Warm and humid conditions prevailed in Arkansas on the 1st. The approach of a cold front triggered the development of thunderstorms.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
Warm and humid conditions prevailed in Arkansas on the 1st. The approach of a cold front triggered the development of thunderstorms. Wind shear, a change in wind speed and direction with height, was not as favorable for the development of tornadoes as it was on April 30th. As a result, the tornadoes that managed to form were weaker and did not stay on the ground as long as they did the day before.
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 Apr 30, 11:22 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1222 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 .AVIATION... LINE OF STRONG CONVECTION ADVANCING ACROSS ARKANSAS AT THIS TIME. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. VFR TO OCCASIONAL MVR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD EXCEPT IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WHERE IFR CONDITIONS WILL PREDOMINATE. && PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 323 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WILL PROGRESS INTO THE WESTERN COUNTIES THIS EVENING...WITH SEVERE WEATHER LIKELY. THE 18Z SOUNDING FROM LITTLE ROCK SHOWED PLENTY OF DRY AIR ALOFT. EVAPORATIVE COOLING WILL LEAD TO VERY LARGE HAIL POTENTIAL. ALSO...0-1KM HELICITY VALUES WERE OVER 250 M2/S2...WITH ROTATING UPDRAFTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. THIS WILL EVOLVE INTO A HEAVY RAIN EVENT OVERNIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL/EASTERN ARKANSAS. ONE TO TWO INCH AMOUNTS AND LOCALLY MORE ARE IN THE FORECAST. RAIN WILL BE AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT IN THE PLAINS. A STORM SYSTEM ALONG THE FRONT WILL TRACK WELL TO THE NORTH...AND WILL NOT GIVE THE FRONT MUCH PUSH. THE FRONT MAY MAKE IT INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY SATURDAY MORNING...BUT WILL STALL THERE. A NEW STORM SYSTEM WILL FORM IN TEXAS ON SATURDAY AND WILL TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT. THERE MAY BE SOME LEFTOVER RAIN EARLY IN THE DAY...WITH SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON AS THE SYSTEM ARRIVES. ONCE AGAIN...SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING...WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR MORE HEAVY RAIN IN ABOUT THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE SATURDAY NIGHT. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL DRAG THE FRONT THROUGH THE REGION...WITH THE FRONT EXITING SUNDAY MORNING. THERE MAY BE SOME LINGERING SHOWERS EARLY IN THE DAY ACROSS THE EAST...FOLLOWED BY SOME CLEARING LATER IN THE DAY. OVERALL...TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM CENTRAL INTO EASTERN ARKANSAS THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. GIVEN THIS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. IT APPEARS THE NEAR TERM WILL END WITH DRY CONDITIONS ON MONDAY...AND SLIGHTLY COOLER/DRIER AIR. LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DRY AIR WILL BE OVER THE MID SOUTH THROUGH MOST OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD. THE UPPER LEVELS WILL NOTE GENERALLY A ZONAL FLOW. VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF MOISTURE IS NOTED. AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE IS INDICATED LATE IN THE PERIOD AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. INCLUDED A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BATESVILLE AR 60 73 53 75 / 80 40 10 10 CAMDEN AR 64 76 53 82 / 80 40 10 10 HARRISON AR 52 70 51 74 / 70 20 10 10 HOT SPRINGS AR 65 74 54 80 / 70 30 10 10 LITTLE ROCK AR 66 75 55 79 / 80 40 10 10 MONTICELLO AR 70 76 54 82 / 80 50 20 10 MOUNT IDA AR 61 73 49 80 / 70 20 10 10 MOUNTAIN HOME AR 54 71 49 74 / 70 20 10 10 NEWPORT AR 65 74 53 77 / 80 40 10 10 PINE BLUFF AR 65 76 55 81 / 80 50 20 10 RUSSELLVILLE AR 59 72 51 77 / 70 20 10 10 SEARCY AR 65 74 52 77 / 80 40 10 10 STUTTGART AR 66 75 56 80 / 80 50 20 10 && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR ARKANSAS-BAXTER- BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA- DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD- JACKSON-JEFFERSON-LINCOLN-LONOKE-MONROE-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE- PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF. && SHORT TERM...58 / LONG TERM...56 AVIATION...56
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1230 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-011000- ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND- CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING- INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE- MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE- PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE- WOODRUFF-YELL- 1230 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO WORK ITS WAY ACROSS THE NATURAL STATE THIS MORNING. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS BROUGHT DEEP GULF MOISTURE INTO THE AREA AND THE RESULT WAS A LARGE NUMBER OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS WERE TORNADIC AND PRODUCED DAMAGE EARLIER FRIDAY NIGHT. WHILE TORNADOES REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THE NIGHT...