Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1994, 7:32 AM CDT for Pike County, Arkansas. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1994, 7:32 AM CDT (12:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1994, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pike County, AR
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 severe thunderstorm 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 29, 6:40 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
OKZ076-077-049-053-TXZ095-097-TXZ106>112-TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153- 166-167-ARZ050>053-ARZ059>061-ARZ066-ARZ070>073-LAZ001>027-291330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 640 AM CDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... AT 635 AM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A 100 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM PARIS TO TYLER TEXAS. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITHIN THE AREA WAS INDICATED JUST WEST OF HUGHES SPRINGS TEXAS AND WILL PRODUCE BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE RADAR INDICATED A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER- STORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR POTEAU OKLAHOMA TO NEAR HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT OF BOTH AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT NEAR 15 MILES AN HOUR. . FINALLY RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES WEST OF LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF MEMPHIS TENNESSEE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1100 AM. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX TODAY ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN SECTIONS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:41 AM CDT, 51 minutes before
OKZ076-077-049-053-TXZ095-097-TXZ106>112-TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153- 166-167-ARZ050>053-ARZ059>061-ARZ066-ARZ070>073-LAZ001>027-291330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 640 AM CDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... AT 635 AM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A 100 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM PARIS TO TYLER TEXAS. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITHIN THE AREA WAS INDICATED JUST WEST OF HUGHES SPRINGS TEXAS AND WILL PRODUCE BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE RADAR INDICATED A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER- STORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR POTEAU OKLAHOMA TO NEAR HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT OF BOTH AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT NEAR 15 MILES AN HOUR. . FINALLY RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES WEST OF LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF MEMPHIS TENNESSEE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1100 AM. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX TODAY ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN SECTIONS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 10:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | East Carroll, West Carroll | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 8:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard | 75 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.