Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1994, 10:56 PM CDT for Howard County, Sevier County, Arkansas. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 1994, 10:56 PM CDT (03:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1994, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Howard County, AR, Sevier County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 3287 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1204 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
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, Apr 26, 5:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 55 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>027-262345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 500 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 455 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BETWEEN SHERMAN TEXAS AND ARDMORE OKLAHOMA AND BETWEEN ANTLERS NORTH TO NEAR POTEAU. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. . THERE W~ERE NO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INDICATED IN THE ARKLATEX REGION BUT THEY MANY DEVELOP OR SPREAD INTO THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 5:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 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>027-270000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 555 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 545 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST ARKANSAS..SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..AND NORTH TEXAS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED FROM NEAR WALDRON AND SOUTH OF FORT SMITH ARKANSAS SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA TO NEAR ANTLERS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDER- STORMS WERE INDICATED FROM NEAR DURANT OKLAHOMA SOUTHWEST INTO NORTH TEXAS TO NEAR SHERMAN AND GAINESVILLE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE INDICATED NEAR EL DORADO ARKANSAS..OVER CENTRAL LOUISIANA NEAR COLFAX..A ND NORTHEAST TEXAS NEAR PITTSBURG. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 7:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 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>027-270115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 720 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 715 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST ARKANSAS..SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..AND NORTH TEXAS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED FROM NEAR WALDRON SOUTHWEST TO JUST WEST OF MENA ARKANSAS ..ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA TO NEAR SMITHVILLE AND HUGO..AND INTO NORTH TEXAS TO NEAR BONHAM AND SHERMAN. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH. IF THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE IN THEIR PRESENT DIRECTION..MAINTAIN PRESENT SPEED..AND CURRENT INTENISITES..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR POSSIBLE TORNADO WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA SHORTLY AFTER 800 PM CDT. PERSONS MAY WANT TO BE PREPARED TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS. REVIEW THE ACTIONS THAT YOU WOULD TAKE IN THE EVENT OF SEVERE WEATHER SO FAMILY MEMBERS WILL BE PREPARED. THE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..HEAVY RAINFALL..AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 8:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 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>027-270200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 805 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 800 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT CONTINUED TO INDICATE A STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN CAMP MAXEY TEXAS AND THE RED RIVER IN NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...HIGH AND DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO MCCURTAIN COUNTY OKLAHOMA WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REACH VALLIANT OKLAHOMA IN WESTERN MCCURTAIN COUNTY AROUND 830 PM CDT. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE THE TIME TO REVIEW THEIR ACTION PLANS THEY WOULD IMPLEMENT IF SEVERE WEATHER OR TORNADOES OCCUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Little River, Sevier | 76 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.