Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 302, NWS Little Rock, AR

August 14, 1997Newton County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 1997, 4:35 PM CDT for Newton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 50 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
Aug 14, 1997, 4:35 PM CDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 1997, 5:25 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

County Newton County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 14, 5:00 PM CDTHail 0.88Deer, ARHail up to nickel size damaged several roofs.

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 nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 121 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1997-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1997-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1052 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 9:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner42 min
Aug 14, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, White51 min
Aug 14, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFranklin47 min
Aug 14, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKVan Buren31 min
Aug 14, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWhite51 min
Aug 14, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone61 min
Aug 14, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSearcy41 min
Aug 14, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, White46 min
Aug 14, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMarion59 min
Aug 14, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWoodruff51 min
Aug 14, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter66 min
Aug 14, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKVan Buren31 min
Aug 14, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway48 min
Aug 14, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton, Izard63 min
Aug 14, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Van Buren47 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.