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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Little Rock, AR

July 26, 20124 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2012, 6:31 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 44 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
Jul 26, 2012, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Conway County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pope County, AR, Yell County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 26, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 212 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2012-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 854 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2012-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
854 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1336 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

101 
WUUS54 KLZK 262331
SVRLZK
ARC029-105-115-149-270015-
/O.NEW.KLZK.SV.W.0271.120726T2331Z-120727T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
631 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CONWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL POPE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  EAST CENTRAL YELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
  EAST OF PETIT JEAN RIVER WMA...OR 11 MILES EAST OF DANVILLE...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PETIT JEAN RIVER WMA...                     OLA...
  CARDEN BOTTOMS...     HOMEWOOD...           CENTERVILLE...
  CASA...               BIRTA...              ROSE LAKE...
  PULLEN POND...        OLD NEELY...          NEW NEELY...
  MT GEORGE...          MOCKINGBIRD HILL LAKE...
  LIBERTY HALL...       LAKE ELISE...         WINROCK...
  LAKE ABBY...          KEELAND SLOUGH...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3518 9294 3508 9294 3508 9299 3496 9301
      3503 9327 3514 9323
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 283DEG 13KT 3507 9319

$$

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2 follow-up statements
735 
WWUS54 KLZK 262350
SVSLZK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
650 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

ARC029-105-115-149-270015-
/O.CON.KLZK.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-120727T0015Z/
CONWAY AR-PERRY AR-POPE AR-YELL AR-
650 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
YELL...EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL POPE...NORTH CENTRAL PERRY AND EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN CONWAY COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 647 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF PETIT JEAN RIVER WMA...OR 10 MILES EAST OF
DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
  PETIT JEAN RIVER WMA...                     OLA...
  CARDEN BOTTOMS...     HOMEWOOD...           CENTERVILLE...
  CASA...               BIRTA...             
  SWEEDEN ISLAND PARK...                      ROSE LAKE...
  PULLEN POND...        OLD NEELY...          NEW NEELY...
  MT GEORGE...          MOCKINGBIRD HILL LAKE...
  LIBERTY HALL...       LAKE ELISE...         WINROCK...
  LAKE ABBY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3518 9294 3508 9294 3508 9299 3496 9301
      3503 9327 3514 9323
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 256DEG 14KT 3507 9319

$$

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637 
WWUS54 KLZK 270011
SVSLZK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
711 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

ARC029-105-115-149-270020-
/O.EXP.KLZK.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-120727T0015Z/
CONWAY AR-PERRY AR-POPE AR-YELL AR-
711 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL YELL...EXTREME
SOUTH CENTRAL POPE...NORTH CENTRAL PERRY AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN
CONWAY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3518 9294 3508 9294 3508 9299 3496 9301
      3503 9327 3514 9323
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 256DEG 14KT 3509 9310

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 26, 3:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 3:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE FOR AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
635 PM CDT THU JUL 2012

.AVIATION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EFFECT ALL TAFS OVER THE 12
HOURS...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING TO AROUND MIDNIGHT. THEN CONVECTION
WILL LOWER IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. MAINLY VFR CEILINGS WITH
PATCHY MVFR CEILINGS WITH STORMS. A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY DRIFT
INTO AR AND DEVELOP THE CONVECTION. WINDS SW 5 TO 15 KNOTS SOUTH OF
THE FRONT WHILE W TO NW AT 5 TO 15 KNOTS NORTH OF THE FRONT. FRIDAY
THE SCATTERED CONVECTION SHOULD BE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TO SOUTH AR.
(59)

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 309 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012/

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT

COLD FRONT LOCATED ROUGHLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR IN
SOUTHERN MISSOURI...AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH. ISOLATED
CONVECTION HAS DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWEST.

WITH SOME DRIER AIR NEAR THE FRONT...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
STRONG TO SEVERE WINDS ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS. WITH ANY
FIRES...THE DRASTIC WIND CHANGES WILL BE OF GREAT CONCERN. THERE IS
A SLIGHT RISK ACROSS THE NORTH...WITH THE POTENTIAL MOSTLY CONFINED
THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BEFORE PICKING BACK UP AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO
SOUTHERN ARKANSAS SATURDAY.

