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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 28, 2026Drew County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2026, 9:09 PM CDT for Drew County, Arkansas. It was in force for 40 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
Apr 28, 2026, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2026, 9:49 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

County Drew County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 28, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2026-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1602 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2026-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 244 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1602 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
467 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.6
Supercell composite
24.2

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Montgomery, Perry, Yell25 min
Apr 28, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKGarland, Montgomery, Perry, Yell12 min
Apr 28, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Independence, Jackson, Van Buren and 1 more51 min
Apr 28, 7:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKGarland47 min
Apr 28, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Ouachita, Pike39 min
Apr 28, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKMonroe15 min
Apr 28, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun, Drew44 min
Apr 28, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Clark, Dallas, Ouachita40 min
Apr 28, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Independence, Jackson, White, Woodruff53 min
Apr 28, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Drew38 min
Apr 28, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKBradley14 min
Apr 28, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita46 min
Apr 28, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLZKBradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Drew41 min
Apr 28, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha, Drew31 min
Apr 28, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Jefferson45 min
Apr 28, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln25 min
Apr 28, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Dallas, Lincoln50 min
Apr 28, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Jefferson, Monroe22 min
Apr 28, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln24 min
Apr 28, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha, Drew, Lincoln16 min
Apr 29, 2:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDesha44 min
Apr 29, 12:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKClark32 min
Apr 29, 12:29 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLZKJackson, Woodruff8 days
Apr 29, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring, Pike22 min
Apr 29, 2:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKClark25 min
Apr 29, 2:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJefferson51 min
Apr 29, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSaline25 min
Apr 29, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKClark, Dallas44 min
Apr 29, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKClark35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.