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Tornado Warning 85, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2011, 5:23 PM CDT for Conway County, Faulkner County, Perry County, Arkansas. It was in force for 37 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, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Conway County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Perry County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 224 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.
837 WFUS54 KLZK 252223 TORLZK ARC029-045-105-252300- /O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0085.110425T2223Z-110425T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 523 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CONWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... WEST CENTRAL FAULKNER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 521 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF HOUSTON...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF PLUMERVILLE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... PLUMERVILLE... CONWAY... WOOSTER... TOAD SUCK... SPRINGHILL... SPRINGFIELD... PICKLES GAP... MENIFEE... HOUSTON... BEAVER FORK LAKE... NEW DIXIE... MT OLIVE... BIGELOW... STONY POINT... SHADY GROVE... NOGAL... LINDER... JEFFERSON MTN... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 113 AND 127. 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 3531 9256 3515 9227 3499 9264 3505 9271 TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 216DEG 31KT 3505 9264 $$ 225
3 follow-up statements
484 WWUS54 KLZK 252234 SVSLZK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 534 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 ARC029-045-105-252300- /O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-110425T2300Z/ PERRY AR-FAULKNER AR-CONWAY AR- 534 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CONWAY...WEST CENTRAL FAULKNER AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOAD SUCK...OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLUMERVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... CONWAY... WOOSTER... TOAD SUCK... SPRINGHILL... SPRINGFIELD... PICKLES GAP... MENIFEE... BEAVER FORK LAKE... MT OLIVE... STONY POINT... SHADY GROVE... NOGAL... LINDER... JEFFERSON MTN... GLEASON... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 114 AND 126. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3504 9259 3508 9264 3531 9256 3515 9227 TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 216DEG 31KT 3513 9256 $$ BJS
827 WWUS54 KLZK 252245 SVSLZK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 546 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 ARC029-105-252256- /O.CAN.KLZK.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-110425T2300Z/ PERRY AR-CONWAY AR- 546 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CONWAY AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3511 9247 3514 9251 3525 9246 3518 9232 TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 225DEG 29KT 3515 9246 $$ ARC045-252300- /O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-110425T2300Z/ FAULKNER AR- 546 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL FAULKNER COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 544 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEAVER FORK LAKE...OR 4 MILES NORTH OF CONWAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... WOOSTER... SPRINGHILL... BEAVER FORK LAKE... LINDER... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 123 AND 124. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3511 9247 3514 9251 3525 9246 3518 9232 TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 225DEG 29KT 3515 9246 $$ 225
683 WWUS54 KLZK 252252 SVSLZK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 552 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 ARC045-252300- /O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-110425T2300Z/ FAULKNER AR- 552 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL FAULKNER COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 548 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.. THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BEAVER FORK LAKE...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF CONWAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO INCLUDE... WOOSTER... SPRINGHILL... BEAVER FORK LAKE... SHADY GROVE... LINDER... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 123 AND 124. 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 3511 9247 3514 9251 3525 9246 3518 9232 TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 226DEG 30KT 3518 9241 $$ 225
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 |
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.