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Tornado Warning 78, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2011, 4:43 PM CDT for Baxter County, Marion County, Arkansas. It was in force for 32 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
- Apr 25, 2011, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2011, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baxter County, AR, Marion County, AR
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 3:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 420 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 356 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
683 WFUS54 KLZK 252143 TORLZK ARC005-089-252215- /O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0078.110425T2143Z-110425T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 443 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BAXTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS... NORTHERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS... * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 439 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKEWAY...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF YELLVILLE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... PRICE PLACE... OZARK ISLE... LAKEWAY... LAKEVIEW... DODD CITY... BULL SHOALS SP... BULL SHOALS... ARKAWANA... THREE BROTHERS... SNOW... PEEL... OAKLAND... MONARCH... TURKEY... TATER KNOB... SHORT MTN... POWELL... PINE MTN... 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 3618 9282 3646 9285 3651 9277 3650 9230 TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 233DEG 34KT 3638 9273 $$ 44
1 follow-up statement
861 WWUS54 KLZK 252205 SVSLZK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 505 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 ARC005-089-252215- /O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-110425T2215Z/ MARION AR-BAXTER AR- 505 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN BAXTER AND NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 502 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF PRICE PLACE...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNTAIN HOME...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... PRICE PLACE... LAKEVIEW... BULL SHOALS SP... BULL SHOALS... THREE BROTHERS... OAKLAND... LONG MTN... HORSESHOE MTN... BULL SHOALS MTN... AMOS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3632 9259 3651 9263 3650 9230 TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 233DEG 34KT 3650 9252 $$ BJS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Pope, Scott, Yell | 59 min |
| Apr 24, 7:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Baxter, Boone, Fulton, Izard, Johnson, Marion and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Johnson, Marion, Newton, Pope, Searcy | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Baxter | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Scott, Yell | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott, Yell | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Stone | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 8:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Sharp | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 8:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Pope, Searcy and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Pope, Scott, Yell | 61 min |
| Apr 24, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan, Pope, Yell | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Sebastian | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 9:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Franklin, Johnson, Logan | 4 days |
| Apr 24, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope, Yell | 20 min |
| Apr 24, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope, Van Buren | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 9:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Conway, Johnson, Logan, Pope, Scott, Van Buren and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Montgomery, Yell | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott, Yell | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 10:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Yell | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Pike, Polk | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Stone, Van Buren | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Perry, Pope, Yell | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott, Yell | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike, Scott and 1 more | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry, Pope, Yell | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Perry, Saline | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Van Buren | 51 min |
| Apr 25, 12:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 12:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 1:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 51 min |
| Apr 25, 1:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott, Yell | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Baxter, Boone, Fulton, Johnson, Marion, Newton and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Woodruff | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Hot Spring, Pike | 48 min |
| Apr 25, 2:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Prairie | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 2:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Clark, Grant, Hot Spring | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 5:03 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | LZK | Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 25, 6:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 6:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Pike, Polk | 57 min |
| Apr 25, 7:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Baxter, Boone, Marion | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 7:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 8:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 8:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Baxter, Johnson, Logan, Marion, Newton, Pope and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 8:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Saline | 43 hr |
| Apr 25, 8:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 8:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Saline | 51 min |
| Apr 25, 9:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 9:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski and 1 more | 41 min |
| Apr 25, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring, Ouachita, Pike | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 9:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry | 5 days |
| Apr 25, 9:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Perry | 13 days |
| Apr 25, 9:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie | 51 min |
| Apr 25, 9:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Prairie, Woodruff | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 10:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Dallas | 29 min |
| Apr 25, 10:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Sharp, Stone | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 11:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Prairie, White, Woodruff | 50 days |
| Apr 25, 11:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Prairie | 50 days |
| Apr 25, 11:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 58 days |
| Apr 25, 11:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | White | 19 days |
| Apr 25, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 12:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Yell | 3 days |
| Apr 25, 12:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Scott | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Scott | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 2:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Polk | 43 min |
| Apr 25, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk | 25 min |
| Apr 25, 2:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk, Scott | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Baxter, Boone, Johnson, Marion, Newton, Pope and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Scott, Yell | 34 min |
| Apr 25, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Perry, Pike, Yell | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Montgomery, Perry, Scott, Yell | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Clark, Montgomery, Pike | 52 min |
| Apr 25, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery, Perry | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton, Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.