Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1990, 5:52 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Arkansas. It was in force for 53 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
- May 19, 1990, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1990, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 6:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Montgomery, 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 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
Local storm report, May 19, 4:59 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 458 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 1990 THE PULASKI COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS THAT A SMALL TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY ON SALES ROAD IN NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY AROUND 422 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. A MOBILE HOME WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND THERE WAS SOME TREE DAMAGE. SEVERAL WITNESSES REPORTEDLY SAW THE TORNADO TOUCH DOWN BRIEFLY. 28
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Searcy | 2 hr |
| May 19, 2:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Stone | 2 hr |
| May 19, 2:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 2 hr |
| May 19, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery | 42 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.