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA WITH HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER THE SAME AREA. THE RESULT WILL BE WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE. AREA RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO REFER TO THE LATEST FORECASTS THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON FOR UPDATES REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION AS THE LATEST DATA IS ANALYZED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE FOR SATURDAY AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS AND MOVES NORTHEAST ALONG THE STALLED FRONT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS ARKANSAS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...AS LARGE AMOUNTS OF INSTABILITY...AND STRONG WIND SHEAR WILL BE IN PLACE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES CONTINUING. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF ARKANSAS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS SATURDAY. FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BECOME A THREAT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS STALLED FRONT. EXPECT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE NATURAL STATE. LOCATIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN THIRD OF ARKANSAS...OR ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM NEWPORT TO MONTICELLO...COULD SEE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION ENDS. LOCALIZED RIVER FLOODING WILL ALSO BECOME A CONCERN IN THE FOLLOWING DAYS AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED. BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR SATURDAY...AS WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED ONCE AGAIN SATURDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL ALSO PERSIST INTO SUNDAY AS THE FRONT SLOWLY PROGRESSES EAST ACROSS THE STATE. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER SUNDAY WILL BE ACROSS THE EASTERN THIRD OF ARKANSAS. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS THE FRONT PUSHES EAST OF ARKANSAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 62/56
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1221 AM CDT SAT MAY 01 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0806 PM TORNADO CENTER RIDGE 35.37N 92.57W
04/30/2010 CONWAY AR PUBLIC
HOUSE DESTROYED IN CENTER RIDGE AND THE SWEET HOME
BAPTIST CHURCH WAS DAMAGED.
0901 PM TORNADO SOUTH BEND 34.85N 92.05W
04/30/2010 LONOKE AR FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TORNADO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE STARTED JUST SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 294 AND MOVED NORTHEAST. THE DAMAGE PATH IS 4
MILES LONG AND IS A QUARTER OF A MILE WIDE. NUMEROUS
MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED ALONG WITH A FEW WELL BUILT
HOMES. ALL INFORMATION IS PRELIMINARY AND BASED ON
INFORMATION RELAYED TO THE NWS FROM THE SOUTH BEND FIRE
DEPT.
1046 PM TORNADO 1 N WELDON 35.46N 91.23W
04/30/2010 JACKSON AR TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTS OF DAMAGE IN SCHOFFNER WITH TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWNED.
1140 PM HAIL FITZHUGH 35.35N 91.32W
04/30/2010 E1.00 INCH WOODRUFF AR AMATEUR RADIO
&&
58PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1223 AM CDT SAT MAY 01 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0806 PM TORNADO CENTER RIDGE 35.37N 92.57W
04/30/2010 CONWAY AR PUBLIC
HOUSE DESTROYED IN CENTER RIDGE AND THE SWEET HOME
BAPTIST CHURCH WAS DAMAGED.
0901 PM TORNADO SOUTH BEND 34.85N 92.05W
04/30/2010 LONOKE AR FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TORNADO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE STARTED JUST SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 294 AND MOVED NORTHEAST. THE DAMAGE PATH IS 4
MILES LONG AND IS A QUARTER OF A MILE WIDE. NUMEROUS
MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED ALONG WITH A FEW WELL BUILT
HOMES. ALL INFORMATION IS PRELIMINARY AND BASED ON
INFORMATION RELAYED TO THE NWS FROM THE SOUTH BEND FIRE
DEPT.
1046 PM TORNADO 1 N WELDON 35.46N 91.23W
04/30/2010 JACKSON AR TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTS OF DAMAGE IN SCHOFFNER WITH TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWNED.
1140 PM HAIL FITZHUGH 35.35N 91.32W
04/30/2010 E1.00 INCH WOODRUFF AR AMATEUR RADIO
&&
58SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1230 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 ARZ043>045-053>056-062-010600- CLARK-DALLAS-GRANT-HOT SPRING-JEFFERSON-LONOKE-PULASKI-SALINE- 1230 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CLARK...DALLAS...GRANT...HOT SPRING...JEFFERSON...LONOKE...PULASKI AND SALINE COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM CDT... AT 1230 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LONOKE TO WRIGHTSVILLE TO MALVERN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT TO 7 MILES NORTH OF GURDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. FREQUENT...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ADVISED TO EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN. 62
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1236 AM CDT SAT MAY 01 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0933 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE BEEBE 35.05N 91.87W
04/30/2010 WHITE AR AMATEUR RADIO
SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURE DAMAGE AND TREES DOWN ALONG JONES
ROAD AND BROWN ROAD SOUTHEAST OF BEEBE.
