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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 19, 2011Pulaski County, Saline County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2011, 8:22 PM CDT for Pulaski County, Saline County, Arkansas. It was in force for 23 min. 10 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 19, 2011, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2011, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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 19, 8:22 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Bauxite, AR	TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN.
Apr 19, 8:22 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Benton, AR	TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN.
Apr 19, 8:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Bauxite, AR	TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN.
Apr 19, 8:38 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Little Rock National Ai, AR	A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT.
Apr 19, 8:38 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	North Little Rock, AR	A TREE WAS UPROOTED AND FELL ON A SHED BETWEEN HWY 391 AND HWY 70.
Apr 19, 8:42 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 55	North Little Rock Airpo, AR
Apr 19, 8:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Sherwood, AR	TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON TWO HOUSES.
Apr 19, 8:45 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Sherwood, AR
Apr 19, 8:47 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Little Rock National Ai, AR	THE OBSERVER AT ADAMS FIELD REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD VISIBLE SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT.
Apr 19, 8:47 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 51	Little Rock National Ai, AR

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

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 19, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 216 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: 1605 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2015 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 10.6

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The text

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

974 
WFUS54 KLZK 200122
TORLZK
ARC119-125-200145-
/O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0032.110420T0122Z-110420T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
822 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  EASTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 817 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BENTON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE
  STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
  WEST LITTLE ROCK...   SW LITTLE ROCK...     SHERWOOD...
  N LITTLE ROCK ARPT... NORTH LITTLE ROCK...  LITTLE ROCK AFB...
  DWNTWN LITTLE ROCK... LITTLE ROCK ARPT...   BRYANT...
  BENTON...             WRIGHTSVILLE...       TERRY LOCK AND DAM...
  SYLVAN HILLS...       SWEET HOME...         SHANNON HILLS...
  PROTHRO JUNCTION...   PARK HILL...          OTTER CREEK...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 112 AND 142.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 145 AND 161.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 530 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 8.

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 3463 9210 3449 9266 3468 9271 3497 9215
      3466 9210
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 240DEG 51KT 3460 9253

$$

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1 follow-up statement

060 
WWUS54 KLZK 200132
SVSLZK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
832 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

ARC119-125-200145-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110420T0145Z/
SALINE AR-PULASKI AR-
832 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL PULASKI AND
EASTERN SALINE COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 829 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MABELVALE...OR 3 MILES SOUTH OF SW
LITTLE ROCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
  WEST LITTLE ROCK...   SW LITTLE ROCK...     SHERWOOD...
  N LITTLE ROCK ARPT... NORTH LITTLE ROCK...  LITTLE ROCK AFB...
  DWNTWN LITTLE ROCK... LITTLE ROCK ARPT...   BRYANT...
  WRIGHTSVILLE...       TERRY LOCK AND DAM... SYLVAN HILLS...
  SWEET HOME...         SHANNON HILLS...      PROTHRO JUNCTION...
  PARK HILL...          OTTER CREEK...        MCALMONT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120 AND 142.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 145 AND 161.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 530 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 8.

THOSE ATTENDING THE ARKANSAS TRAVELERS BASEBALL GAME ARE IN THE PATH 
OF THIS STORM AND SHOULD PREPARE FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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 3463 9210 3452 9253 3475 9257 3497 9215
      3466 9210
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 242DEG 54KT 3467 9234

$$

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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 19, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike	39 min
Apr 19, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring, Pike	44 min
Apr 19, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Independence, Stone, Van Buren	40 min
Apr 19, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Sharp	39 min
Apr 19, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk, Scott	32 min
Apr 19, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Independence, Van Buren	25 min
Apr 19, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell	51 min
Apr 19, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Saline	47 min
Apr 19, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Scott	33 min
Apr 19, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk, Scott	43 min
Apr 19, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Independence, Jackson, Sharp, Stone and 1 more	51 min
Apr 19, 8:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring, Saline	29 min
Apr 19, 8:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Grant, Hot Spring, Saline	49 min
Apr 19, 8:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Polk, Scott, Yell	40 min
Apr 19, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, White, Woodruff	52 min
Apr 19, 8:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Saline, Yell	51 min
Apr 19, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas and 8 more	46 min
Apr 19, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Scott, Yell	35 min
Apr 19, 8:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski	10 min
Apr 19, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery	45 min
Apr 19, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski	29 min
Apr 19, 8:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Garland, Perry, Saline, Yell	41 min
Apr 19, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Pulaski, White, Woodruff	38 min
Apr 19, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, White	52 min
Apr 19, 9:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson	25 min
Apr 19, 9:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie	35 min
Apr 19, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski	47 min
Apr 19, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Cleveland, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke and 2 more	41 min
Apr 19, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson, Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff	37 min
Apr 19, 9:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie	34 min
Apr 19, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	44 min
Apr 19, 9:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe	28 min
Apr 19, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Saline	43 min
Apr 19, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring, Pike	42 min
Apr 19, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie	37 min
Apr 19, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha and 4 more	45 min
Apr 19, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White	45 min
Apr 19, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike	50 min
Apr 19, 10:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	50 min
Apr 19, 10:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope, Yell	43 min
Apr 19, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	41 min
Apr 19, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White	45 min
Apr 19, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe	33 min
Apr 19, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Pike	43 min
Apr 19, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Independence, Jackson, White, Woodruff	39 min
Apr 19, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Saline	46 min
Apr 19, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White	45 min
Apr 19, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson, White, Woodruff	36 min
Apr 19, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, White	46 min
Apr 19, 11:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie	41 min
Apr 19, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring, Pike	50 min
Apr 19, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson	45 min
Apr 19, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson, White, Woodruff	36 min
Apr 20, 12:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Clark, Dallas, Ouachita	40 min
Apr 20, 12:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	52 min
Apr 20, 12:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln	45 min
Apr 20, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff	36 min
Apr 20, 1:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Monroe	44 min
Apr 20, 1:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Ouachita	51 min
Apr 20, 1:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln	49 min
Apr 20, 1:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Lincoln	45 min
Apr 20, 1:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln	44 min
Apr 20, 2:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring, Pike	45 min
Apr 20, 2:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Hot Spring	46 min
Apr 20, 2:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Clark, Dallas	47 min
Apr 20, 4:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Drew	37 min
Apr 20, 11:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Scott	31 min
Apr 20, 11:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott	26 min
Apr 20, 11:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Montgomery, Scott, Yell	47 min
Apr 20, 12:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Saline, Yell	34 min
Apr 20, 1:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Perry	33 min
Apr 20, 1:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Montgomery	46 min
Apr 20, 1:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Scott	44 min
Apr 20, 1:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	44 min
Apr 20, 1:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Scott, Yell	48 min
Apr 20, 1:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Polk	45 min
Apr 20, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	38 min
Apr 20, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott	65 min
Apr 20, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Perry, Pope, Saline, Yell	49 min
Apr 20, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Yell	60 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.