THE OTHER CONCERN FOR SATURDAY WILL BE TEMPERATURES...ESPECIALLY
BEHIND THE FRONT WITH DRIER AIR MIXING DOWN. HAVE GONE 5 OR MORE
DEGREES ABOVE GUIDANCE...WITH READINGS APPROACHING 100 DEGREES. WITH
THE LOWER DEWPOINTS ACROSS THE NORTH...HEAT HEADLINES ARE NOT
EXPECTED. ALSO...CLOUD COVER AND RAINFALL WILL TEMPER READINGS
ACROSS THE SOUTH...AND HELP KEEP HEAT INDEX READINGS IN CHECK THERE.

UPPER RIDGE QUICKLY BUILDS BACK IN BEHIND THE FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT
INTO SATURDAY...WITH DRY AND HOT CONDITIONS CONTINUING. MODELS ARE
HINTING AT A WEAK FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY...BUT HAVE LEFT A DRY FORECAST AT THIS TIME.
&&

.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE
DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE ACROSS ARKANSAS IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD.
A COLD FRONT WILL TRY TO NUDGE INTO THE REGION FROM THE
NORTH/EAST...BUT WILL PROBABLY FAIL AS IT ENCOUNTERS THE RIDGE.
THE PROXIMITY OF THE FRONT...AND TROPICAL MOISTURE OVER THE
SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES MAY LEAD TO AT LEAST ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. OTHERWISE...IT WILL BE MOSTLY DRY
AND HOT...WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ARKANSAS-BAXTER-
CLEBURNE-CONWAY-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-
JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-MONROE-PERRY-POPE-
PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SHARP-STONE-WHITE-WOODRUFF-YELL.

&&

SHORT TERM...58 / LONG TERM...46
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 1:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
125 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-271000-
ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-
CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-
INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-
MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-
PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-
WOODRUFF-YELL-
125 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH
TONIGHT...MAINLY IN THE NORTHWEST HALF OF ARKANSAS. SOME OF THE
STORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN
CONCERN.

TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL REACH THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 105
DEGREES. COMBINED WITH MOISTURE IN THE AIR...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL
RANGE FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE...AND
ALSO ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER FROM LITTLE ROCK WESTWARD. A HEAT
ADVISORY REMAINS POSTED FOR THESE AREAS THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING.

A HIGH TO EXTREME WILDFIRE DANGER CONTINUES ACROSS ARKANSAS DUE TO
DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION. MOST COUNTIES HAVE BURN BANS
IN PLACE. OUTDOOR BURNING OF ANY KIND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 MPH WILL BE NOTED
THROUGH THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL SPREAD ANY FIRES THAT START.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

HIT AND MISS THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY...
ESPECIALLY FROM CENTRAL INTO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. THIS WILL BE AHEAD
OF A COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH. ISOLATED
STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE.

THE FRONT WILL WASH THIS WEEKEND...WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN THE PLAINS
BUILDING OVER ARKANSAS. UNDER THE HIGH...HEAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A
SIGNIFICANT CONCERN. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 105
DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH INDICES EXCEEDING 105 DEGREES IN
SOME LOCATIONS. BY SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY...HEAT ADVISORIES MAY
BECOME NECESSARY.

THE WILDFIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN HIGH TO EXTREME THROUGH
THE PERIOD WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SINCE WIDESPREAD OR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

&&

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND
CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

57/46

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
530 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

ARZ022-031-262315-
CONWAY AR-POPE AR-
530 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN POPE AND WESTERN
CONWAY COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTH OF ATKINS...OR 11 MILES EAST OF
RUSSELLVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ST. VINCENT...        HATTIEVILLE...        HAPPY BEND...
  ATKINS...             WONDERVIEW...         KENWOOD...
  ECONOMY...            BLACKWELL...          WILDCAT MTN...
  WESLEY CHAPEL...      OLD HICKORY...        HICKORY HILL...
  DEVILS KNOB...        CARGILE LAKE...       BOYD MTN...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 90 AND 106.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3536 9269 3516 9274 3525 9303 3535 9301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 277DEG 26KT 3527 9291

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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:38 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
538 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

