Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 1990, 3:37 PM CST for Bradley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 1990, 3:37 PM CST (21:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 1990, 4:30 PM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bradley County, AR
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
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 15, 12:45 PM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
ARZALL-152000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1245 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990 ...TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN ARKANSAS... TWO TORNADO WATCHES...NUMBERS 36 AND 37...BLANKET A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY AROUND NOON TODAY IN THE VICINITY OF A COLD FRONT WHICH IS NOW ADVANCING THROUGH CEN3TRAL ARKANSAS. AT 1240 PM...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY...AND WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. 34
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 1:10 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
ARZ008-010-152000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 105 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR A FEW CENTRAL ARKANSAS COUNTIES TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 36 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...PULASKI...SALINE...DALLAS...AND GRANT. THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOPED IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS AROUND NOON HAS CONTINUED TO MOVE EASTWARD AND IS EAST OF THE CLEARED COOUNTIES. TWO TORNADO WATCHES...NUMBERS 36 AND 37...REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS. 34
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 2:04 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
ARZ06-11>16-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 200 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990 ...TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN ARKANSAS... TWO TORNADO WATCHES...NUMBERS 36 AND 37...BLANKET A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. AT 200 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR BLYTHEVILLE TO NEAR FORREST CITY TO STUTTGART. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CROSS COUNTY JUST SOUTHWEST OF PARKIN. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS AOUTH ARKANSAS BETWEEN MAGNOLIA AND CROSSETT. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. 06
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 3:04 PM CST, 33 minutes before
ARZ06-11>16-152200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 300 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990 ...TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH AND EAST ARKANSAS... TWO TORNADO WATCHES...NUMBERS 36 AND 37...BLANKET A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CST FOR EASTERN OUACHITA AND CALHOUN COUNTIES IN SOUTH ARKANSAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CST FOR UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH ARKANSAS. AT 300 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR HAMPTON... ARKANSAS AND JUST SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY...ARKANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. AT LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED . FROM NEAR MEMPHIS...TENNESSEE TO JUST EAST OF EL DORADO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 5:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Perry | 118 min |
| Feb 15, 5:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | White | 118 min |
| Feb 15, 2:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Ouachita | 53 min |
| Feb 15, 2:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Union | 58 min |
| Feb 15, 3:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Drew | 32 min |
| Feb 15, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Drew | 50 min |
| Feb 15, 4:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Ashley | 42 min |
| Feb 15, 5:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Chicot | 28 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.