Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1994, 8:16 PM CDT for McCurtain County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 89 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 1994, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1994, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 89 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County McCurtain County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSHV 270117 TORSHV OKC089-270245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 816 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...MCCURTAIN COUNTY AT 811 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALLIANT OKLAHOMA ALONG THE RED RIVER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL TRACK ALONG THE RED RIVER TO NEAR VALLIANT WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR THEN TO NEAR MILLERTON...GLOVER...IDABEL AND BROKEN BOW AROUND 900 PM CDT. ADDITIONAL WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR ADJACENT COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS LATER THIS EVENING. 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.
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
Local storm report, Apr 26, 3:07 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
300 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994
ADDITIONAL REPORTS FOR MONDAY APRIL 25TH 1994
TIME CDT PARISH/COUNTY/STATE EVENT/LOCATION
1015 PM LITTLE RIVER AR QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 2 N ASHDOWN.
1020 PM SEVIER AR WIND DAMAGE TO CHICKEN BARN AND DAMAGE
TO BARN 3 MILES SOUTH OF BEN LOMOND.
1030 PM HOWARD AR 2 CHICKEN HOUSES DESTROYED JUST WEST OF
SCHAAL. NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWNED
ACROSS THE COUNTY. MANY REPORTS OF HAIL
UP TO MARBLE SIZE. FROM COUNTY OES
DIRECTOR...DID NOT GIVE SPECIFIC TIMES
OF OCCURRENCES. MORE REPORTS STILL
COMING IN...WILL UPDATE AS THEY COME.
1050 PM HEMPSTEAD AR WIND DAMAGE TO BARN AND SEVERAL TREES
BLOWN DOWN AT CLOW.
1055 PM PIKE AR HIGH WINDS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL
AT ROY.
1110 PM HEMPSTEAD AR HIGH WINDS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL
AT BLEVINS.
1140 PM NEVADA AR 50-60 MPH WINDS AT PRESCOTT: NO
DAMAGE.
1145 PM NEVADA AR HIGH WINDS WITH SEVERAL TREES DOWN
AT LANEBURG WITH QUARTER SIZE HAIL.Special weather statement, Apr 26, 5:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 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, 2 hours 22 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, 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>027-270115- 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, 11 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 | McCurtain | 76 min |
| Apr 26, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | McCurtain | 64 min |
| Apr 27, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | McCurtain | 62 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.