Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 1990, 11:06 PM CST for Grant County, Arkansas. It was in force for 39 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, 11:06 PM CST (05:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 1990, 11:45 PM CST
- In force
- 39 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, 5.1 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLIT 030505
TORLIT
ARC053-030545-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1106 PM CST FRI FEB 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
...EASTERN GRANT
AT 1103 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHEAST
OF SHERIDAN ARKANSAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
22What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 10:03 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Feb 2, 10:05 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
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
Special weather statement, Feb 2, 10:06 PM CST, 1 hour before
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
Special weather statement, Feb 2, 10:08 PM CST, 58 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Feb 2, 10:38 PM CST, 28 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
Special weather statement, Feb 2, 11:02 PM CST, 4 minutes before
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant | 29 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.