&&
58SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1250 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 ARZ034-045>047-010630- LONOKE-MONROE-PRAIRIE-WOODRUFF- 1250 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LONOKE...MONROE...PRAIRIE AND WOODRUFF COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT... AT 1249 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF MCCRORY TO 9 MILES EAST OF DES ARC TO HAZEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. FREQUENT...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ADVISED TO EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN. 62
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1257 AM CDT SAT MAY 01 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0653 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S THREE BROTHERS 36.41N 92.47W
04/30/2010 BAXTER AR TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTS WINDS OVER 60 MPH...WITH TREES DOWNED.
0701 PM TORNADO CLEVELAND 35.42N 92.71W
04/30/2010 CONWAY AR COUNTY OFFICIAL
CONFIRMED TOUCHDOWN OF TORNADO NEAR CLEVELAND BY COUNTY
OFFICAL.
0803 PM HAIL RUSSELLVILLE 35.27N 93.14W
04/30/2010 E1.00 INCH POPE AR AMATEUR RADIO
0806 PM TORNADO CENTER RIDGE 35.37N 92.57W
04/30/2010 CONWAY AR PUBLIC
HOUSE DESTROYED IN CENTER RIDGE AND THE SWEET HOME
BAPTIST CHURCH WAS DAMAGED.
0812 PM HAIL STORY 34.70N 93.52W
04/30/2010 E1.75 INCH MONTGOMERY AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL FELL ON HIGHWAY 27.
0824 PM TORNADO CULPEPPER 35.50N 92.52W
04/30/2010 VAN BUREN AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
ARKANSAS STATE POLICE CONFIRMED TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN
CULPEPPER.
0829 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SE TULL 34.40N 92.52W
04/30/2010 GRANT AR AMATEUR RADIO
TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 35 SOUTHEAST OF TULL.
0829 PM TORNADO WRIGHTSVILLE 34.61N 92.22W
04/30/2010 PULASKI AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTS OF DAMAGE ON 145TH STREET JUST OFF OF INTERSTATE
530...WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
0848 PM TORNADO EAST END 34.55N 92.32W
04/30/2010 SALINE AR AMATEUR RADIO
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HOME ENTRAPMENT BY ARKANSAS STATE
POLICE AND THE EAST END FIRE DEPARTEMENT.
0848 PM TORNADO COLLEGE STATION 34.70N 92.22W
04/30/2010 PULASKI AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AT EXIT 5 ON
INTERSTATE 440.
0850 PM TORNADO EAST END 34.55N 92.32W
04/30/2010 SALINE AR AMATEUR RADIO
MAJOR GAS LEAK REPORTED IN THE FAIRVIEW AREA OF EAST END.
0852 PM TORNADO GALLOWAY 34.78N 92.13W
04/30/2010 PULASKI AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
ARKANSAS STATE POLICE REPORTING TORNADO ON THE GROUND ON
INTERSTATE 440 JUST SOUTH OF GALLOWAY.
0854 PM TORNADO GALLOWAY 34.78N 92.13W
04/30/2010 PULASKI AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
ARKANSAS STATE POLICE REPORTS INTERSTATE 40 BLOCKED NEAR
THE PULASKI AND LONOKE COUNTY LINES...JUST EAST OF
GALLOWAY.
0901 PM TORNADO SOUTH BEND 34.85N 92.05W
04/30/2010 LONOKE AR FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TORNADO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE STARTED JUST SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 294 AND MOVED NORTHEAST. THE DAMAGE PATH IS 4
MILES LONG AND IS A QUARTER OF A MILE WIDE. NUMEROUS
MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED ALONG WITH A FEW WELL BUILT
HOMES. ALL INFORMATION IS PRELIMINARY AND BASED ON
INFORMATION RELAYED TO THE NWS FROM THE SOUTH BEND FIRE
DEPT.
0927 PM TORNADO FOX 35.78N 92.30W
04/30/2010 STONE AR PUBLIC
REPORTS OF HOMES DAMAGED IN FOX.
