Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 5, 1992, 7:24 PM CST for Hempstead County, Miller County, Pike County, Arkansas. It was in force for 66 min. 6 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
- Mar 5, 1992, 7:24 PM CST (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 1992, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hempstead County, AR, Miller County, AR, Pike County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 7:35 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Hempstead, AR | |
| Mar 5, 7:42 PM CST | Hail 2.75 | Pike, AR | |
| Mar 5, 7:45 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Miller, AR | |
| Mar 5, 8:15 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Pike, AR | |
| Mar 5, 8:33 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Pike, AR | |
| Mar 5, 8:40 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Hempstead, 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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1709 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1236 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSHV 060125 TORSHV ARC057-091-109-060230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 724 PM CST THU MAR 5 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS.. IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS ...HEMPSTEAD COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN MILLER COUNTY ...SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY SHREVEPORT AND LONGVIEW WEATHER RADARS AT 719 PM SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER NORTHEAST HEMPSTEAD COUNTY NEAR BLEVENS ARKANSAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH. RADAR STILL INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST NORTHEAST OF TEXARKANA. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED OVER TEXARKANA AT 710 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE ADVISED TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO OCCURRING NEAR HOPE ARKANSAS.
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 2:41 PM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-052200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 240 PM CST THU MAR 5 1992 ...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS... ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AT 235 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS. THESE EXTENDED FROM NEAR CANTON TEXAS NORTHEAST THROUGH MT PLEASANT TO NEAR WRIGHT PATMAN LAKE SOUTHWEST OF TEXARKANA. OTHER SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING JUST NORTH OF HALLSVILLE AND NEAR HENDERSON TEXAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINDEN. THESE DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...AND A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE INTENSITIES. . FURTHER TO THE SOUTH...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTH- EAST TEXAS...THROUGH THE LOWER TOLEDO BEND COUNTRY...INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS 15 MILES WIDE... AND EXTENDED FROM KOUNTZE AND NEWTON TEXAS TO NEAR FORT POLK LOUISIANA TO ALEXANDRIA AND JONESVILLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WERE LOCATED NEAR WOODVILLE TEXAS...NORTH OF DE RIDDER LOUISIANA...NEAR LACAMP LOUISIANA...AND JUST SOUTH OF JENA LOUISIANA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR...WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LOWER TOLEDO BEND COUNTRY WERE MOVING AND DEVELOPING NORTH NORTHEASTWARD AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. BE SURE TO STAY ABREAST WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION THIS AFTER 0NEWSPSNEWY` TTAA00 KNEW 052048 LAZ008>010-012>014-MSZ010>014-ALZ016-052200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 240 PM CST THU MAR 5 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... ...FLASH FLOOD AND FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... AT 230 PM WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH EMBEDED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED OVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE OCCURRING BETWEEN 5 MILES EAST OF MORGAN CITY AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS AND BETWEEN TIMBALIER BAY AND BARATARIA BAY. SOME HEAVIER RAIN WAS ALSO OCCURRING OVER SOUTHERN TAGIPAHOA PARISH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTERLY AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Local storm report, Mar 5, 3:40 PM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
341 PM CST THU MAR 5 1992
STORM REPORTS FOR THURSDAY MARCH 5 1992
TIME CST CNTY/PRSH STATE EVENT/LOCATION/DAMAGE
300 PM LITTLE RIVER AR 2 PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN WILTON ARKANSAS.
326 PM LITTLE RIVER AR MARBLE..DIME..AND UP TO NICKLE SIZE
HAIL IN WILTON ARKANSAS.Local storm report, Mar 5, 7:23 PM CST, 1 minute before
STORM REPORTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 725 PM CST THU MAR 5 1992 STORM REPORTS FOR THURSDAY MARCH 5 1992...INCOMPLETE LIST... TIME CST CNTY/PRSH STATE EVENT/LOCATION/DAMAGE 705 PM MILLER AR FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR TEXARKANA WITH LARGE HAIL.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 6:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Pike | 25 min |
| Mar 5, 6:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Pike | 32 min |
| Mar 5, 6:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Miller | 40 min |
| Mar 5, 7:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada, Pike | 67 min |
| Mar 5, 7:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Lafayette | 67 min |
| Mar 5, 8:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada | 57 min |
| Mar 5, 9:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Nevada | 67 min |
| Mar 5, 9:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Pike | 69 min |
| Mar 5, 10:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nevada | 60 min |
Nearby
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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.