Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 9, 1990, 12:37 PM CST for Cleburne County, White County, Arkansas. It was in force for 68 min. 3 reports 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 9, 1990, 12:37 PM CST (18:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 9, 1990, 1:45 PM CST
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cleburne County, AR, White 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 9, 1:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | White, AR | |
| Feb 9, 1:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | White, AR | |
| Feb 9, 1:15 PM CST | Hail 1.5 | White, 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 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 3593 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 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 9, 8:59 AM CST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Feb 9, 9:31 AM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes before
ARZ001-004-007-OKZ013-020-091630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 930 AM CST FRI FEB 9 1990 ...FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 930 AM SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR CLARKSVILLE EXTENDING SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE COUNTIES OF LOGAN... SCOTT...AND POLK. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL AZRKANSAS CAN EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE RAPIDLY THRU THE AREA.
Special weather statement, Feb 9, 10:34 AM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
ARZALL-092200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1035 AM CST FRI FEB 9 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ARKANSAS... A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS IS UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 400 PM THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1030 AM...A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING THROUGH PORTIONS OF WESTERN ARKANSAS AND STRETCHED FROM NEAR HARRISON TO NEAR MENA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND WILLC CONTINUE TO ADVANCE ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. AS CONDITIONS BECOME MORE UNSTABLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS OF THE STATE TODAY...THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN. 34
Special weather statement, Feb 9, 11:39 AM CST, 58 minutes before
ARZALL-091900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1135 AM CST FRI FEB 9 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 19 REMAINS IN EFFECT... A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS IS UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 400 PM THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1130 AM...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF ARKANSAS. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF POPE...CONWAY...AND PERRY COUNTIES. A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO ADVANCE INTO ARKANSAS...AND THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN A LINE NEAR THE SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AROUND 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THE MOST UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ARE EdXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS...THUS THE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. 34
Special weather statement, Feb 9, 12:14 PM CST, 23 minutes before
ARZ005-090600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1215 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ARKANSAS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR MORRILTON NORTHWARD TO NEAR CENTER RIDGE IN CONWAY COUNTY MOVING EASTWARD AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR CONWAY AND FAULKNER COUNTIES UNTIL 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON. LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASS. OVER THE LAST HOUR...THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED A CONFIGURATION CHARACTERISTIC OF DAMAGING WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO FAULKNER COUNTY AND WILL AFFECT MOST OF THE COUNTY FROM CONWAY NORTHWARD TO DAMASCUS. IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. 25
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 11:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner | 69 min |
| Feb 9, 1:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 68 min |
| Feb 9, 1:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson | 68 min |
| Feb 9, 1:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 67 min |
| Feb 9, 2:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas | 67 min |
| Feb 9, 2:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant | 67 min |
| Feb 9, 2:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Prairie | 54 min |
| Feb 9, 2:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 63 min |
| Feb 9, 3:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe, Woodruff | 59 min |
| Feb 9, 3:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson | 46 min |
| Feb 9, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 60 min |
| Feb 9, 4:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Union | 58 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.