0933 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE BEEBE 35.05N 91.87W
04/30/2010 WHITE AR AMATEUR RADIO
SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURE DAMAGE AND TREES DOWN ALONG JONES
ROAD AND BROWN ROAD SOUTHEAST OF BEEBE.
1010 PM FUNNEL CLOUD EAST END 34.55N 92.32W
04/30/2010 SALINE AR AMATEUR RADIO
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 167.
1018 PM FLASH FLOOD SEARCY 35.24N 91.73W
04/30/2010 WHITE AR EMERGENCY MNGR
RAY STREET IN SEARCY IS FLOODED.
1026 PM FLASH FLOOD NORTH LITTLE ROCK 34.79N 92.26W
04/30/2010 PULASKI AR BROADCAST MEDIA
THE INTERSECTION OF PERCY MACHIN AND PERSHING IS FLOODED.
1045 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 WNW PRINCETON 33.99N 92.67W
04/30/2010 DALLAS AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED.
1046 PM TORNADO 1 N WELDON 35.46N 91.23W
04/30/2010 JACKSON AR TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTS OF DAMAGE IN SCHOFFNER WITH TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWNED.
1055 PM TSTM WND DMG CARTHAGE 34.07N 92.56W
04/30/2010 DALLAS AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES BLOCKING ROAD WEST OF CARTHAGE
1140 PM HAIL FITZHUGH 35.35N 91.32W
04/30/2010 E1.00 INCH WOODRUFF AR AMATEUR RADIO
&&
58The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:39 UTC.
7 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 funnel cloud, 4 tornado, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a residence north-northwest of Cabot. The resulting fire destroyed the second floor of the house, and the first floor was heavily damaged by water.
An EF0 tornado blew down tree limbs on timber lands. The tornado exited Calhoun County southeast of Artesian and moved into Bradley County north-northwest of Moro Bay.
This tornado exited Calhoun County southeast of Artesian and entered Bradley County north-northwest of Moro Bay. Trees were blown down on timber land owned by a large timber company.
A tree fell through the roof of a house in Sherrill.
Trees were blown down, and one of the trees landed on a house.
Thunderstorm winds affected an area covering quite a few square miles. Roofs were partially blown off a number of barns and sheds. Dozens of trees had limbs blown off and other trees were toppled. A large tree fell through the roof of a house. Along Arkansas Highway 31, fallen limbs or trees littered virtually every yard.
A tree was blocking U.S. Highway 278 east of Banks.
Trees and power lines were blown down, a barn and some sheds were destroyed, tin was blown off barns, shingles were blown off a house, and a TV antenna was blown off a house. One tree at a residence fell on a truck and a car, and destroyed a shed.
Numerous trees were blown down.
One house had support columns on the front porch moved out of place, a grill and chairs blown off the porch, and shingles blown off the roof. On the same property, part of the barn roof was blown off. Another house had part of its roof peeled up and a metal carport blown into the back yard.
Two funnel clouds were reported about 4 miles northeast of Gould.
A hangar at a flying service had part of its roof taken off and one wall caved in. A house had part of its roof and parts of two walls blown off. Trees, power poles, and power lines were blown down. This tornado exited Woodruff County north-northeast of Penrose and moved into Cross County south-southwest of Fair Oaks, in the Memphis County Warning Area.
Many trees were down in the Shannon Hills area, blocking roads and laying on houses. Power lines were also down.
A car was submerged at the intersection of West Hazel St. and River St. in Benton.
Quarter size hail fell on the south side of Cabot on Arkansas Highway 89.
Crystal Hill Road was flooded between Interstates 40 and 430.
Flash flooding occurred on several roads in Bryant. According to a police report, several men went to the Midland Soccer Fields in Bryant to look at the flood waters. One of the men, 45 years old, wanted to see how deep the water was, so he waded into it. The current of the water swept him into a culvert. A 911 call was received form the park just before 11:45 PM CDT. Despite the efforts of several people, he drowned, During the rescue attempt, a firefighter was also pulled through the culvert by the force of the water, but he was not injured.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood, Saline | 2010-05-01 | 45 | Male | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 2010Warnings in Arkansas, May 2010
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: 222930, 223512, 219262, 219263, 223312, 224154, 223306, 223311, 223516, 224155, 224158, 228971, 219261, 228972, 224159, 223513, 223313, 224161, 219257, 223517, 224168, 224166, 223515, 224174, 223514, 223511, 219271.