Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 2, 1990, 11:01 PM CST for Grant County, Arkansas. It was in force for 29 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
- Feb 2, 1990, 11:01 PM CST (05:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 1990, 11:30 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Grant 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 11:40 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Grant, 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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 3598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 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, Feb 2, 9:03 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Feb 2, 10:03 PM CST, 58 minutes before
ARZ001-004-007-OKZ013-020-030500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 1000 PM CST FRI FEB 2 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 300 AM... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 1000 PM INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF WEST ARKANSAS AND A SMALL PART OF EAST OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST MONTGOMERY COUNTY ARKANSAS. A THUNDERSTORM IS BUILDING IN SOUTHWEST LEFLORE COUNTY OKLAHOMA JUST EAST OF TALIHINA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA...BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING CAUSED BY A STATIONARY FRONT LOCATED ALONG THE ARKANSAS - LOUISIANA BORDER. STRONG WINDS ALOFT FROM THE SOUTHWEST ARE MOVING THE THUNDERSTORMS NORTHEAST AND OVER THE FRONT.
Special weather statement, Feb 2, 10:05 PM CST, 56 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Feb 2, 10:06 PM CST, 55 minutes before
ARZ001-004-007-OKZ013-020-030500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 1000 PM CST FRI FEB 2 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 300 AM... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 1000 PM INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF WEST ARKANSAS AND A SMALL PART OF EAST OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST MONTGOMERY COUNTY ARKANSAS. A THUNDERSTORM IS BUILDING IN SOUTHWEST LEFLORE COUNTY OKLAHOMA JUST EAST OF TALIHINA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA...BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING CAUSED BY A STATIONARY FRONT LOCATED ALONG THE ARKANSAS - LOUISIANA BORDER. STRONG WINDS ALOFT FROM THE SOUTHWEST ARE MOVING THE THUNDERSTORMS NORTHEAST AND OVER THE FRONT.
Special weather statement, Feb 2, 10:08 PM CST, 53 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Feb 2, 10:38 PM CST, 23 minutes before
ARZALL-030600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1035 PM CST FRI FEB 2 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHERN HALF OF ARKANSAS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 13 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING FOR ABOUT THE SOUTHERN HALF OF ARKANSAS. AT 1035 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL BUT THE EXTREME NORTHWESTERN PART OF ARKANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES EAST OF ARKADELPHIA...10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PINE BLUFF AND 10 MILES EAST OF CLARENDON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. 22
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 11:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Grant | 39 min |
| Feb 2, 11:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 52 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.