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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Little Rock, AR

August 22, 2026Clark County, Hot Spring County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2026, 4:21 PM CDT for Clark County, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. It was in force for 13 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: Aug 22, 2026, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2026, 4:34 PM CDT
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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
Aug 22, 4:26 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nne Bismarck, AR	Bismarck FD were dispatched due to trees and powerlines down near Tomahawk Lane. Time estimated from radar.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 294 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: 1982 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1422 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.7

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The text

As transmitted.

935 
WUUS54 KLZK 222121
SVRLZK
ARC019-059-222145-
/O.NEW.KLZK.SV.W.0310.260822T2121Z-260822T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
421 PM CDT Sat Aug 22 2026

The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Clark County in southwestern Arkansas...
  Central Hot Spring County in southwestern Arkansas...

* Until 445 PM CDT.

* At 421 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near DeGray Lake
  State Park, or 13 miles southwest of Hot Springs, moving east at 25
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Malvern...                        Caddo Valley...
  DeGray Lake State Park...         Donaldson...
  Friendship...                     Bismarck...
  De Roche...                       Social Hill...
  Midway in Hot Spring County...    

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3431 9331 3439 9326 3439 9303 3436 9281
      3411 9296
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 290DEG 22KT 3433 9317 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CB

2 follow-up statements

755 
WWUS54 KLZK 222127
SVSLZK

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
427 PM CDT Sat Aug 22 2026

ARC019-059-222145-
/O.CON.KLZK.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-260822T2145Z/
Clark AR-Hot Spring AR-
427 PM CDT Sat Aug 22 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL CLARK AND CENTRAL HOT SPRING COUNTIES...

At 427 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near DeGray Lake
State Park, or 12 miles south of Hot Springs, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Malvern...                        Caddo Valley...
DeGray Lake State Park...         Donaldson...
Friendship...                     Bismarck...
De Roche...                       Social Hill...
Midway in Hot Spring County...    

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3428 9326 3439 9320 3438 9294 3436 9281
      3416 9293 3424 9318
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 288DEG 23KT 3432 9311 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CB

920 
WWUS54 KLZK 222134
SVSLZK

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
434 PM CDT Sat Aug 22 2026

ARC019-059-222144-
/O.CAN.KLZK.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-260822T2145Z/
Clark AR-Hot Spring AR-
434 PM CDT Sat Aug 22 2026

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CLARK AND
CENTRAL HOT SPRING COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3428 9326 3439 9320 3438 9294 3436 9281
      3416 9293 3424 9318
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 290DEG 22KT 3430 9306 

$$

CB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 22, 1:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleburne	51 min
Aug 22, 1:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Van Buren	26 min
Aug 22, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton	45 min
Aug 22, 1:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion	50 min
Aug 22, 2:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Stone, White	14 min
Aug 22, 2:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lawrence	40 min
Aug 22, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pulaski	37 min
Aug 22, 2:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton, Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp	48 min
Aug 22, 2:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Independence	46 min
Aug 22, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, White	23 min
Aug 22, 2:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Fulton	51 min
Aug 22, 2:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pulaski	31 min
Aug 22, 2:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Baxter	26 min
Aug 22, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson, Lawrence	34 min
Aug 22, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	43 min
Aug 22, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleburne	26 min
Aug 22, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence	15 min
Aug 22, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pulaski	35 min
Aug 22, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Sharp	32 min
Aug 22, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Woodruff	47 min
Aug 22, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pike	31 min
Aug 22, 3:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson, Lawrence, Randolph	41 min
Aug 22, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson	40 min
Aug 22, 3:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Izard	23 min
Aug 22, 3:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lonoke	24 min
Aug 22, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Montgomery	31 min
Aug 22, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Van Buren	30 min
Aug 22, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Faulkner, Van Buren	39 min
Aug 22, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery	22 min
Aug 22, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Independence	32 min
Aug 22, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie	25 min
Aug 22, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleburne	28 min
Aug 22, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie	15 min
Aug 22, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne	12 min
Aug 22, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner	48 min
Aug 22, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike	9 min
Aug 22, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	White	24 min
Aug 22, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, White	47 min
Aug 22, 4:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Monroe	39 min
Aug 22, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Woodruff	32 min
Aug 22, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Prairie, White, Woodruff	25 min
Aug 22, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Pulaski, Saline	28 min
Aug 22, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LZK	Pulaski, Saline	33 min
Aug 22, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Woodruff	35 min
Aug 22, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe	7 min
Aug 22, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Newton, Pope	29 min
Aug 22, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Jefferson, Pulaski, Saline	42 min
Aug 22, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pope	51 min
Aug 22, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	37 min
Aug 22, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke	19 min
Aug 22, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pope	34 min
Aug 22, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson	31 min
Aug 22, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Perry, Saline	38 min
Aug 22, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski	31 min
Aug 22, 6:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Perry	27 min
Aug 22, 6:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Conway	36 min
Aug 22, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, White	12 min
Aug 22, 6:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	White	51 min
Aug 22, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jefferson	47 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.