Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1989, 3:28 PM CST for Perry County, Arkansas. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 1989, 3:28 PM CST (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 1989, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Perry County, AR
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 272 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 severe thunderstorm 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, Mar 30, 10:56 AM CST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Mar 30, 12:53 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1250 PM CST THU MAR 30 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS UNTIL 4 PM... AT 1245 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS IN THE VICINITY OF A COLD FRONT BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE AREA. THE COLD FRONT STRETCHES SOUTHWARD TO THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF OKLAHOMA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE NEXT HOUR NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS AS THE HEATING OF THE DAY INCREASINGLY PLAYS A ROLE IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. TEMPERATURES WERE NEARING 80 DEGREES IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AT NOON. 34
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 1:06 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 100 PM CST THU MAR 30 1989 ..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR PARTS OF EXTREME EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS... A PART OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED, SPECIFICALLY THAT PART OF THE WATCH AREA NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS TO PARIS TEXAS. IN EXTREME EASTERN OKLAHOMA SEQUOYAH COUNTY IS NO LONGER IN THE WATCH AREA. AT 1255 PM CST FT SMITH RADAR INDICATED A 50 MILE WIDE BAND OF LIGHT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS FROM NEAR MONETTE MISSOURI TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCALESTER OKLAHOMA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. LIGT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS OCCURING WITH THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS.
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 1:37 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 135 PM CST THU MAR 30 1989 ..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR OKLAHOMA. IN EXTREME EASTERN OKLAHOMA LEFLORE COUNTY IS NO LONGER UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. AT 135 PM CST FT SMITH RADAR INDICATED A 50 MILE WIDE BAND OF LIGHT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONETTE MISSOURI 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FT SMITH ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAT AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. LIGHT MODERATE RAIN WAS OCCURING WITH THIS BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS.
Local storm report, Mar 30, 1:45 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH, AR
142 PM CST THU MAR 30 1989
TIME COUNTY EVENT
1110 SEQUOYAH DELAYED REPORT OF DIME SIZE HAIL ALONG THE
SEQUOYAH ADAIR COUNTY LINE NEAR BUNCH OKLAHOMA.Special weather statement, Mar 30, 2:48 PM CST, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 248 PM CST THU MAR 30 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS. A PORTION OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED, SPECIFICALLY THAT PART OF THE WATCH AREA NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM HARRISON ARKANSAS TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF TEXARKANA ARKANSAS. IN WESTERN ARKANSAS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SEBASTIAN CRAWFORD MADISON WASHINGTON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. AT 235 PM CST FT SMITH RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN YELL COUNTY ARKANSAS ABOUT 30 MILE NORTHWEST OF HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS. ALSO INDICATED WAS A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME WESTERN PERRY COUNTY ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT ON BOTH THESE STORMS WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS WERE LCOATED IN A 50 MILE WIDE BAD FROM 10 MILES EAST OF HARRISON ARKANSAS TO 20 MILE SOUTH OF FT SMITH ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Perry, Yell | 53 min |
| Mar 30, 3:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway | 40 min |
| Mar 30, 3:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 53 min |
| Mar 30, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne | 65 min |
| Mar 30, 4:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 42 min |
| Mar 30, 4:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 45 min |
| Mar 30, 4:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Prairie, White | 50 min |
| Mar 30, 5:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Prairie | 19 min |
| Mar 30, 5:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 40 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
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.