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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Little Rock, AR

October 26, 1995Montgomery County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 1995, 10:47 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Arkansas. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 26, 1995, 10:47 PM CDT (03:47 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 1995, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 229 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-10-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2747 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-10-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 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
2747 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
952 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
419 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
5.7
Supercell composite
22.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLIT 270348
TORLIT
ARC097-270430-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1047 PM CDT THU OCT 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
AT 1046 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO IN
EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY NEAR WASHITA MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 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 THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.^  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
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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, Oct 26, 6:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute 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 56 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, 10:16 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKMontgomery, Yell29 min
Oct 26, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton, Pope55 min
Oct 26, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence58 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

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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.