Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1990, 8:04 PM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 56 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
- Apr 16, 1990, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1990, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 8:56 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Madison, 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
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 993 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1295 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFSM 170105 SVRFSM ARC087-170200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 804 PM CDT MON APR 16 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT SMITH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ...MADISON COUNTY RADAR AT 803 PM CDT SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF HUNTSVILLE ARKANSAS...MOVEMENT WAS EAST 35MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 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, Apr 16, 4:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
STORM REPORT DELAYED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
457 PM CDT MON APR 16 1990
DELAYED STORM REPORT FROM APRIL 15...
TIME/CDT COUNTY EVENT
725 PM LATIMER DIME SIZE HAIL FELL 7 MILES NORTH OF WILBURTON
ON HIGHWAY 2.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 68 min |
| Apr 16, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 59 min |
| Apr 16, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 24 min |
| Apr 16, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Scott | 62 min |
| Apr 16, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 28 min |
| Apr 16, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Madison, Washington | 60 min |
| Apr 16, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 60 min |
| Apr 16, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Johnson | 64 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.