ARZ004>006-014-015-262325-
BAXTER AR-FULTON AR-IZARD AR-MARION AR-STONE AR-
538 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME NORTHERN STONE...EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN MARION...NORTHERN IZARD...WESTERN FULTON AND CENTRAL
BAXTER COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 535 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...NEAR BRIARCLIFF...OR 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MOUNTAIN HOME...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SALEM...              MOUNTAIN HOME...      WIDEMAN...
  VIOLA...              STURKIE...            SHIPP...
  SALESVILLE...         SALEM ARPT...         RODNEY...
  ROBINSON PT LNDG...   PUSH MTN...           PINEVILLE...
  OXFORD...             NORFORK DAM...        NORFORK...
  MORRISTON...          HERRON...             GORBY...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3611 9177 3605 9242 3635 9241 3651 9179
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 255DEG 14KT 3629 9226

/59
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:53 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
553 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

ARZ006-007-015-016-262340-
FULTON AR-INDEPENDENCE AR-IZARD AR-SHARP AR-
553 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SHARP...EASTERN IZARD...EXTREME
NORTHERN INDEPENDENCE AND SOUTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM
CDT...

AT 552 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER FULTON AND SHARP COUNIES...WITH
THE STRONGEST STORMS...2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MYRON...OR 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ASH FLAT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ASH FLAT...           SIDNEY...             MYRON...
  MORRISTON...          LAKE THUNDERBIRD...   LAKE OMAHA...
  HORSESHOE BEND...     HARDY...              FRANKLIN...
  CHEROKEE VILLAGE...   CAVE CITY...          BALLARD...
  ZION...               WILLIFORD...          SITKA...
  POUGHKEEPSIE...       OZARK ACRES...        NELSONVILLE...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3624 9130 3624 9132 3622 9134 3606 9134
      3590 9136 3595 9178 3634 9178 3635 9128
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 257DEG 15KT 3615 9168

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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 6:14 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
614 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

ARZ013-014-023-024-270000-
CLEBURNE AR-SEARCY AR-STONE AR-VAN BUREN AR-
614 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN VAN BUREN...SOUTHWESTERN
STONE...SOUTHEASTERN SEARCY AND NORTHWESTERN CLEBURNE COUNTIES UNTIL
700 PM CDT...

AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF MT EVANS...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CLINTON...            SHIRLEY...            ROCKY HILL...
  OLD LEXINGTON...      MT EVANS...           ELBA...
  FLAG...               DENNARD...            CRABTREE...
  BOTKINBURG...         ARLBERG...            WALNUT KNOB...
  WALNUT GROVE...       STYLES MTN...         RUMLEY...
  PLANT...              PEE DEE...            PAYNE MTN...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3585 9240 3562 9219 3555 9261 3569 9269
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 237DEG 9KT 3568 9251

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Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:18 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
618 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0505 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CALICO ROCK             36.13N 92.13W
07/26/2012                   IZARD              AR   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN.

0448 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LONDON                  35.33N 93.25W
07/26/2012                   POPE               AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS TREES AND SOME POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN.

&&

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Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:30 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
630 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0505 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CALICO ROCK             36.13N 92.13W
07/26/2012                   IZARD              AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. POWER OUTAGES
            OCCURRED IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF CALICO ROCK. SOME OF
            THE POWER HAS SINCE BEEN RESTORED. ONE LANE OF ARKANSAS
            223 WAS BLOCKED BY A FALLEN TREE...BUT THE TREE IS NOW
            OUT OF THE HIGHWAY.

0556 PM     HEAVY RAIN       4 WNW SALEM             36.39N 91.88W
07/26/2012  M1.50 INCH       FULTON             AR   UTILITY COMPANY

            ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN ABOUT 45 MINUTES.

&&

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 2:59 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZKArkansas, Baxter, Cleburne, Conway, Desha, Drew and 16 more15 hr
Jul 26, 1:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKStone47 min
Jul 26, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBoone47 min
Jul 26, 3:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBaxter30 min
Jul 26, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPope47 min
Jul 26, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Fulton, Izard34 min
Jul 26, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope42 min
Jul 26, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Searcy, Stone25 min
Jul 26, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton, Sharp41 min
Jul 26, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLogan, Scott50 min
Jul 26, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKConway45 min
Jul 26, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBaxter, Fulton47 min
Jul 26, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Van Buren35 min
Jul 26, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren25 min
Jul 26, 5:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSharp47 min
Jul 26, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk, Scott45 min
Jul 26, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan, Pope, Yell28 min
Jul 26, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKVan Buren46 min
Jul 26, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Van Buren31 min
Jul 26, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleburne41 min
Jul 26, 6:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKScott47 min
Jul 26, 6:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKIndependence, Jackson46 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.