Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 3, 1990, 12:05 AM CST for Phillips County, Arkansas. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 1990, 12:05 AM CST (06:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 1990, 12:30 AM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Phillips County, AR
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 KMEM 030606
SVRMEM
ARC107-030630-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1205 AM CST SAT FEB 3 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST ARKANSAS
...EASTERN PHILLIPS
AT MIDNIGHT WEATHER RADAR FOUND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 50 MPH ALONG THE EASTERN EDGE OF PHILLIPS COUNTY ARKANSAS. THIS
STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE HELENA AREA BY ABOUT 1230 AM THIS MORNING.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADKOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.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 2, 8:41 PM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
TNZ015-ARZ014-MSZ001-030400-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
845 PM CST FRI FEB 2 1990
ACOMMS:XMIT 1Special weather statement, Feb 2, 9:09 PM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
TNZ015-ARZ014-MSZ001-030500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 910 PM CST FRI FEB 2 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EASTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 3AM CST SATURDAY MORNING. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN EASTERN ARKANSAS ARE LEE AND PHILLIPS...IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COAHOMA...TUNICA...QUITMAN...AND PANOLA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD INTO THESE AREAS AND RESIDENTS IN THE AFFECTED COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING CONDITIONS OCCUR. HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO ANY FLOODED AREA.
Special weather statement, Feb 2, 9:31 PM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-030430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 930 PM CST FRI FEB 2 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 3AM CST SATURDAY MORNING... AT 920 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BECOME SEVERE DURING THE PAST HOUR IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA NEAR GREENWOOD AND GREENVILLE AREAS. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORM NEAR GREENVILLE. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 2, 10:10 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
TNZ015-ARZ012-014-MSZ001-030600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1010 PM CST FRI FEB 2 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EASTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 3AM CST SATURDAY MORNING. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN EASTERN ARKANSAS ARE LEE AND PHILLIPS...IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COAHOMA...TUNICA...QUITMAN...AND PANOLA. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD INTO THESE COUNTIES AND PEOPLE IN THE AFFECTED COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING CONDITIONS OCCUR. HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INT O ANY FLOODED AREA.
Special weather statement, Feb 2, 10:37 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-030530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 1030 PM CST FRI FEB 2 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 3AM CST SATURDAY MORNING... AT 1020 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. ONE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO BE REPORTED AS SEVERE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN GRENADA AND WATER VALLEY AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 2, 11:18 PM CST, 47 minutes before
TNZ015-ARZ012-014-MSZ001-030600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1010 PM CST FRI FEB 2 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EASTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 3AM CST SATURDAY MORNING. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN EASTERN ARKANSAS ARE LEE AND PHILLIPS...IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COAHOMA...TUNICA...QUITMAN...AND PANOLA. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SPREAD OVER MUCH OF THE MID SOUTH AT THIS TIME BUT THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY IS NOW LOCATED IN EASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NORTHEASTWARD INTO WESTERN TENNESSEE SHORTLY. HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCAL FL OODING COULD BE A PROBLEM ALSO. IF YOU ARE DRIVING TONIGHT DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS YOU MAY ENCOUNTER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 4:52 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, Phillips | 5 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:52 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | St. Francis | 5 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.