Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 7, 1990, 3:55 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 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
- Oct 7, 1990, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 1990, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Pike 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 5:15 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Howard, AR | |
| Oct 7, 5:20 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Sevier, AR | |
| Oct 7, 6:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Little River, 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
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
Special weather statement, Oct 7, 1:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002- 003-004-005-006-072115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 113 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 1990 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AT 105 PM THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR DEQUEEN ARKANSAS TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF HOT SPRINGS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EASTSOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX THIS AFTERNOON..AND THEN WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR AN INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ARES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
Special weather statement, Oct 7, 2:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002- 003-004-005-006-072115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 215 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 1990 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... AT 215 PM...SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR HUGO OKLAHOMA TO DEQUEEN ARKANSAS TO ARKADELPHIA. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR DEQUEEN AND ARKADELPHIA AND WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX THIS AFTERNOON..AND THEN WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR AN INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. . THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Oct 7, 3:18 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002- 003-004-005-006-072200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 315 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTH ARKANSAS... NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 9 PM... AT 315 PM...SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR DALLAS TEXAS TO IDABEL OKLAHOMA TO MURFREESBORO ARKANSAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED NEAR DEQUEEN AND MURFREESBORO ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX THIS EVENING...AND THEN WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA LATER THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR AN INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREAS THIS EVENING. . THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 92 min |
| Oct 7, 6:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass | 3 hr |
| Oct 7, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass | 3 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Little River, Sevier | 3 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Howard, Pike | 3 hr |
| Oct 7, 6:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada | 3 hr |
| Oct 7, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada | 3 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.