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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 19, 20115 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2011, 9:26 PM CDT for 5 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 34 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 19, 2011, 9:26 PM CDT (02:26 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Arkansas County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Prairie County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 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, 9:33 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Stuttgart, AR	ONE TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN AT 10TH AND MAIN.
Apr 19, 9:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Stuttgart, AR	THERE WAS SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A HOUSE AFTER A TREE FELL ON IT. SEVERAL MORE TREES AND A COUPLE OF POWERLINES WERE DOWN ACROSS THE CITY.
Apr 19, 9:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Clarendon, AR	TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN.
Apr 19, 9:54 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Clarendon, AR	LOTS OF TREES DOWN IN CLARENDON. ONLY SPECIFIED REPORT WAS ON NORTH 2ND.

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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.

687 
WFUS54 KLZK 200226
TORLZK
ARC001-069-085-095-117-200300-
/O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0039.110420T0226Z-110420T0300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN PRAIRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LONOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 924 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS SEVERE
  STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF HUMPHREY...OR 8 MILES WEST OF
  STUTTGART. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING EAST AT 50
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
  STUTTGART...          ULM...                ROE...
  PALMER...             HUMPHREY...           HOLLY GROVE...
  CLARENDON...          BRUMMITT...           RAGTOWN...
  PINE CITY...          MONROE...             LAWRENCEVILLE...
  DUNCAN...             CASSCOE...            BLACKTON...
  ABERDEEN...           YODER...              WALWORTH RES...

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 3439 9172 3450 9175 3482 9109 3475 9109
      3474 9105 3470 9104 3449 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 249DEG 63KT 3449 9162

$$

225

2 follow-up statements

216 
WWUS54 KLZK 200238
SVSLZK

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

ARC069-085-200248-
/O.CAN.KLZK.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-110420T0300Z/
JEFFERSON AR-LONOKE AR-
938 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LONOKE AND
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3448 9158 3457 9160 3482 9109 3475 9109
      3474 9105 3470 9104 3449 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 243DEG 56KT 3459 9147

$$

ARC001-095-117-200300-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-110420T0300Z/
ARKANSAS AR-MONROE AR-PRAIRIE AR-
938 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PRAIRIE...
CENTRAL MONROE AND NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM
CDT...

AT 933 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 STUTTGART MUNI
ARPT...OR 4 MILES NORTH OF STUTTGART...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
  STUTTGART...          ULM...                ROE...
  PALMER...             HOLLY GROVE...        CLARENDON...
  RAGTOWN...            PINE CITY...          MONROE...
  LAWRENCEVILLE...      DUNCAN...             CASSCOE...
  BLACKTON...           ABERDEEN...           WALWORTH RES...
  SOUTH STUTTGART...    SMALE...              SCROGGINS RES...

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 3448 9158 3457 9160 3482 9109 3475 9109
      3474 9105 3470 9104 3449 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 243DEG 56KT 3459 9147

$$

225

811 
WWUS54 KLZK 200246
SVSLZK

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

ARC001-095-117-200300-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-110420T0300Z/
ARKANSAS AR-MONROE AR-PRAIRIE AR-
946 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PRAIRIE...
CENTRAL MONROE AND EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS COUNTIES UNTIL 1000
PM CDT...

AT 941 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 EAST OF ULM...OR 11 MILES
NORTHEAST OF STUTTGART...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
  ROE...                PALMER...             HOLLY GROVE...
  RAGTOWN...            PINE CITY...          MONROE...
  DUNCAN...             BLACKTON...           ABERDEEN...
  SMALE...              RED CAT LAKE...       PRESTON FERRY...
  PARK GROVE...         MIDWAY LAKE...        LUCKETT LAKE...
  HOLLY GROVE MUNI ARPT...                    GREEN LAKE...
  FORKED LAKE...

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 3452 9104 3453 9143 3463 9143 3475 9109
      3474 9105 3470 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 255DEG 55KT 3460 9131

$$

225

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, 8:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Pulaski, Saline	23 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, 9:31 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.