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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2024, 10:49 PM CDT for White County, Woodruff County, Arkansas. It was in force for 11 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, 10:49 PM CDT (03:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2024, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 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 03:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 10:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 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.
- 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
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 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 6:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
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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. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk. 55
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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, 10:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | White, Woodruff | 37 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, 10:59 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.