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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 30, 1989Perry County, Arkansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1989-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1989-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
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

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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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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.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 2:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPerry, Yell53 min
Mar 30, 3:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway40 min
Mar 30, 3:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner53 min
Mar 30, 4:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne65 min
Mar 30, 4:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski42 min
Mar 30, 4:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke45 min
Mar 30, 4:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPrairie, White50 min
Mar 30, 5:31 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKPrairie19 min
Mar 30, 5:35 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKWoodruff40 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.