Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 1993, 7:38 PM CDT for Little River County, Arkansas; McCurtain County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 82 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 1993, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1993, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 82 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Little River County, AR, McCurtain County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1056 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1357 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSHV 200038 TORSHV ARC081-OKC089-200200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 738 PM CDT MON APR 19 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS ...LITTLE RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...MCCURTAIN COUNTY AT 736 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS IN SHREVEPORT AND LONGVIEW INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF IDABEL OKLAHOMA IN SOUTHERN MCCURTAIN COUNTY OKLAHOMA. IF THE STORM THAT CONTAINS THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO CONTINUED IT WOULD MOVE INTO LITTLE RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. 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 IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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, Apr 19, 4:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-192300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 425 PM CDT MON APR 19 1993 ...LAKE WIND ADVISRORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE ARKLATEX... ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHERN SECTIONS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT..WHICH INCLUDED SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND PARTS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA... AT 420 PM CDT NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER THE ARKLATEX. THUNDERSTORMS OF STRONG TO SEVERE INTENSITY HAVE DEVELOPED BEYOND THE ARKLATEX AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA OVER CENTRAL INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. STORMS WILL DEVELOP SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST LATE THIS EVENING INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. AHEAD OF THE STORM SYSTEM STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WERE OCCURRING OVER ALL THE ARKLATEX WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. SOUTH WIND CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM CENTERED IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND ATTENDANT COLD FRONT STRETCHED SOUTHWEST INTO THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHWEST WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING..THE COLD AIR IN THE UPPER LEVEL WILL SEVRE TO MAKE THE AIR VERY UNSTABLE AND STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL DEVELOP. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WERE INDICATED TO BE OVER NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..HOWEVER A SQUALL LINE WILL LIKELY SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND OVER NIGHT BRINGING THE THREAT OF SEVER STORMS.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 4:38 PM CDT, 3 hours before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-192300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 425 PM CDT MON APR 19 1993 ...LAKE WIND ADVISRORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE ARKLATEX... ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHERN SECTIONS UNTIL 1000 PM CDT..WHICH INCLUDED SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND PARTS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA... AT 420 PM CDT NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER THE ARKLATEX. THUNDERSTORMS OF STRONG TO SEVERE INTENSITY HAVE DEVELOPED BEYOND THE ARKLATEX AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA OVER CENTRAL INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. STORMS WILL DEVELOP SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST LATE THIS EVENING INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. AHEAD OF THE STORM SYSTEM STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WERE OCCURRING OVER ALL THE ARKLATEX WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. SOUTH WIND CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM CENTERED IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND ATTENDANT COLD FRONT STRETCHED SOUTHWEST INTO THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHWEST WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING..THE COLD AIR IN THE UPPER LEVEL WILL SEVRE TO MAKE THE AIR VERY UNSTABLE AND STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL DEVELOP. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WERE INDICATED TO BE OVER NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..HOWEVER A SQUALL LINE WILL LIKELY SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND OVER NIGHT BRINGING THE THREAT OF SEVER STORMS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sevier | 59 min |
| Apr 19, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier | 99 min |
| Apr 19, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nevada | 55 min |
| Apr 19, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Little River, Miller | 70 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 1993Tornado Warnings in Oklahoma, 1993Every tornado warning in 1993Tornadoes in 1993
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.