Funnel Clouds in Arkansas, April 30, 2016

Name: Funnel Clouds in Arkansas, April 30, 2016
Start: 2016-04-30T18:10
End: 2016-04-30T18:34
Location: Arkansas

April 30, 2016 · NWS LZK · 3 events in 1 county or zone

A few funnel clouds were reported with a potentially tornadic storm on 4/30/16.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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What happened

The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.

A few funnel clouds were reported with a potentially tornadic storm on 4/30/16.

What forecasters said that day

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, 1:55 PM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 1:55 PM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
255 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT

LAST OF THE RAIN MOVED OUT OF ERN AR ARND MIDDAY. CANOPY OF MID AND
HIGH LVL CLOUDS CONTD WORKING EWD OUT OF THE FA THIS AFTN...YIELDING
A GOOD BIT OF SUNSHINE. THIS HAS ALLOWED SOME DESTABILIZATION ACRS
WRN AR THIS AFTN JUST AHEAD OF A CDFNT IN THE VCNTY OF THE AR/OK
BRDR. LATEST DATA SUGGEST SBCAPES OF 1500-2000 J/KG AHEAD OF THE FNT
OVR THE WRN HALF OF OUR FA.

HI RES MODEL DATA CONTS TO INDC THAT SCTD CONVECTION WL DVLP AHEAD
OF THE FNTL BNDRY LATE THIS AFTN OVR WRN AR. ANY STORMS THAT CAN GET
BETTER ORGANIZED LATE THIS AFTN WL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
LARGE HAIL AND LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...ESP WHERE AFTN
HEATING HAS BEEN MAXIMIZED.

THE ACTIVITY WL THEN TRANSLATE GRADUALLY EWD INTO THE CNTRL/ERN PART
OF THE STATE LATER THIS EVENING. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE
CONVECTION WL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY/COVERAGE LATER TNGT WITH THE
LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.

THE AFOREMENTIONED FNTL BNDRY WL SHIFT JUST SE OF AR BY SUN BEFORE
STALLING OUT. EXPECT MAINLY DRY CONDS IN MOST AREAS...WITH JUST A
SLGT CHC OF SHRA/TSRA OVR FAR SERN AR. RAIN CHCS WL RETURN TO THE FA
FM THE SW SUN NGT AS A NEW STORM SYS FORMS OVR TX...ALONG THE
STALLED FNT. GOOD RAIN CHCS WL CONT ON MON...BUT WL SEE A GRADUAL
DCRS IN POPS FM THE NW MON AFTN AS THE LOW PRES TRACKS E OF AR. HIGH
PRES WL BRING DRIER CONDS TO THE REGION STARTING MON NGT.
&&

.LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

AN UPPER RIDGE IS EXPECTED OVER THE ROCKIES TO BEGIN THE LONG TERM
PERIOD WITH AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN U.S. AN UPPER LOW WILL
DROP THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE UPPER RIDGE
WILL THEN MOVE INTO THE PLAINS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

OVERALL IT LOOKS TO BE DRY THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. THE AXIS OF
THE UPPER RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER ARKANSAS BY SATURDAY NIGHT. A
PROLONGED PERIOD OF NORTHWEST FLOW WILL BE OVER ARKANSAS UNTIL THIS
RIDGE MOVES OVER THE STATE. EXPECT HIGHS IN THE 70S AND LOWS IN THE
40S AND 50S.
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...44 / LONG TERM...51

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 1:55 PM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
255 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-011000-
BOONE-MARION-BAXTER-FULTON-SHARP-NEWTON-SEARCY-STONE-IZARD-
INDEPENDENCE-JOHNSON-POPE-VAN BUREN-CLEBURNE-JACKSON-LOGAN-CONWAY-
FAULKNER-WHITE-WOODRUFF-SCOTT-YELL-PERRY-POLK-MONTGOMERY-GARLAND-
SALINE-PULASKI-LONOKE-PRAIRIE-MONROE-PIKE-CLARK-HOT SPRING-GRANT-
JEFFERSON-ARKANSAS-DALLAS-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-DESHA-OUACHITA-
CALHOUN-BRADLEY-DREW-
255 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS...THOUGH
THESE WILL BE SOMEWHAT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED IN NATURE. THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL SUPPORT SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS AND THE MAIN
THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LZK.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 30, 5:12 PM CST, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
612 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 PM     HAIL             3 S MOUNTAIN HOME       36.29N 92.38W
04/30/2016  E1.00 INCH       BAXTER             AR   PUBLIC

&&

JHOOD

Local storm report, Apr 30, 5:14 PM CST, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
614 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0545 PM     HAIL             1 N GASSVILLE           36.30N 92.49W
04/30/2016  E1.00 INCH       BAXTER             AR   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

JHOOD

Local storm report, Apr 30, 5:26 PM CST, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
626 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0620 PM     HAIL             1 N RODNEY              36.26N 92.16W
04/30/2016  E1.75 INCH       BAXTER             AR   CO-OP OBSERVER

            AT JORDAN MARINA...QUARTER SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND
            WITH NUMEROUS GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL STONES OBSERVED AS
            WELL.

&&

JHOOD

Local storm report, Apr 30, 5:28 PM CST, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
628 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0610 PM     HAIL             1 N BRIARCLIFF          36.29N 92.29W
04/30/2016  E1.75 INCH       BAXTER             AR   PUBLIC

&&

JHOOD

Local storm report, Apr 30, 5:29 PM CST, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
629 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0610 PM     HAIL             8 ESE MOUNTAIN HOME     36.29N 92.25W
04/30/2016  E1.00 INCH       BAXTER             AR   SOCIAL MEDIA

&&

JHOOD

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:12 UTC.

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Event by event

3 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.

Funnel Cloud, Conway

When: April 30, 6:10 PM CST to 6:11 PM CST
Where: Conway County, 1.69 mi E of Kenwood
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.200, -92.790

Funnel Cloud, Conway

When: April 30, 6:20 PM CST to 6:21 PM CST
Where: Conway County, 0.89 mi SW of Overcup
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.210, -92.710

Funnel Cloud, Conway

When: April 30, 6:33 PM CST to 6:34 PM CST
Where: Conway County, 3.06 mi SE of Solgohachia
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.220, -92.640

What these are

Funnel Cloud: A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arkansas in 2016 Every state in 2016 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, April 2016

Sources

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: 631251, 631252, 631254.