Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 1997, 12:04 PM CST for Johnson County, Arkansas. It was in force for 46 min. 2 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
- Mar 1, 1997, 12:04 PM CST (18:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 1997, 12:50 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Johnson County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 12:45 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Salus, AR | |
| Mar 1, 12:45 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Ozone, 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 12:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 1533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Mar 1, 9:59 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
ARZ003>009-012>018-020>028-030>073-011800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1000 AM CST SAT MAR 1 1997 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF ARKANSAS... A WARM FRONT WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH-CENTRAL AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. THIS BOUNDARY WAS THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN UNSEASONABLY WARM AIR TO THE SOUTH AND SOMEWHAT COOLER AIR TO THE NORTH. TEMPERATURES BY MID-MORNING RANGED FROM THE MID 60S TO THE MID 70S OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. MEANWHILE...READINGS IN THE 50S WERE COMMON OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO APPROACH ARKANSAS FROM WEST LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. ALSO...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ALSO BE MOVING INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THESE SYSTEMS...ALONG WITH THE RATHER WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR ALREADY IN PLACE OVER THE STATE...WILL COMBINE TO SET OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS AS THE DAY GOES ON. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS...AS WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES. CURRENTLY...IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF ARKANSAS. ARKANSANS ARE URGED TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS THROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY FOR PARTS OF ARKANSAS AS WELL. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE TELEVISION...LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET...RADIO STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 44
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 10:00 AM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
ARZ003>009-012>018-020>028-030>073-011800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1000 AM CST SAT MAR 1 1997 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF ARKANSAS... A WARM FRONT WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH-CENTRAL AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. THIS BOUNDARY WAS THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN UNSEASONABLY WARM AIR TO THE SOUTH AND SOMEWHAT COOLER AIR TO THE NORTH. TEMPERATURES BY MID-MORNING RANGED FROM THE MID 60S TO THE MID 70S OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. MEANWHILE...READINGS IN THE 50S WERE COMMON OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO APPROACH ARKANSAS FROM WEST LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. ALSO...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ALSO BE MOVING INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THESE SYSTEMS...ALONG WITH THE RATHER WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR ALREADY IN PLACE OVER THE STATE...WILL COMBINE TO SET OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS AS THE DAY GOES ON. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS...AS WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES. CURRENTLY...IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF ARKANSAS. ARKANSANS ARE URGED TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS THROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY FOR PARTS OF ARKANSAS AS WELL. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE TELEVISION...LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET...RADIO STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 44
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 6:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 12:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Newton | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 12:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 12:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Newton | 62 min |
| Mar 1, 1:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Franklin | 66 min |
| Mar 1, 1:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Marion | 46 min |
| Mar 1, 1:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Saline | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 1:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Marion, Searcy | 51 min |
| Mar 1, 1:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Pike | 64 min |
| Mar 1, 1:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter | 52 min |
| Mar 1, 2:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter | 51 min |
| Mar 1, 2:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Franklin, Johnson | 51 min |
| Mar 1, 2:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Clark | 66 min |
| Mar 1, 2:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 2:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan | 51 min |
| Mar 1, 2:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 2:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 2:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 2:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Newton, Pope, Searcy | 47 min |
| Mar 1, 3:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan, Yell | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 3:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Saline | 65 min |
| Mar 1, 3:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 64 min |
| Mar 1, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 3:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Marion | 50 min |
| Mar 1, 3:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope, Van Buren | 62 min |
| Mar 1, 3:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 61 min |
| Mar 1, 4:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 4:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Stone | 66 min |
| Mar 1, 4:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | White | 66 min |
| Mar 1, 4:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Izard | 64 min |
| Mar 1, 4:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 50 min |
| Mar 1, 4:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Independence | 36 min |
| Mar 1, 5:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway | 47 min |
| Mar 1, 5:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Sharp | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 5:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jackson | 19 min |
| Mar 1, 5:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Ouachita | 47 min |
| Mar 1, 5:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun | 50 min |
| Mar 1, 5:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Dallas | 50 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.