Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 1993, 6:37 PM CST for Van Buren County, Arkansas. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 1993, 6:37 PM CST (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 1993, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Van Buren County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLIT 310039 TORLIT ARC141-310130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 637 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS ...NORTHERN VAN BUREN COUNTY AT 638 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED TORNADIC CIRCULATION 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLINTON ARKANSAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY! IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER 8IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. 25
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 30, 1:01 PM CST, 5 hours 36 minutes before
OKZ032-034-ARZ001-004-007-302000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 101 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS ALSO NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TIL 700 PM CST... AT 1255 PM CST FORT SMITH RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS IN DELAWARE AND ADAIR COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THESE SHOWERS ARE JUST THE BEGINNING OF STRONGER STORMS TO COME AS THE DAY WEARS ON. VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS EXIST OVER THE WATCH AREA AND PERSONS IN THESE AREAS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT THIS AFTERNOON TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ~AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ...05...
Local storm report, Mar 30, 1:25 PM CST, 5 hours 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
130 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1992
845 AM...VAN BUREN COUNTY...4 MILES NORTH OF CLINTON...PEA SIZE HAIL...FROM
HAMS.
850 AM...STONE COUNTY...3 MILES WEST OF MOUNTAIN VIEW...PEA SIZE HAIL
WITH THE GROUND COVERED...FROM COOP OBSVR.
1035 AM...OUACHITA COUNTY...5 MILES SOUTH OF CAMDEN...PEA SIZE HAIL...FROM
CAMDEN PD.
1210 PM...SALINE COUNTY...NEAR EAST END...THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL COVERING THE
GROUND...FROM HAMS.
1235 PM...LONOKE COUNTY...5 MILES EAST OF CABOT...MARBLE SIZE HAIL...PUBLIC
REPORT.
1230 PM...LONOKE COUNTY...CABOT...DIME SIZE HAIL...LOTS OF HAIL...TORRENTIAL
RAIN...PUBLIC REPORT TO COUNTY SHERIFF.
1257 PM...MONROE COUNTY...NORTH OF CLARENDON...MARBLE SIZE HAIL...FROM FORREST
CITY ASP.
1250 PM...WHITE COUNTY...BEEBE...MARBLE SIZE HAIL...FROM LOCAL RADIO STATION.
25
1239 AM CST...PRAIRIE COUNTY...STUTTGART AIRPORT WHICH IS LOCATED IN
EXTREME SOUTHERN PRAIRIE COUNTY...ONE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND
TWO OTHERS SUSTAINED DAMAGE. A NUMBER OF TREES AND POWERS LINES
WERE KNOCKED DOWN. A FARM HOUSE AND SEVERAL STORAGE BUILDINGS NEAR
THE AIRPORT WERE DAMAGED. FROM ARKANSAS STATE POLICE AND AIRPORT
MANAGER.
44Local storm report, Mar 30, 1:26 PM CST, 5 hours 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TO DELETE LAST FEW LINES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
130 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1992
845 AM...VAN BUREN COUNTY...4 MILES NORTH OF CLINTON...PEA SIZE HAIL...FROM
HAMS.
850 AM...STONE COUNTY...3 MILES WEST OF MOUNTAIN VIEW...PEA SIZE HAIL
WITH THE GROUND COVERED...FROM COOP OBSVR.
1035 AM...OUACHITA COUNTY...5 MILES SOUTH OF CAMDEN...PEA SIZE HAIL...FROM
CAMDEN PD.
1210 PM...SALINE COUNTY...NEAR EAST END...THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL COVERING THE
GROUND...FROM HAMS.
1235 PM...LONOKE COUNTY...5 MILES EAST OF CABOT...MARBLE SIZE HAIL...PUBLIC
REPORT.
1230 PM...LONOKE COUNTY...CABOT...DIME SIZE HAIL...LOTS OF HAIL...TORRENTIAL
RAIN...PUBLIC REPORT TO COUNTY SHERIFF.
1257 PM...MONROE COUNTY...NORTH OF CLARENDON...MARBLE SIZE HAIL...FROM FORREST
CITY ASP.
1250 PM...WHITE COUNTY...BEEBE...MARBLE SIZE HAIL...FROM LOCAL RADIO STATION.
25Special weather statement, Mar 30, 2:01 PM CST, 4 hours 36 minutes before
OKZ032-034-ARZ001-004-007-302100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 201 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL... SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS ALSO EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TIL 700 PM... AT 155 PM CST FORT SMITH WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST HOUR IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS IN THE FAYETTEVILLE SPRINGDALE AREAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. FURTHER DEVELOPEMENT IS EXPECTED. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS PASSAGE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ...05...
Local storm report, Mar 30, 5:02 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH, AR
500 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993
TIME/CST COUNTY/STATE EVENT
430 AM WASHINGTON/AR WINDS ESTIMATED IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH
BY NWS SPOTTER. 3 NE CINCINNATI...
CHICKEN HOUSE COMPLETELY DESTROYED..
DOORS BLOWN OFF TURKEY HOUSE. STRAIGHT
DOWN-BURST WINDS.
200 PM t WASHINGTON/AR PEA SIZE HAIL SPRINGDALE/ HAM SPOTTER
340 PM MADISON/AR MARBLE TO DIME SIZE HAIL COVERED
GROUND AT HUNTSVILLE...RPTD BY
SHERIFF'S DEPT.Special weather statement, Mar 30, 5:29 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
ARZ001-004-007-310030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 529 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 75 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL |ARKANSAS COUNTIES OF BENTON...WASHINGTON...MADISON... CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...JOHNSON...SEBASTIAN...LOGAN...SCOTT...AND POLK... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THIS AREA AND DRIER...MORE STABLE AIR HAS MOVED IN.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 6:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark | 59 min |
| Mar 30, 6:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Stone | 66 min |
| Mar 30, 7:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 56 min |
| Mar 30, 7:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Chicot | 68 min |
| Mar 30, 7:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter | 42 min |
| Mar 30, 9:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lincoln | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 12:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Chicot | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.