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Tornado Warning 86, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 25, 20114 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2011, 5:41 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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 25, 2011, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2011, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Garland County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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 25, 6:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Perryville, AR	TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN PERRYVILLE.

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 25, 3:22 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 237 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: 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

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The text

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

619 
WFUS54 KLZK 252241
TORLZK
ARC051-105-119-125-252330-
/O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0086.110425T2241Z-110425T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
541 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL GARLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 534 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A TORNADO WITH A HISTORY OF WIDESPREAD DAMAGE.  THIS TORNADO WAS   
  LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF JESSIEVILLE...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF     
  LAKE OUACHITA. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING       
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  PERRYVILLE...         WILLIAMS JUNCTION...  PERRY...
  LONG MTN...           LITTLE ITALY...       LAKE WINONA...
  LAKE SYLVIA...        JESSIEVILLE...        HOUSTON...
  HARRIS BRAKE...       WYE MTN...            WYE...
  THORNBURG...          REFORM...             HAMILTON...
  CHERRY HILL...        BIGELOW...            ANTIOCH...

TO REPEAT...THIS STORM HAS HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGE WEST OF ROYAL 
IN GARLAND COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 70 MPH..

&&

LAT...LON 3508 9278 3508 9273 3493 9252 3463 9313
      3468 9320
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 223DEG 32KT 3474 9308

$$

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1 follow-up statement

984 
WWUS54 KLZK 252307
SVSLZK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
607 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

ARC051-252316-
/O.CAN.KLZK.TO.W.0086.000000T0000Z-110425T2330Z/
GARLAND AR-
607 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL GARLAND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA. HOWEVER...ANOTHER TORNADIC STORM IS LOCATED TO THE 
SOUTHWEST...WITH A TORNADO POSSIBLE NEAR MOUNTAIN PINE...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LAT...LON 3508 9278 3507 9272 3493 9252 3475 9291
      3482 9304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 223DEG 32KT 3487 9291

$$

ARC105-119-125-252330-
/O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0086.000000T0000Z-110425T2330Z/
SALINE AR-PULASKI AR-PERRY AR-
607 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PERRY...
NORTHWESTERN PULASKI AND NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM
CDT...

AT 602 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 SOUTHWEST OF LONG MTN...OR 14
MILES SOUTHWEST OF PERRYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE...
  PERRYVILLE...         WILLIAMS JUNCTION...  PERRY...
  LONG MTN...           LITTLE ITALY...       LAKE WINONA...
  LAKE SYLVIA...        HOUSTON...            HARRIS BRAKE...
  WYE MTN...            WYE...                THORNBURG...
  FOURCHE...            CHERRY HILL...        BIGELOW...
  ANTIOCH...            WOLF PINNACLE...      SATUMA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3508 9278 3507 9272 3493 9252 3475 9291
      3482 9304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 223DEG 32KT 3487 9291

$$

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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 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.