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Special Weather Statement, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this special weather statement at Apr 16, 2026, 1:21 AM CDT for Randolph County, Arkansas. It was in force for 39 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
- Apr 16, 2026, 1:21 AM CDT (06:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2026, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
County Randolph County, AR
The radar
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 16, 12:46 AM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 12:46 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 15, 11:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 15, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Scott | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Logan | 44 min |
| Apr 15, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Scott, Yell | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 9:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 10:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott, Yell | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 10:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan | 37 min |
| Apr 15, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Garland, Johnson, Logan, Montgomery, Perry and 4 more | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan, Pope, Scott, Yell | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Pope | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Johnson, Pope, Searcy, Stone and 2 more | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren | 44 min |
| Apr 15, 11:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Izard, Stone | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 12:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Cleburne, Faulkner, Independence, White | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Fulton, Izard | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 3:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Hot Spring | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 5:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jefferson | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 5:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Clark | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 7:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Clark | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 1:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Fulton | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton, Randolph, Sharp | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Randolph, Sharp | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Randolph | 35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.