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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1996, 8:51 PM CDT for Polk County, Arkansas. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1996, 8:51 PM CDT (01:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1996, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Polk County, AR
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, May 27, 5:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
544 PM CDT MON MAY 27 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0235 AM SPRINGDALE AR .5 INCH HAIL
05/27/96 WASHINGTON ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS
AND HEAVY RAINS.
0815 AM DANVILLE AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/96 YELL RECEIVED FROM STATE
WARNING POINT
1040 AM CURTIS AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/96 CLARK FROM SHERIFF'S OFFICE
0224 PM OKOLONA AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/96 CLARK ONE MILE NORTH OF OKOLONA.
RECEIVED FROM THE CURTIS
P.D.
0245 PM CURTIS AR TORNADO
05/27/96 CLARK 1 HOUSE DESTROYED AT
CURTIS, TREES DOWN, OTHER
DAMAGE. RECEIVED FROM
CLARK COUNTY OES
COORDINATOR.
0335 PM BENTON AR TORNADO
05/27/96 SALINE PUBLIC REPORT OF A TORNADO
VISIBLE FROM WAL-MART
PARKING LOT IN BENTON.
0335 PM DALARK AR WIND DAMAGE
05/27/96 DALLAS TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 7
JUST SOUTH OF DALARK.
REPORT FROM THE PUBLIC.
0336 PM HOT SPRINGS AR
05/27/96 GARLAND THE PUBLIC REPORTED A
FUNNEL CLOUD OVER THE CITY
OF HOT SPRINGS
0341 PM BRYANT AR TORNADO
05/27/96 SALINE A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY
THE PUBLIC IN BRYANT.
0341 PM MANNING AR TORNADO
05/27/96 DALLAS PUBLIC REPORT OF A TORNADO
AT MANNING WITH DAMAGE TO
CARS, TREES AND HOUSES
0450 PM CENTERVILLE AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/96 YELL HAIL REPORTED BY THE
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER AND
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT
CENTERVILLE AND MOUNT
GEORGE (2 W OF
CENTERVILLE).
0502 PM CENTERVILLE AR 50 MPH TSTM GUST
05/27/96 YELL AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS
REPORTED 50 MPH WINDS.
0342 PM GREENBRIER AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/96 FAULKNER HAMS AND COOPERATIVE OBSERVER
REPORTED HAIL RANGING IN SIZE
FROM NICKEL TO QUARTER TO
GOLFBALL.The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 46 min |
| May 27, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 49 min |
| May 27, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | White | 69 min |
| May 27, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 37 min |
| May 27, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Prairie | 46 min |
| May 27, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway | 42 min |
| May 27, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland | 53 min |
| May 27, 9:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland | 38 min |
| May 27, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Monroe | 51 min |
| May 27, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Saline | 53 min |
| May 27, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Pike | 50 min |
| May 27, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 49 min |
| May 27, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 68 min |
| May 27, 10:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 4 hr |
| May 27, 10:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Montgomery | 5 hr |
| May 27, 10:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline | 4 hr |
| May 27, 10:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Garland | 4 hr |
| May 27, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Saline | 59 min |
| May 27, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 54 min |
| May 27, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Hot Spring | 52 min |
| May 28, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland | 37 min |
| May 28, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant | 35 min |
| May 28, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 27 min |
| May 28, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Saline | 30 min |
| May 28, 1:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 53 min |
| May 28, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 67 min |
| May 28, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 68 min |
| May 28, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 55 min |
| May 28, 3:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson | 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.