Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 95, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2011, 6:26 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 49 min. 5 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 25, 2011, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2011, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Conway County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pope County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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. |
| Apr 25, 6:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Oppelo, AR | |
| Apr 25, 6:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Oppelo, AR | |
| Apr 25, 7:08 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Wooster, AR | MANY TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN...WITH SOME ROOF DAMAGE. A CAR WAS BLOWN OFF THE ROAD. TIME IS APPROXIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Apr 25, 7:11 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Wooster, AR | TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. |
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 | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 252326 TORLZK ARC029-045-105-115-260015- /O.NEW.KLZK.TO.W.0095.110425T2326Z-110426T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 626 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN POPE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... CONWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... WEST CENTRAL FAULKNER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PERRYVILLE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS SEVERE STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... PLUMERVILLE... PERRYVILLE... MORRILTON... WOOSTER... TOAD SUCK... ST. VINCENT... SPRINGHILL... SPRINGFIELD... SOLGOHACHIA... SEQUOYA PARK... PETIT JEAN SP... PERRY... OPPELO... MENIFEE... LANTY... JERUSALEM... HOUSTON... HILL CREEK... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 98 AND 122. 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 3543 9282 3519 9237 3491 9281 3495 9295 TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 214DEG 28KT 3498 9283 $$ 62
2 follow-up statements
293 WWUS54 KLZK 252336 SVSLZK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 636 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 ARC115-252345- /O.CAN.KLZK.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110426T0015Z/ POPE AR- 636 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN POPE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3519 9237 3491 9281 3495 9289 3543 9282 TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 220DEG 25KT 3502 9277 $$ ARC029-045-105-260015- /O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110426T0015Z/ PERRY AR-FAULKNER AR-CONWAY AR- 636 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CONWAY...WEST CENTRAL FAULKNER AND NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 634 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PERRYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... PLUMERVILLE... PERRYVILLE... MORRILTON... WOOSTER... TOAD SUCK... ST. VINCENT... SPRINGHILL... SPRINGFIELD... SOLGOHACHIA... SEQUOYA PARK... PERRY... OPPELO... MENIFEE... LANTY... JERUSALEM... HOUSTON... HILL CREEK... HATTIEVILLE... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 99 AND 122. TREES HAVE BEEN REPORTED DOWN NEAR PERRYVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 3519 9237 3491 9281 3495 9289 3543 9282 TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 220DEG 25KT 3502 9277 $$ 62
142 WWUS54 KLZK 252352 SVSLZK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 652 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 ARC029-045-105-260015- /O.CON.KLZK.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110426T0015Z/ PERRY AR-FAULKNER AR-CONWAY AR- 652 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CONWAY...WEST CENTRAL FAULKNER AND NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 648 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF PLUMERVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE... PLUMERVILLE... PERRYVILLE... MORRILTON... WOOSTER... TOAD SUCK... ST. VINCENT... SPRINGHILL... SPRINGFIELD... SOLGOHACHIA... SEQUOYA PARK... PERRY... OPPELO... MENIFEE... LANTY... JERUSALEM... HOUSTON... HILL CREEK... HATTIEVILLE... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 102 AND 122. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 3491 9281 3543 9282 3519 9237 TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 226DEG 27KT 3512 9263 $$ 62
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.