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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 26, 2024White County, Woodruff County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2024, 10:23 PM CDT for White County, Woodruff 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2024, 10:23 PM CDT (03:23 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2024, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 147 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: 3524 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.9
Supercell composite: 18.6

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at May 26, 6:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 6:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 8:39 AM CDT, 13 hours 44 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
839 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024

ARZ004>008-014>017-024-025-031>034-039-042>047-052>057-062>069-
103-112-113-121>123-130-137-138-140-141-203-212-213-221>223-230-
237-238-240-241-313-340-341-271000-
Marion-Baxter-Fulton-Sharp-Randolph-Stone-Izard-Independence-
Lawrence-Cleburne-Jackson-Conway-Faulkner-White-Woodruff-Perry-
Garland-Saline-Pulaski-Lonoke-Prairie-Monroe-Pike-Clark-
Hot Spring-Grant-Jefferson-Arkansas-Dallas-Cleveland-Lincoln-
Desha-Ouachita-Calhoun-Bradley-Drew-Boone County Except Southwest-
Newton County Higher Elevations-Searcy County Lower Elevations-
Southern Johnson County-Southern Pope County-
Southeast Van Buren County-Western and Northern Logan County-
Northern Scott County-Northwest Yell County-
Polk County Lower Elevations-
Central and Eastern Montgomery County-
Boone County Higher Elevations-Newton County Lower Elevations-
Northwest Searcy County Higher Elevations-
Johnson County Higher Elevations-Pope County Higher Elevations-
Van Buren County Higher Elevations-
Southern and Eastern Logan County-
Central and Southern Scott County-Yell Excluding Northwest-
Northern Polk County Higher Elevations-
Northern Montgomery County Higher Elevations-
Eastern, Central, and Southern Searcy County Higher Elevations-
Southeast Polk County Higher Elevations-
Southwest Montgomery County Higher Elevations-
839 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Additional thunderstorms are expected develop, most likely during
the late afternoon and evening hours. Some storms could be strong
to severe with hail, damaging winds, and a few tornadoes
possible. Additionally, heavy rainfall is also expected with these
storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Showers and thunderstorms should be winding down Monday morning
across portions of southeastern Arkansas. A few storms could produce
damaging winds and large hail before the activity comes to an end.

Additional rounds of showers and thunderstorms will return to the
forecast by Wednesday, persisting through much of the upcoming work
week. The main hazard with any of these storms would to be damaging
straight-line winds.

.Spotter Information Statement...

Spotter activation may be necessary this afternoon and evening.

&&

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 26, 7:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 8:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 9:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 9:48 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 10:13 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 10:17 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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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
May 26, 7:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Marion	46 min
May 26, 7:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Newton	36 min
May 26, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Newton, Searcy	15 min
May 26, 8:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Searcy	25 min
May 26, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Baxter	45 min
May 26, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Randolph, Sharp	29 min
May 26, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Izard, Marion, Stone	29 min
May 26, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Randolph	33 min
May 26, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Jackson, White, Woodruff	49 min
May 26, 9:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner	27 min
May 26, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Randolph	16 min
May 26, 10:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lawrence	32 min
May 26, 10:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lonoke	43 min
May 26, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson, White, Woodruff	33 min
May 26, 10:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Clark, Pike	39 min
May 26, 10:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Clark, Pike	39 min
May 26, 10:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Lawrence	10 days
May 26, 10:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Woodruff	47 min
May 26, 10:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	White, Woodruff	11 min
May 26, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson, Woodruff	31 min
May 26, 11:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	41 min
May 26, 11:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Grant	37 min
May 26, 11:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson	33 min
May 26, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Pike	45 min
May 26, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring	48 min
May 26, 11:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Hot Spring	37 min
May 26, 11:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Woodruff	32 min
May 26, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita	42 min
May 27, 12:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln	39 min
May 27, 12:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita	43 min
May 27, 12:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Ouachita	31 min
May 27, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln	51 min
May 27, 12:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Lincoln	38 min
May 27, 1:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Desha, Drew	40 min
May 27, 1:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Desha, Drew, Lincoln	52 min
May 27, 1:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun	26 min
May 27, 1:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Drew	20 min
May 27, 2:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun	41 min
May 27, 2:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Drew	31 min
May 27, 9:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Randolph	6 days

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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.