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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 22, 2026Johnson County, Pope County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2026, 6:52 AM CDT for Johnson County, Pope County, Arkansas. It was in force for 12 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: Jun 22, 2026, 6:52 AM CDT (11:52 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2026, 7:04 AM CDT
In force: 12 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Johnson County, AR, Pope County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:55 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
Jun 22, 3:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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: 1654 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1085 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 5.4

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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 Jun 22, 6:40 AM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 6:40 AM CDT, 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:24 AM CDT, 28 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
Jun 22, 3:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton, Marion	3 hr
Jun 22, 4:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Lawrence, Sharp	3 hr
Jun 22, 5:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Montgomery, Polk, Scott	41 min
Jun 22, 5:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Johnson, Logan, Montgomery, Polk, Scott and 1 more	47 min
Jun 22, 6:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike, Polk	27 min
Jun 22, 6:05 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan	25 min
Jun 22, 6:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Conway, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Logan and 7 more	40 min
Jun 22, 6:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Clark, Pike	51 min
Jun 22, 6:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Johnson, Logan, Pope, Van Buren, Yell	48 min
Jun 22, 6:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan	12 min
Jun 22, 6:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Johnson, Newton	3 hr
Jun 22, 6:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner, Grant, Hot Spring, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	50 min
Jun 22, 7:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski and 1 more	45 min
Jun 22, 7:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	52 min
Jun 22, 7:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Johnson, Pope, Van Buren, Yell	39 min
Jun 22, 7:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Jackson	3 hr
Jun 22, 7:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Dallas	46 min
Jun 22, 7:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Calhoun, Dallas, Ouachita	43 min
Jun 22, 7:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jefferson, Lonoke	48 min
Jun 22, 7:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Grant, Jefferson and 1 more	44 min
Jun 22, 7:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner, White	48 min
Jun 22, 8:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren, White	3 hr
Jun 22, 8:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Bradley, Desha, Drew, Lincoln	65 min
Jun 22, 8:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	61 min
Jun 22, 8:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, White, Woodruff	3 hr
Jun 22, 11:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	White	10 hr
Jun 22, 11:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Jackson, Woodruff	7 days
Jun 22, 11:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	White, Woodruff	26 hr

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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.