Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 1989, 5:01 PM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 1989, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 1989, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, AR
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 5:10 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Madison, AR |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 1226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 790 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFSM 032201
SVRFSM
ARC087-032245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR
501 PM CDT MON APR 3 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT SMITH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN WEST ARKANSAS
...MADISON
RADAR AT 500 PM CDT SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST
OF ST PAUL IN SOUTHWEST MADISON COUNTY...MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINEYSS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Johnson | 53 min |
| Apr 3, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 61 min |
| Apr 3, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Logan | 67 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.