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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 16, 1990Boone County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1990, 5:24 PM CDT for Boone County, Arkansas. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1990, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1990, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

County Boone 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, May 16, 12:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 16, 2:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
ARZ001-004-005-007-009-162030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
245 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 244 CONTINUES UNTIL 8 PM...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 245 JUST ISSUED FOR WEST CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 10 PM...

CONTINUING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND A LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WAS
INCREASING THE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER ARKANSAS.

A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS WAS MOVING EASTWARD
TOWARD SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA WAS GRADUALLY LENGTHENING AS THE LINE APPROACHED THE WESTERN
BORDER. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES
CONTINUES WITH THIS LINE FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

FOR THE REMAINDER OF ARKANSAS...THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE
IN COVERAGE AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
NIGHT HOURS...PRODUCING BRIEF DOWNPOURS AND THE CHANCE OF SEVERE
WEATHER.

ARKANSANS SHOULD CONTINUE TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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Special weather statement, May 16, 3:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
OKZ020-013-ARZ001-004-007-162145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR
341 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM FOR NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

RADAR AT 340 PM CDT SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM JOPLIN
MISSOURI SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ACROSS TULSA TO 30 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MCALESTER OKLAHOMA. MOVEMENT OF THE LINE WAS SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MPH WITH STORM CELLS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE WILL MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER
OF ARKANSAS BY 430 PM.

PERSONS IN NORT5HEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOULD LISTEN
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FOR THIS LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY
DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND  DEADLY LIGHTNING.
Special weather statement, May 16, 4:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
ARZALL-162300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
405 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 8 PM...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR WEST AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS...

STRONG AND POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO AND
TOWARD ARKANSAS. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI...EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA MOVING TO THE
EAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR.

A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE OCCURRED IN THIS CLUSTER.

AS THE NIGHT GOES ON...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMSV MAY
AFFECT THE ENTIRE STATE. ARKANSANS SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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Special weather statement, May 16, 4:49 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
ARZALL-162245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
448 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TIL 8 PM...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR WEST AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS
TIL 10 PM...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST...
INTO THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE INDICATED ALONG THE LINE...WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS
HAVING BEEN ISSUED BY THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES IN SPRINGFIELD
MISSOURI...TULSA OKLAHOMA AND FORT SMITH ARKANSAS.

A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WAS PRODUCING
SEVERE WEATHER. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY THE
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN SHREVEPORT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES TO BE HIGH OVER ARKANSAS
TONIGHT. WITH THE APPROACH OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WEST
AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS...AND THE CLUSTER OVER THE SOUTHWEST
PORTION...ARKANSANS SHOULD TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS
SIGHTED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKUnion56 min
May 16, 6:33 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKUnion57 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.