Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1995, 10:54 PM CDT for Van Buren County, Arkansas. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1995, 10:54 PM CDT (03:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1995, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Van Buren County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 2328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1132 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 12.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLIT 050354 RRA SVRLIT ARC115-149-141-097-050500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1054 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS ...POPE COUNTY...YELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS ...VAN BUREN COUNTY IN WEST ARKANSAS ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY AT 1051 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR LESLIE TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSSELLVILLE TO NEAR DANVILLE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT IDA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 22/102
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, Jul 4, 5:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
ARZ006>009-016>018-025>028-034>036-047>049-058-050030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 540 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS CANCELLED... THE ARKANSAS PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 705 WHICH WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AT 535 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. REPEATING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 705 FOR PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 22 $vJ2I`WWUSH \=NWWUS. WWUS2 6WWUSb 6WWUS `6WWUS, $WWUS" lA`WWUS8 A`WWUS6 t6WWUSD lXWUUS =WUUS a`WWUSL WWUS( WWUS( |`WWUS WWUS qWWUS f6WWUS nWWUSf 6WWUS` (41/1/11.UDY AND N2R. H8!q`WWUS ?8WUUS (=NWWUS. 7q4WSUS\b 4nXWUUS 9WUUS& p0XWSUS| ,q`WWUS D3WWUS \ECAS!=`WWUS PY A=WUUSl *`WWUS 3U^WSUSp HS UPPER$INSO=+XWUUSx d $6WWUS*
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
ARZ006>009-016>018-025>028-034>036-047>049-058-050030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 540 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS CANCELLED... THE ARKANSAS PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 705 WHICH WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AT 535 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. REPEATING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 705 FOR PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 22 $vJ2I`WWUSH \=NWWUS. WWUS2 6WWUSb 6WWUS `6WWUS, $WWUS" lA`WWUS8 A`WWUS6 t6WWUSD lXWUUS =WUUS a`WWUSL WWUS( WWUS( |`WWUS WWUS qWWUS f6WWUS nWWUSf 6WWUS` (41/1/11.UDY AND N2R. H8!q`WWUS ?8WUUS (=NWWUS. 7q4WSUS\b 4nXWUUS 9WUUS& p0XWSUS| ,q`WWUS D3WWUS \ECAS!=`WWUS PY A=WUUSl *`WWUS 3U^WSUSp HS UPPER$INSO=+XWUUSx d $6WWUS*
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:41 PM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
ARZ006>009-016>018-025>028-034>036-047>049-058-050030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 540 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS CANCELLED... THE ARKANSAS PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 705 WHICH WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AT 535 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. REPEATING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 705 FOR PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELLE2D AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 22
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 7:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
ARZ003>005-012-013-020>022-030-037-038-040-040300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 751 PM CDT MON JUL 3 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH ISSUED FOR NORTHWESTERN THIRD OF ARKANSAS... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 712 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR ABOUT THE NORTHWESTERN THIRD OF ARKANSAS. AT 745 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF OKLAHOMA. THIS LINE WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS LATER THIS EVENING. STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MAINTAIN A CLOSE WATCH ON WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION WHEN WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. 22
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 10:33 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
ARZ006>009-014>018-023>028-031>036-039-041>075-050430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1033 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 715 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5AM FOR A LAGRE PORTION OF ARKANSAS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTROM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHEAST TWO THIRDS OF ARKANSAS. THE AREA AFFECTED IS GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE THAT EXTENDS FROM NEAR MOUNTAIN HOME TO RUSSELLVILLE TO NEAR MENA. AREAS NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE ARE STILL UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. THIS MEANS THAT EVERY COUNTY IN THE STATE IS CURRENTLY UNDER SOME TYPE OF WEATHER WATCH. AT 1040 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS. THIS LINE OF STROMS HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. HAIL HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED. THIS LINE WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT CENTRAL ARKANSAS BETWEEN 11 PM AND MIDNIGHT. PERSONS IN ARKANSAS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST TO THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TUNE TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BE READY TO ACT QUICKY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. 45
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 10:49 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
ARZ006>009-014>018-023>028-031>036-039-041>075-050430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1033 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 715 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5AM FOR A LAGRE PORTION OF ARKANSAS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTROM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHEAST TWO THIRDS OF ARKANSAS. THE AREA AFFECTED IS GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE THAT EXTENDS FROM NEAR MOUNTAIN HOME TO RUSSELLVILLE TO NEAR MENA. AREAS NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE ARE STILL UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. THIS MEANS THAT EVERY COUNTY IN THE STATE IS CURRENTLY UNDER SOME TYPE OF WEATHER WATCH. AT 1040 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS. THIS LINE OF STROMS HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. HAIL HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED. THIS LINE WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT CENTRAL ARKANSAS BETWEEN 11 PM AND MIDNIGHT. PERSONS IN ARKANSAS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST TO THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TUNE TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BE READY TO ACT QUICKY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. 45
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone | 60 min |
| Jul 4, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Newton | 58 min |
| Jul 4, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Marion | 65 min |
| Jul 4, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Franklin | 61 min |
| Jul 4, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Searcy | 56 min |
| Jul 4, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan | 95 min |
| Jul 4, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 95 min |
| Jul 4, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Stone | 67 min |
| Jul 4, 10:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Stone | 29 min |
| Jul 4, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland | 66 min |
| Jul 4, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Pope, Yell | 66 min |
| Jul 4, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry | 67 min |
| Jul 4, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Pulaski, Saline | 80 min |
| Jul 4, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne | 80 min |
| Jul 4, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pike | 59 min |
| Jul 4, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence | 55 min |
| Jul 4, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland | 27 min |
| Jul 5, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 58 min |
| Jul 5, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 58 min |
| Jul 5, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson | 59 min |
| Jul 5, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence | 39 min |
| Jul 5, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Prairie, Woodruff | 62 min |
| Jul 5, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson | 51 min |
| Jul 5, 4:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Cleveland | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Desha, Lincoln | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.