Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1994, 3:53 AM CDT for Lawrence County, Arkansas. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1994, 3:53 AM CDT (08:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1994, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lawrence County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 2753 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLIT 260854 TORLIT ARC075-261000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 353 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN EAST ARKANSAS ...LAWRENCE COUNTY AT 350 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF IMBODEN. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 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 BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. 45/34
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 26, 1:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
OKZ072-076-ARZALL-260730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 135 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING CLARKSVILLE AND PARIS ARKANSAS... AT 133 AM CDT...FORT SMITH WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR HARTMAN TO JUST NORTH OF BOONEVILLE ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. CLARKSVILLE AND PARIS ARKANSAS WERE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WERE NOT SEVERE...BUT WILL LIKELY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE REGION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES. ...02...
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
OKZ072-076-ARZALL-260730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 135 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING CLARKSVILLE AND PARIS ARKANSAS... AT 133 AM CDT...FORT SMITH WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR HARTMAN TO JUST NORTH OF BOONEVILLE ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. CLARKSVILLE AND PARIS ARKANSAS WERE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WERE NOT SEVERE...BUT WILL LIKELY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE REGION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES. ...02...
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
ARZ003>009-012>018-022>028-031>036-038-039-042>049-055-058-260905- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 200 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 472 REMAINS IN EFFECT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS UNTIL 500 AM CDT. AT 155 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS DURING THE PAST HOUR. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN FULTON...IZARD AND SHARP COUNTIES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT PARTS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AFTER 300 AM THIS MORNING. CURRENTLY STRONG SURFACE WINDS ARE AFFECTING ALL OF ARKANSAS. A COLD FRONT WAS BEARING DOWN ON NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN ARKANSAS WERE GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH AT TIMES. BECAUSE OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER ARKANSAS TONIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP IN WIDELY SCATTERED FASHION ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT...BUT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN AND NEAR THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IN THE NORTHEAST. 34
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
ARZ003>009-012>018-022>028-031>036-038-039-042>049-055-058-260905- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 200 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 472 REMAINS IN EFFECT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS UNTIL 500 AM CDT. AT 155 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS DURING THE PAST HOUR. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN FULTON...IZARD AND SHARP COUNTIES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT PARTS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AFTER 300 AM THIS MORNING. CURRENTLY STRONG SURFACE WINDS ARE AFFECTING ALL OF ARKANSAS. A COLD FRONT WAS BEARING DOWN ON NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN ARKANSAS WERE GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH AT TIMES. BECAUSE OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER ARKANSAS TONIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP IN WIDELY SCATTERED FASHION ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT...BUT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN AND NEAR THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IN THE NORTHEAST. 34
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:57 AM CDT, 56 minutes before
ARZ003>009-012>018-022>028-031>036-038-039-042>049-055-058-260900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 300 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... DURING THE PAST HOUR...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN YELL...MONTGOMERY...PERRY...AND GARLAND COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT NEARLY 25 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS THROUGH CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE LITTLE ROCK METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN 300 AND 400 AM THIS MORNING. ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN MAY BRING TEMPORARY FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. AT 255 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSOURI WERE MOVING TOWARD THE ARKANSAS BORDER...OR THE COUNTIES OF FULTON...SHARP...AND RANDOLPH. THE COUNTIES MAY SOON BE AFFEnCTED BY THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 34
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:00 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
ARZ003>009-012>018-022>028-031>036-038-039-042>049-055-058-260900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 300 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS... DURING THE PAST HOUR...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN YELL...MONTGOMERY...PERRY...AND GARLAND COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT NEARLY 25 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS THROUGH CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE LITTLE ROCK METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN 300 AND 400 AM THIS MORNING. ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN MAY BRING TEMPORARY FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. AT 255 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSOURI WERE MOVING TOWARD THE ARKANSAS BORDER...OR THE COUNTIES OF FULTON...SHARP...AND RANDOLPH. THE COUNTIES MAY SOON BE AFFECTED BY THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 34
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 3:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Randolph | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 3:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton | 53 min |
| Jun 26, 3:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Randolph | 55 min |
| Jun 26, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Sharp | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 4:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lawrence, Sharp | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson | 67 min |
| Jun 26, 7:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Randolph | 44 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.