Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1990, 5:31 PM CDT for Hempstead County, Howard County, Sevier County, Arkansas. It was in force for 99 min. 5 reports 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
- Jun 25, 1990, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1990, 7:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 99 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Sevier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Howard, AR | |
| Jun 25, 6:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Howard, AR | |
| Jun 25, 6:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Sevier, AR | |
| Jun 25, 6:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Howard, AR | |
| Jun 25, 6:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Howard, 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
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 867 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1124 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSHV 252235 SVRSHV ARC057-061-099-133-027-OKC089-LAC111-017-015-260010- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 531 PM CDT MON JUN 25 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 710 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS.. IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS ...HEMPSTEAD COUNTY...HOWARD COUNTY...NEVADA COUNTY...SEVIER COUNTY ...COLUMBIA IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ..MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN NORTH LOUISIANA UNION...CADDO AND BOSSIER. AT 520 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF BROKEN BOW OKLAHOMA TO 25 MILES NORTH OF DEQUEEN ARKANSAS TO BETWEEN NASHVILLE AND MURFREESBORO TO THE OUACHITA RIVER NEAR READER ARKANSAS ON TO ELDORADO TO NEAR FARMERVILLE LOUISIANA. ANOTHER BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED FROM NEAR JUNCTION CITY TO ARCADIA LOUISIANA TO NEAR BIENVILLE. DEVELOPING STRONG STORMS WERE INDICATED IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA FROM NORTH OF PLAIN DEALING TO RINGOLD AND SOUTHWEST OF TEXARKANA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE WERE INDICATED NEAR READER...5 MILES NORTH OF NASHVILLE ARKANSAS AND 10 MILES EAST OF SMITHVILLE OKLAHOMA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH NEAR 20 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR LAFAYTTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...ALSO FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...CLAIBORNE...WESTERN LINCOLN AND BIENVILLE. ALSO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS.. INCLUDING MUCH OF THE TOLEDO BEND COUNTRY. A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING THE TOLEDO BEND COUNTRY.
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, Jun 25, 12:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002- 003-004-005-006-DDTTTT- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1225 PM CDT MON JUN 25 1990 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF NORTHERN LOUISIANA INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA. AT 1220 PM SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF RUSTON TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED JUST WEST OF TALLULAH LOUISIANA AND MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING JUST EAST OF TEXARKANA ARKANSAS AND ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PARIS TEXAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTKY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 12:28 PM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002- 003-004-005-006-251900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1225 PM CDT MON JUN 25 1990 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF NORTHERN LOUISIANA INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA. AT 1220 PM SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF RUSTON TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED JUST WEST OF TALLULAH LOUISIANA AND MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING JUST EAST OF TEXARKANA ARKANSAS AND ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PARIS TEXAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG MGUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 1:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002- 003-004-005-006-252000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 148 PM CDT MON JUN 25 1990 SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA. AT 145 PM SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE JACKSON-OUACHITA PARISH LINE BETWEEN MONROE AND JONESBORO. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ON THE WINN-CALDWELL PARISH LINE WEST OF COLUMBIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EASTSOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN JACKSON...OUACHITA AND CALDWELL PARISHES DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR DEQUEEN ARKANSAS SOUTHWESTWARD TO JUST SOUTH OF MT. PLEASANT TEXAS. ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE ALSO INDICATED ALONG THE ARKANSAS-LOUISIANA LINE SOUTHWEST OF MAGNOLIA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Nevada | 54 min |
| Jun 25, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Nevada | 106 min |
| Jun 25, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette | 101 min |
| Jun 25, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Nevada | 99 min |
| Jun 25, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Pike | 80 min |
| Jun 25, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Pike | 72 min |
| Jun 25, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Miller | 97 min |
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.