Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 1986, 5:35 PM CST for Howard County, Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas. It was in force for 75 min. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 1986, 5:35 PM CST (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 1986, 6:50 PM CST
- In force
- 75 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Sevier County, AR
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 6:21 PM CST | Hail 1 | Little River, AR | |
| Feb 5, 6:24 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Little River, AR | |
| Feb 5, 6:35 PM CST | Hail 1 | Little River, AR | |
| Feb 5, 6:35 PM CST | Hail 1 | Howard, AR | |
| Feb 5, 6:40 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Sevier, AR | |
| Feb 5, 6:45 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Little River, AR | |
| Feb 5, 6:55 PM CST | Hail 1 | Howard, AR |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 180 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1060 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSHV 052338 TORSHV TXC037-ARC081-133-061-060050- BULLETIN...EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 535 PM CST FEB 5 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 650 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES NORTHEAST TEXAS...NORTHWEST BOWIE UNTIL 620 PM CST SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...LITTLE RIVER..SEVIER AND HOWARD UNTIL 650 PM CST TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 545 PM CST. AT 535 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPOPRT WAS SHOWING A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF DEKALB TEXAS OR 8 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST ON NEW BOSTON MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. ALSO..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND FUNNEL CLOUDS WAS ALONG THE RED RIVER NORTH OF BEAVER DAM TEXAS OR SOUTH OF GOODLAKE OKLAHOMA. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A PERMANENT STRUCTURE ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR SMALL ROOM. GET UNDER A PIECE OF HEAVY FURNITURE OR COVER YOURSELF WITH SOMETHING TO PROTECT AGAINST FLYING OR FALLING DEBRIS. A TORNADO WATCH REAMINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NxORTHEAST TEXAS...EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER TOLEDO BEND LAKE TO THE CENTER/HENDERSON TEXAS AND TYLER AREA AND OVER EAST CENTRAL TEXAS SPREADING NORTHEAST.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 4:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River | 65 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.