Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1994, 6:21 PM CDT for Greene County, Arkansas. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1994, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1994, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greene County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1054 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 052320 TORMEM ARC055-060000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 621 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN EAST ARKANSAS ...GREENE COUNTY AT 618 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A PROBABLE TORNADO ABOUT TWO MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF WALCOTT IN SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH WHICH THE POTENTIAL TORNADO IS ASSOCIATED WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST. THAT MOVEMENT WILL TAKE THE STORM NEAR WALCOTT BEFORE 645 PM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUrILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 5, 4:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
ARZ009-018-026-052215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 416 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING NORTHEAST ARKANSAS... AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WAS OVER EXTREME SOUTH MISSOURI AT 310 PM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF ARKANSAS AND WILL MOVE INTO THAT AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS WERE FORMING ALONG A WIND SHIFT LINE THAT DEVELOPED FROM INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FARTHER NORTH IN MISSOURI. THE WIND SHIFT LINE WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST INTO GREENE AND CLAY COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND INTO THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL BEFORE 500 PM THIS EVENING. RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS SHOULD KEEP POSTED ON LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR UPDATES ON THE THREATENING WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
ARZ009-018-026-052215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 416 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING NORTHEAST ARKANSAS... AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WAS OVER EXTREME SOUTH MISSOURI AT 310 PM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF ARKANSAS AND WILL MOVE INTO THAT AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS WERE FORMING ALONG A WIND SHIFT LINE THAT DEVELOPED FROM INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FARTHER NORTH IN MISSOURI. THE WIND SHIFT LINE WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST INTO GREENE AND CLAY COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND INTO THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL BEFORE 500 PM THIS EVENING. RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS SHOULD KEEP POSTED ON LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR UPDATES ON THE THREATENING WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-052315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 516 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 445 PM CDT... AT 505 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...MIDDLE TENNESSEE...AND NORTHERN ALABAMA. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKTIBEHHA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY HAD WEAKENED ONLY SLIGHTLY IN INTENSITY DURING THE PAST HOUR. THESE TWO STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND PROBABLE HAIL. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. THEREFORE...LOCALIZED URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS A POSSIBILITY WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-052315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 516 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 445 PM CDT... AT 505 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...MIDDLE TENNESSEE...AND NORTHERN ALABAMA. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKTIBEHHA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY HAD WEAKENED ONLY SLIGHTLY IN INTENSITY DURING THE PAST HOUR. THESE TWO STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND PROBABLE HAIL. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. THEREFORE...LOCALIZED URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS A POSSIBILITY WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:06 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-060015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 606 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN LOWNDES COUNTY. THIS STORM MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE CITY OF COLUMBUS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. THEREFORE...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS A POSSIBILITY WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:06 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-060015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 606 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN LOWNDES COUNTY. THIS STORM MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE CITY OF COLUMBUS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. THEREFORE...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS A POSSIBILITY WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 41 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.