Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 1995, 11:04 PM CST for Pulaski County, Saline County, Arkansas. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 10, 1995, 11:04 PM CST (05:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 1995, 11:45 PM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 755 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 409 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 509 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLIT 110504 TORLIT ARC119-125-110545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1104 PM CST FRI NOV 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS ...SOUTHERN PULASKI COUNTY...EASTERN SALINE COUNTY AT 1102 PM CST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A COUPLE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES NEAR EAST END AND JUST EAST OF WRIGHTSTVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 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 BASEM$ENT 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. 44/46/32
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, Nov 10, 5:50 PM CST, 5 hours 14 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>016-020>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 550 PM CST FRI NOV 10 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1057 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CST... A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST...AND WAS APPROACHING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS AS OF 545 PM CST. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG THE FRONT FROM SOUTHWEST MISSOURI INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING POSSIBLE TORNADOES WITH SOME OF THE STORMS...WITH HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE IN DIAMETER. WITH THE LINE OF STORMS SLIDING GENERALLY SOUTHEAST...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CST. THE WATCH COVERS AREAS GENERALLY WEST OF POCAHONTAS... LONOKE...AND MAGNOLIA. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH MUCH OF NORTHWEST INTO CENTRAL ARKANSAS THROUGH THE EVENING...REACHING AS FAR SOUTH AND EAST AS LITTLE ROCK BY 10 PM CST. OTHER STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA...AND WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST SECTIONS. THE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL. TORNADOES MAY ALSO BE SPAWNED BY SOME OF THE STORNGER STORMS. IN AREAS NOT COVERED BY A WATCH...WHICH INCLUDES MUCH OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL CONTINUE WITH PATCHY LIGHT RAIN. HOWEVER...SEVERE WEATHER WILL BECOME LIKELY AFTER 10 PM CST IN THESE AREAS. PEOPLE ACROSS ARKANSAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER... AND SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE COVER SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...AND ASK THAT THE REPORT BE FORWARDED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 46
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 5:54 PM CST, 5 hours 10 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>016-020>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 550 PM CST FRI NOV 10 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1057 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CST... A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST...AND WAS APPROACHING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS AS OF 545 PM CST. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG THE FRONT FROM SOUTHWEST MISSOURI INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING POSSIBLE TORNADOES WITH SOME OF THE STORMS...WITH HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE IN DIAMETER. WITH THE LINE OF STORMS SLIDING GENERALLY SOUTHEAST...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CST. THE WATCH COVERS AREAS GENERALLY WEST OF POCAHONTAS... LONOKE...AND MAGNOLIA. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH MUCH OF NORTHWEST INTO CENTRAL ARKANSAS THROUGH THE EVENING...REACHING AS FAR SOUTH AND EAST AS LITTLE ROCK BY 10 PM CST. OTHER STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA...AND WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST SECTIONS. THE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL. TORNADOES MAY ALSO BE SPAWNED BY SOME OF THE STORNGER STORMS. IN AREAS NOT COVERED BY A WATCH...WHICH INCLUDES MUCH OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL CONTINUE WITH PATCHY LIGHT RAIN. HOWEVER...SEVERE WEATHER WILL BECOME LIKELY AFTER 10 PM CST IN THESE AREAS. PEOPLE ACROSS ARKANSAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER... AND SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE COVER SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...AND ASK THAT THE REPORT BE FORWARDED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 46
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 7:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone | 56 min |
| Nov 10, 7:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Franklin | 61 min |
| Nov 10, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Marion | 60 min |
| Nov 10, 7:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Newton | 58 min |
| Nov 10, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson | 62 min |
| Nov 10, 8:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone | 29 min |
| Nov 10, 8:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter | 63 min |
| Nov 10, 8:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 60 min |
| Nov 10, 8:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pope | 53 min |
| Nov 10, 8:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton | 59 min |
| Nov 10, 8:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Yell | 66 min |
| Nov 10, 9:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery | 57 min |
| Nov 10, 9:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland | 49 min |
| Nov 10, 9:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry, Van Buren | 55 min |
| Nov 10, 9:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Saline | 55 min |
| Nov 10, 9:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton, Sharp | 62 min |
| Nov 10, 9:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Pulaski | 73 min |
| Nov 10, 10:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, White | 59 min |
| Nov 10, 10:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 40 min |
| Nov 10, 10:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Saline | 62 min |
| Nov 10, 10:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 55 min |
| Nov 10, 10:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Saline | 26 min |
| Nov 10, 10:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson, Woodruff | 63 min |
| Nov 10, 10:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Prairie | 63 min |
| Nov 10, 10:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 34 min |
| Nov 10, 11:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 33 min |
| Nov 10, 11:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 58 min |
| Nov 10, 11:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie | 55 min |
| Nov 10, 11:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Ouachita | 51 min |
| Nov 10, 11:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas | 60 min |
| Nov 11, 12:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Monroe | 40 min |
| Nov 11, 12:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Drew, Lincoln | 55 min |
| Nov 11, 12:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley | 55 min |
| Nov 11, 1:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha | 41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.