Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Little Rock, AR
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 10:20 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Sims To Aly, AR | An 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.
- 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
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
31Local 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
31Special 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. 31
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. 31
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Franklin | 52 min |
| Oct 26, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery | 66 min |
| Oct 26, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson | 57 min |
| Oct 26, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Newton, Pope | 55 min |
| Oct 26, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence | 58 min |
| Oct 26, 10:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery | 43 min |
| Oct 26, 10:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland | 40 min |
| Oct 26, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson | 52 min |
| Oct 26, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Searcy, Van Buren | 49 min |
| Oct 26, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pope | 42 min |
| Oct 26, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Stone | 47 min |
| Oct 26, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring, Saline | 57 min |
| Oct 27, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland | 39 min |
| Oct 27, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Franklin | 50 min |
| Oct 27, 12:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Garland | 3 hr |
| Oct 27, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring, Saline | 40 min |
| Oct 27, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson | 46 min |
| Oct 27, 2:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 37 min |
| Oct 27, 2:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner | 58 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.