Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1994, 7:32 PM CDT for Pope County, Searcy County, Van Buren County, Arkansas. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1994, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1994, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pope County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Van Buren County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -734 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 378 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jun 7, 5:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
OKZ072-076-ARZALL-072315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 519 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... IN ARKANSAS THE COUNTIES OF BENTON...CARROLL...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...MADISON...SEBASTIAN...AND WASHINGTON ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. IN OKLAHOMA THE COUNTIES OF ADIAR...DELAWARE...AND SEQUOYAH ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. AT 515 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNERSTORMS FROM WYANDOTTE OKLAHOMA TO MIAMI OKLAHOMA TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF JOPLIN MISSOURI TO NEAR NEAR SPRINGFIELD. THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND WILL BE ENTERING EXTREME NORTHEST ARKANSAS WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. STAY TUNED FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. -03-
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
OKZ072-076-ARZALL-072315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 519 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... IN ARKANSAS THE COUNTIES OF BENTON...CARROLL...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...MADISON...SEBASTIAN...AND WASHINGTON ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. IN OKLAHOMA THE COUNTIES OF ADIAR...DELAWARE...AND SEQUOYAH ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. AT 515 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNERSTORMS FROM WYANDOTTE OKLAHOMA TO MIAMI OKLAHOMA TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF JOPLIN MISSOURI TO NEAR NEAR SPRINGFIELD. THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND WILL BE ENTERING EXTREME NORTHEST ARKANSAS WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. STAY TUNED FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOSV IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. -03-
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
ARZ001>007-010>016-019>021-023-024-029-030-037-040-041-072345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 544 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... AT 530 PM CDT...NO PRECIPITATION WAS INDICATED IN ARKANSAS. HOWEVER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATTER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 104
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
ARZ001>007-010>016-019>021-023-024-029-030-037-040-041-072345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 544 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... AT 530 PM CDT...NO PRECIPITATION WAS INDICATED IN ARKANSAS. HOWEVER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATTER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 104
Local storm report, Jun 7, 6:38 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH, AR
638 PM CDT TUE JUN 07 1994
6/07/94
TIME/CDT COUNTY/STATE EVENT
628 PM BENTON/AR TREES/POWER LINES DOWN
60+ MPH WINDS ROGERS
(SPOTTER)
630 PM WASHINGTON/AR TREES/POWER LINES DOWN
IN FAYETTEVILLE (HAM)
635 PM BENTON/AR DIME-SIZE HAIL DECATUR (HAM)
638 PM MADISON/AR NICKLE-SIZE HAIL CLIFTY
(SPOTTER)
-03-Local storm report, Jun 7, 6:43 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH, AR
638 PM CDT TUE JUN 07 1994
6/07/94
TIME/CDT COUNTY/STATE EVENT
628 PM BENTON/AR TREES/POWER LINES DOWN
60+ MPH WINDS ROGERS
(SPOTTER)
630 PM WASHINGTON/AR TREES/POWER LINES DOWN
IN FAYETTEVILLE (HAM)
635 PM BENTON/AR DIME-SIZE HAIL DECATUR (HAM)
638 PM MADISON/AR NICKLE-SIZE HAIL CLIFTY
(SPOTTER)
-03-The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Newton | 53 min |
| Jun 7, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Perry | 62 min |
| Jun 7, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pope | 62 min |
| Jun 7, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Yell | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 59 min |
| Jun 7, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, White | 54 min |
| Jun 7, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 60 min |
| Jun 7, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Prairie | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 38 min |
| Jun 7, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 59 min |
| Jun 7, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Lincoln | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Dallas | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha | 59 min |
| Jun 7, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Drew | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 8:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Carroll | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 10:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, White | 53 min |
| Jun 8, 10:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Stone | 40 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.