR     46  68  45  75 /  10   0  10  10
RUSSELLVILLE AR   41  65  45  75 /  20  10  10  10
SEARCY AR         45  65  44  74 /  20  10  10  10
STUTTGART AR      48  67  44  73 /  20  10  10  10
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING 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...225

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 4:51 AM CDT, 21 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
451 AM CDT THU APR 14 2011

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-151000-
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-
451 AM CDT THU APR 14 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN
OKLAHOMA HAS PLACED WESTERN ARKANSAS UNDER A MODERATE RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...WITH A SLIGHT RISK OVER THE
REMAINDER OF THE STATE.

A POTENT STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OUT IN THE PLAINS WILL APPROACH
ARKANSAS LATER TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL
MOVE INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THESE STORMS ACROSS
THE CENTRAL THIRD OF ARKANSAS BY MID TO LATE EVENING.

SOME OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP TONIGHT WILL BECOME SEVERE. THESE
SEVERE STORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE HAIL ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER OR GREATER...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH...AND EVEN TORNADOES.

REGARDING TORNADOES...AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST
RISK FOR TORNADOES WILL PRIMARILY BE IN AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM
CLARKSVILLE...TO HOT SPRINGS...TO GURDON...AND BETWEEN 7 PM AND
MIDNIGHT.

AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO EVOLVE INTO A SQUALL
LINE AND MOVE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND INTO
EASTERN ARKANSAS. THE STORMS WILL EXIT THE STATE DURING THE
MORNING HOURS.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT...WHILE THE RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE HIGHEST IN THE WEST...THERE WILL BE A SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT IN ALL PARTS OF THE STATE TONIGHT.

PEOPLE SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WATCH OR
WARNING IS ISSUED FOR THEIR AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 15, 1:26 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
126 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

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

1258 AM     TSTM WND GST     MORRILTON               35.16N 92.74W
04/15/2011  E60 MPH          CONWAY             AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

227

Local storm report, Apr 15, 1:35 AM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
135 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

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

0135 AM     HAIL             MALVERN                 34.37N 92.82W
04/15/2011  E1.00 INCH       HOT SPRING         AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

227

Local storm report, Apr 15, 1:39 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
139 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

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

0138 AM     HAIL             6 SW BENTON             34.51N 92.65W
04/15/2011  E1.00 INCH       SALINE             AR   PUBLIC

            WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH AND SMALL TREE LIMBS HAVE BEEN
            REPORTED DOWN AS WELL.

&&

227

Local storm report, Apr 15, 1:42 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
142 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

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

0141 AM     HAIL             HASKELL                 34.51N 92.64W
04/15/2011  M1.00 INCH       SALINE             AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

0141 AM     TSTM WND DMG     HASKELL                 34.51N 92.64W
04/15/2011                   SALINE             AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL TRRRES HAVE FALLEN.

&&

227

Local storm report, Apr 15, 1:43 AM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
143 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

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

0142 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MALVERN                 34.37N 92.82W
04/15/2011                   HOT SPRING         AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWERLINES ARE DOWN AND POWER IS OUT IN PARTS OF MALVERN.

&&

227

Local storm report, Apr 15, 1:49 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
149 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

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

0147 AM     HAIL             CONGO                   34.65N 92.58W
04/15/2011  E1.75 INCH       SALINE             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0147 AM     TSTM WND DMG     PARON                   34.77N 92.75W
04/15/2011                   SALINE             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED HEADING INTO PARON. DEBRIS HAS BEEN
            REPORTED WITH TREES DOWN.

&&

227

The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 10:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Polk, Scott	58 min
Apr 14, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Yell	49 min
Apr 14, 10:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Logan, Scott	25 min
Apr 14, 10:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Polk, Scott	51 min
Apr 14, 10:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Logan, Montgomery, Perry, Yell	50 min
Apr 14, 10:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Polk	32 min
Apr 14, 11:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Logan, Scott	30 min
Apr 14, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Montgomery, Pike, Polk, Scott and 1 more	39 min
Apr 14, 11:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Logan	35 min
Apr 14, 11:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Logan, Pope, Yell	37 min
Apr 14, 11:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk	47 min
Apr 14, 11:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Pope	19 min
Apr 14, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Montgomery, Pike, Polk, Pope and 2 more	46 min
Apr 15, 12:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Pope, Saline and 1 more	41 min
Apr 15, 12:07 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery, Yell	53 min
Apr 15, 12:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Izard, Sharp	35 min
Apr 15, 12:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike	42 min
Apr 15, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Perry, Pope, Pulaski and 2 more	45 min
Apr 15, 12:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Perry, Pike and 3 more	39 min
Apr 15, 1:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson	29 min
Apr 15, 1:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Lonoke, Perry, Prairie and 3 more	52 min
Apr 15, 1:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	36 min
Apr 15, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Perry, Pulaski and 1 more	50 min
Apr 15, 1:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Stone, White	28 min
Apr 15, 1:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White	21 min
Apr 15, 1:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Pulaski, White	46 min
Apr 15, 2:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Pulaski	43 min
Apr 15, 2:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln and 3 more	41 min
Apr 15, 2:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita	40 min
Apr 15, 2:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	45 min
Apr 15, 2:39 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Lincoln, Ouachita	51 min
Apr 15, 2:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Monroe, Prairie, Sharp, White and 1 more	50 min
Apr 15, 2:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff	50 min
Apr 15, 2:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	56 min
Apr 15, 2:49 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson	18 min
Apr 15, 2:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew and 4 more	47 min
Apr 15, 3:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Baxter, Izard, Marion, Newton, Pope, Searcy and 2 more	110 min
Apr 15, 3:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Jefferson and 2 more	63 min
Apr 15, 4:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Desha, Drew	46 min
Apr 15, 4:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha	30 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.