Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1994, 8:24 AM CDT for Van Buren County, Arkansas. It was in force for 23 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 8:24 AM CDT (13:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 8:47 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Van Buren County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 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
- 1655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -372 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLIT 151327 TORLIT ARC141-151400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 824 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS ...VAN BUREN COUNTY AT 823 AM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES NORTH OF CLINTON MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING IT NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF SHIRLEY. 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. 16/40
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 15, 4:48 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
OKZ072-076-ARZALL-151045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 445 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR BENTON COUNTY OF EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 515 AM CDT... AT 435 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN FORT SMITH INDICATED A STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF GENTRY IN BENTON COUNTY... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THROUGH BENTON COUNTY TO NEAR STILWELL IN EAST-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN BENTON COUNTY..4. BUT DIME-SIZE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY OCCUR. RESIDENTS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES MOVING SOUTHEAST. -03-
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 6:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
OKZ072-076-ARZALL-151300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 651 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF MOUNTAINBURG IN CRAWFORD COUNTY... ...ANOTHER STORNG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT SMITH...IN EASTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY OF OKLAHOMA... THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN CRAWFORD COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS TRACK THROUGH DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE CITIES OF ALMA AND MOUNTAINBURG ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. -03-
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 7:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
ARZ004-012-013-151315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 712 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTHERN ARKANSAS... AT 710 AM...RADAR WAS SHOWING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS FROM DEER IN NEWTON COUNTY THROUGH FLIPPIN IN MARION COUNTY THEN INTO MISSOURI. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. HAIL...HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE STORMS. 16
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 7:24 AM CDT, 1 hour before
OKZ072-076-ARZALL-151315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 720 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS... AT 715 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDIACTED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS... A FEW PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...FROM ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLARKSVILLE ARKANSAS TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF FORT SMITH. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS...POSSIBLY PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...WERE LOCATED IN EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT THAT IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST...THE MAIN FOCUSn FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS INTO THE MID-MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 88 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF ARKANSAS. -03-
Local storm report, Apr 15, 7:36 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH, AR
731 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994
TIME/CDT COUNTY/STATE EVENT
500 AM BENTON/AR NICKLE-SIZE HAIL LITTLE FLOCK...
2 N ROGERS (SPOTTER)
512 AM WASHINGTON/AR DIME SIZE HAIL SPRINGDALE (SPOTTER)
525 AM WASHINGTON/AR 1/4 INCH HAIL FAYETTEVILLE (SAO)
550 AM MADISON/AR NICKLE-SIZE HAIL 5 SW HUNTSVILLE
(SPOTTER)Special weather statement, Apr 15, 8:08 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
OKZ072-076-ARZALL-151400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 805 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM BETWEEEN POTEAU OKLAHOMA AND HARTFORD ARKANSAS... AT 800 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME EAST-CENTRAL LEFLORE COUNTY OKLAHOMA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE TRACKING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERM SEBASTIAN COUNTY AND NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST SEQUOYAH COUNTY OF OKLAHOMA...BETWEEN MULDROW AND FORT SMITH. THIS STORM PRODUCED PEA-SIZED HAIL IN MULDROW DURING THE PAST 15 MINUTES. THIS STORM WILL PASS NEAR FORT SMITH AND VAN BUREN DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. -03-
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 5:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Carroll | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 6:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Newton | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 7:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pope, Searcy | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 7:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Randolph | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 7:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 8:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Izard, Stone | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 8:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Sharp | 37 min |
| Apr 15, 10:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Ashley, Union | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Ashley, Chicot | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Chicot | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Ashley, Union | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Chicot | 18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.