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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Little Rock, AR

October 26, 1995Montgomery County, Yell County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 1995, 10:16 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Yell County, Arkansas. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 26, 1995, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 1995, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

Counties Montgomery County, AR, Yell County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 26, 10:20 PM CDTTornado F2Sims To Aly, ARAn F2 tornado touched down approximately four miles north of Sims in Montgomery County. The tornado travelled north-eastward just over 12 miles, crossing into Yell County around 2130 CST, before lifting near the town of Aly in Yell County. The tornado moved

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 238 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-10-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1203 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-10-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
963 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
6.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLIT 270317 RRA
TORLIT
ARC149-097-270345-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1016 PM CDT THU OCT 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN YELL COUNTY
 
IN WEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
AT 1016 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WASHITA MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON TH<E LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
31/22

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, Oct 26, 4:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
440 PM CDT THU OCT 26 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

130 PM     POINT CEDAR               AR   0.75 INCH HAIL
10/26/95   HOT SPRING

300 PM     AVILLA                    AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
10/26/95   SALINE

305 PM     LITTLE ROCK               AR   1.00 INCH HAIL AT I630
10/26/95   PULASKI                        AND FAIR PARK

315 PM     LITTLE ROCK               AR   0.88 INCH HAIL AT ASHER
10/26/95   PULASKI                        AND COL GLENN
                                          FULL METAL BUILDING ROLLED
                                          OVER

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Local storm report, Oct 26, 4:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
440 PM CDT THU OCT 26 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

130 PM     POINT CEDAR               AR   0.75 INCH HAIL
10/26/95   HOT SPRING

300 PM     AVILLA                    AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
10/26/95   SALINE

305 PM     LITTLE ROCK               AR   1.00 INCH HAIL AT I630
10/26/95   PULASKI                        AND FAIR PARK

315 PM     LITTLE ROCK               AR   0.88 INCH HAIL AT ASHER
10/26/95   PULASKI                        AND COL GLENN
                                          FULL METAL BUILDING ROLLED
                                          OVER

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Special weather statement, Oct 26, 6:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
ARZ003>009-012>018-020>028-030>039-270045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
646 PM CDT THU OCT 26 1995
...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH ARKANSAS UNTIL 100 AM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT INCLUDES PARTS OF ARKANSAS
GENERALLY NORTH OF A FORT SMITH...CONWAY...MEMPHIS LINE.

AT 645 PM CDT...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA...AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE OVER ARKANSAS.

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Special weather statement, Oct 26, 6:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
ARZ003>009-012>018-020>028-030>039-270045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
646 PM CDT THU OCT 26 1995
...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH ARKANSAS UNTIL 100 AM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT INCLUDES PARTS OF ARKANSAS
GENERALLY NORTH OF A FORT SMITH...CONWAY...MEMPHIS LINE.

AT 645 PM CDT...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA...AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE OVER ARKANSAS.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFranklin52 min
Oct 26, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery66 min
Oct 26, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson57 min
Oct 26, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton, Pope55 min
Oct 26, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence58 min
Oct 26, 10:47 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKMontgomery43 min
Oct 26, 10:50 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKGarland40 min
Oct 26, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson52 min
Oct 26, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSearcy, Van Buren49 min
Oct 26, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope42 min
Oct 26, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKStone47 min
Oct 26, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKHot Spring, Saline57 min
Oct 27, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland39 min
Oct 27, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFranklin50 min
Oct 27, 12:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKGarland3 hr
Oct 27, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKHot Spring, Saline40 min
Oct 27, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson46 min
Oct 27, 2:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke37 min
Oct 27, 2:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Faulkner58 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.