Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 1995, 10:31 PM CDT for Stone County, Arkansas. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1995, 10:31 PM CDT (03:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1995, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stone County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 050332 TORLIT ARC137-050400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1031 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS ...STONE COUNTY AT 1030 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR HANOVER OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN VIEW. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 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. 22/102
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, Jul 4, 5:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 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, 4 hours 51 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, 4 hours 50 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, 2 hours 38 minutes 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
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, 10:39 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, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 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
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.