Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1990, 10:53 AM CDT for Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 1990, 10:53 AM CDT (15:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1990, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Benton 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
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 310 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
- 1863 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -391 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1411 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFSM 261554 SVRFSM ARC007-261700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 1053 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT SMITH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ...BENTON COUNTY AT 1054 RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN GRAVETTE AND SILOAM SPRINGS. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 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 INSIDE 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
Local storm report, May 26, 10:32 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1030 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990
ATTN SELS...REPORTS FOR THIS MORNING, 5/26/90
TIME/CDT COUNTY EVENT
558 AM OSAGE DIME SIZE HAIL AT FAIRFAX
635 AM PAWNEE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT RALSTON
730 AM OSAGE DIME SIZE HAIL AT PAWHUSKA
825 AM OSAGE DIME SIZE HAIL 5 MILES WEST OF BARTLESVILLE
825 AM WASHINGTON DIME SIZE HAIL AT BARTLESVILLE
837 AM W\ASHINGTON WIDESPREAD GOLFBALL SIZE AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL
AT BARTLESVILLE
905 AM WASHINGTON DIME SIZE TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN BARTLESVILLE
920 AM NOWATA DIME SIZE HAIL AT NOWATAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 9:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 57 min |
| May 26, 10:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 60 min |
| May 26, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 63 min |
| May 26, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Logan | 61 min |
| May 26, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 55 min |
| May 26, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Logan, Scott | 59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.