1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Nov 26, 3:00 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 300 PM CST MON NOV 26 2001 A RATHER COMPLEX WEATHER SCENARIO CONTINUES TO UNFOLD. SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT WILL MOVE OUT AND MAKE WAY FOR A SIGNIFICANT WINTRY WEATHER EPISODE BEGINING AS EARLY AS TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MOST OF WEDNESDAY. 8H TEMPS AND THICKNESS VALUES INDICATE SNOW OVER MOST SECTIONS. FCSTID = 38 .LZK...NONE.
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-262300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1142 AM CST MON NOV 26 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF ARKANSAS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF ARKANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THIS EVENING. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OR ARKANSAS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FAR NORTHWEST. CURRENTLY...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS CENTERED OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WITH A COLD FRONT TRAILING ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS. A WARM FRONT HAS MOVED INTO ARKANSAS LATE THIS MORNING. AS THE WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL RAPIDLY DESTABILIZE WITH WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE. VERTICAL WIND PROFILES SUGGEST DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR WITH THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO ROTATE RESULTING IN TORNADOS. PERSONS ACROSS ARKANSAS SHOULD REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND PLANS. STORM SPOTTERS...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS WILL LIKELY BE ACTIVATED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR UPDATED INFORMATION REGARDING THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.
ARZ052>057-062>069-270000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 107 PM CST MON NOV 26 2001 TORNADO WATCH 824 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AN AREA...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD...TO STUTTGART. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO QUICKLY BECOME UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...MOVING EAST ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. THE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS...ALONG WITH VERTICAL WIND PROFILES SUGGEST THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL DEVELOP QUICKLY...AND WILL LIKELY BECOME SUPERCELLS. THE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. 55
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:41 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several buildings in downtown Pine Bluff sustained wind damage from a severe thunderstorm. One of the buildings collapsed. Numerous trees were also blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, November 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5273723.