Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 1994, 7:37 AM CST for Van Buren County, Arkansas. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report 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
- Nov 27, 1994, 7:37 AM CST (13:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 27, 1994, 8:30 AM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Van Buren County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 7:50 AM CST | Tornado F1 | Clinton To, AR | An F1 tornado touched down in Clinton and travelled about 2 miles before lifting. The worst damage occurred at the Clinton airport, where four planes were destroyed and 8 others were damaged. Eight houses and several businesses in Clinton were also damaged. |
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
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 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
- 1118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 736 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 9.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLIT 271338 TORLIT ARC141-271430- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 737 AM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS ...VAN BUREN COUNTY AT 735 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWS A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLINTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR. 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 BLANKETbS...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, Nov 27, 4:14 AM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
ARZ001>003-010>012-271600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 414 AM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 6 COUNTIES IN EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THIS WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST. DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP IN PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST...AND SOME OF THEM WILL MOVE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. DUE TO STRONG WINDS JUST ABOVE THE GROUND...THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY STRONG OR EVEN DAMAGING WINDS IN THE COUNTIES COVERED BY THE WATCH. PEOPLE IN EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING...AND SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT DUE TO THEIR RAPID MOVEMENT...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO A GIVEN AREA VERY QUICKLY. 28
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 4:15 AM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
ARZ001>003-010>012-271600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 414 AM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 6 COUNTIES IN EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THIS WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST. DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP IN PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST...AND SOME OF THEM WILL MOVE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. DUE TO STRONG WINDS JUST ABOVE THE GROUND...THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY STRONG OR EVEN DAMAGING WINDS IN THE COUNTIES COVERED BY THE WATCH. PEOPLE IN EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING...AND SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT DUE TO THEIR RAPID MOVEMENT...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO A GIVEN AREA VERY QUICKLY. 28
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 5:32 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
ARZALL-271600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 532 AM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN ARKANSAS TODAY... A WARM FRONT MOVED RAPIDLY NORTH THROUGH ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT...BRINGING WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE AIR UP INTO THE STATE. DURING THE DAY TODAY...A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BE PASSING BY TO THE NORTH OF ARKANSAS. A COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTH FROM THE LOW WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE STATE. EARLY THIS MORNING...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA. WITHIN JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS...A NEARLY SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED AND ENTERED WESTERN ARKANSAS. THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THESE STORMS IN A CLEAR INDICATION OF HOW UNSTABLE THE AIR OVER ARKANSAS IS. THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN ALL SECTIONS OF THE STATE TODAY. THE WINDS ALOFT ARE QUITE STRONG. THIS MEANS THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY...AND THAT THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING...WIND GUSTS. PEOPLE IN ARKANSAS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TODAY. THOSE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING RAPIDLY...AND THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO A GIVEN AREA VERY QUICKLY. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN ARKANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING WAS WELL OUT AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AS IT MOVES IN LATER TODAY. 28
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 5:33 AM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
ARZALL-271600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 532 AM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN ARKANSAS TODAY... A WARM FRONT MOVED RAPIDLY NORTH THROUGH ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT...BRINGING WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE AIR UP INTO THE STATE. DURING THE DAY TODAY...A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BE PASSING BY TO THE NORTH OF ARKANSAS. A COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTH FROM THE LOW WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE STATE. EARLY THIS MORNING...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA. WITHIN JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS...A NEARLY SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED AND ENTERED WESTERN ARKANSAS. THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THESE STORMS IN A CLEAR INDICATION OF HOW UNSTABLE THE AIR OVER ARKANSAS IS. THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN ALL SECTIONS OF THE STATE TODAY. THE WINDS ALOFT ARE QUITE STRONG. THIS MEANS THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY...AND THAT THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING...WIND GUSTS. PEOPLE IN ARKANSAS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TODAY. THOSE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING RAPIDLY...AND THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO A GIVEN AREA VERY QUICKLY. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN ARKANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING WAS WELL OUT AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AS @IT MOVES IN LATER TODAY. 28
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 6:10 AM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>016-020>024-030>033-037>044-050>055-059>062-066- 070>072-271600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 610 AM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN ARKANSAS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR 41 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 1000 AM CST. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY EARLY THIS MORNING NEAR THE ARKANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER. THIS LINE HAS BEEN MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE LINE WILL BE PUSHING THROUGH A WARM...MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR MASS... SO SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE WINDS ALOFT ARE QUITE STRONG. THIS MEANS THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY...AND THAT THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING...WIND GUSTS. PEOPLE IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE WATCH SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THE RAPID MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS. THERE WILL NOT BE VERY MUCH TIME FROM THE TIME THE STORM IS FIRST SEEN UNTIL IT IS OVERHEAD. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN ARKANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING WAS WELL OUT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AS IT MOVES IN LATER TODAY. 28
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 6:11 AM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>016-020>024-030>033-037>044-050>055-059>062-066- 070>072-271600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 610 AM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN ARKANSAS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR 41 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 1000 AM CST. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY EARLY THIS MORNING NEAR THE ARKANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER. THIS LINE HAS BEEN MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE LINE WILL BE PUSHING THROUGH A WARM...MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR MASS... SO SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE WINDS ALOFT ARE QUITE STRONG. THIS MEANS THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY...AND THAT THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING...WIND GUSTS. PEOPLE IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE WATCH SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THE RAPID MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS. THERE WILL NOT BE VERY MUCH TIME FROM THE TIME THE STORM IS FIRST SEEN UNTIL IT IS OVERHEAD. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN ARKANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING WAS WELL OUT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AS IT MOVES IN LATER TODAY. 28
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 4:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Franklin | 50 min |
| Nov 27, 6:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Pope | 46 min |
| Nov 27, 7:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 69 min |
| Nov 27, 7:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Stone | 39 min |
| Nov 27, 8:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Sharp | 54 min |
| Nov 27, 9:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 46 min |
| Nov 27, 10:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Saline | 43 min |
| Nov 27, 10:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 48 min |
| Nov 27, 1:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Ouachita | 40 min |
| Nov 27, 1:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 33 min |
| Nov 27, 1:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Jefferson | 56 min |
| Nov 27, 1:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland | 37 min |
| Nov 27, 2:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Nov 27, 2:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley | 52 min |
| Nov 27, 2:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Union | 35 min |
| Nov 27, 2:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Drew | 42 min |
| Nov 27, 3:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Union | 44 min |
| Nov 27, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Ashley | 48 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.