Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 1990, 7:17 PM CDT for Craighead County, Arkansas. It was in force for 58 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
- Aug 29, 1990, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 1990, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Craighead 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 7:50 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Craighead, 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 3564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 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 300020 SVRMEM ARC031-300115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 717 PM CDT WED AUG 29 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST ARKANSAS ...CRAIGHEAD COUNTY RADAR INDICATES A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BONO IN NORTHWEST CRAIGHEAD COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INS6IDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, Aug 29, 6:35 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
TNZ012-013-014-015-ARZ012-013-014-MSZ001-004-005-300130-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
630 PM CDT WED AUG 29 1990
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH MIDSOUTH
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM NEAR JONESBORO ARKANSAS
TO SOUTH OF BLYTHEVILLE TO NEAR DYERSBURG TENNESSEE AT 615 PM WAS
PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND
SMALL HAIL AS WELL AS DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE LINE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE
SOUTH AROUND 30 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TOWARD THE SOUTH REACHING
THE FOREST CITY...MEMPHIS...JACKSON AREAS BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. THESE
STORMS REMAIN STRONG AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS
DURING THE NEXT ONE OR TWO HOURS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 P.M. FOR MOST
OF NORTHWESTERN TENNESSEE BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE MEMPHIS...JACKSON...
AND FOREST CITY AREAS.
STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST WEATAHER INFORMATION.Local storm report, Aug 29, 6:59 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
700 PM CDT WED AUG 29 1990
STORM REPORT FOR WEDNESDAY AUG 29, 1990
TIME: CENTRAL DAYLIGHT
428 PM GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY CLAY COUNTY ARKANSAS SHERIFF
445 PM GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN CORNING..CLAY COUNTY ARKANSAS
500 PM NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...WIND EST 60 MPH DYER COUNTY TENNESSEE.
520 PM TREE DOWNED BY HIGH WINDS...DESTROYING MOBILE HOME...GREENE
COUNTY ARKANSAS.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.