Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 1997, 2:20 PM CST for Clark County, Arkansas. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 1997, 2:20 PM CST (20:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 1997, 3:25 PM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clark County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLIT 022021 RRA SVRLIT ARC019-022125- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 220 PM CST SUN MAR 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK AR HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 325 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS ...EASTERN CLARK COUNTY AT 219 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY DOPPLER RADAR 11 MILES SOUTH OF GURDON OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHELEN SPRINGS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... WHELEN SPRINGS AROUND 225 PM CST ... GURDON AROUND 230 PM CST ... GUM SPRINGS AROUND 240 PM CST ... ARKADELPHIA AROUND 245 PM CST ... CADDO VALLEY AROUND 250 PM CST ... THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS STORM IS DIME SIZE HAIL OR LARGER.STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO BE PRODU$CED IN AREAS AFFECTED BY THE STORM. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS...AND ASK THAT THE REPORT BE FORWARDED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 209/208
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 2, 8:34 AM CST, 5 hours 46 minutes before
ARZ003>009-012>018-020>028-030>073-021730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 835 AM CST SUN MAR 2 1997 ...RAIN AND SOME THUNDERSHOWERS IN THE TORNADO CLEAN-UP AREAS TODAY... THE COLD FRONT THAT HELPED TO SET OFF THE SEVERE WEATHER IN ARKANSAS HAS STALLED ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. MEANWHILE... LOW PRESSURE ALOFT MOVING OUT OF TEXAS HAS CAUSED MOISTURE TO BEGIN OVERRUNNING THE STALLED FRONT. THE RESULT HAS BEEN AN INCREASING AREA OF RAIN AND SOME THUNDERSHOWERS OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...THE RAIN AND THUNDERSHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE TO THE NORTH. LATER IN THE DAY...THE RAIN AREA SHOULD BEGIN SINKING BACK TO THE SOUTHEAST. FOR THE AREAS WHERE TORNADO CLEAN-UP IS IN PROGRESS TODAY... WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE... WHERE LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS WILL DROP AS MUCH AS 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. THERE WILL BE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING FROM TIME TO TIME...AND THIS WILL PRESENT A HAZARD TO THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN RESCUE AND CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS OR TORNADOES ARE UNLIKELY IN THE CLEAN-UP AREAS TODAY. HOWEVER...THERE COULD BE A FEW INSTANCES WHERE A THUNDERSTORM BRIEFLY PRODUCES SMALL HAIL. 28
Special weather statement, Mar 2, 8:35 AM CST, 5 hours 45 minutes before
ARZ003>009-012>018-020>028-030>073-021730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 835 AM CST SUN MAR 2 1997 ...RAIN AND SOME THUNDERSHOWERS IN THE TORNADO CLEAN-UP AREAS TODAY... THE COLD FRONT THAT HELPED TO SET OFF THE SEVERE WEATHER IN ARKANSAS HAS STALLED ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. MEANWHILE... LOW PRESSURE ALOFT MOVING OUT OF TEXAS HAS CAUSED MOISTURE TO BEGIN OVERRUNNING THE STALLED FRONT. THE RESULT HAS BEEN AN INCREASING AREA OF RAIN AND SOME THUNDERSHOWERS OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...THE RAIN AND THUNDERSHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE TO THE NORTH. LATER IN THE DAY...THE RAIN AREA SHOULD BEGIN SINKING BACK TO THE SOUTHEAST. FOR THE AREAS WHERE TORNADO CLEAN-UP IS IN PROGRESS TODAY... WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE... WHERE LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS WILL DROP AS MUCH AS 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. THERE WILL BE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING FROM TIME TO TIME...AND THIS WILL PRESENT A HAZARD TO THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN RESCUE AND CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS OR TORNADOES ARE UNLIKELY IN THE CLEAN-UP AREAS TODAY. HOWEVER...THERE COULD BE A FEW INSTANCES WHERE A THUNDERSTORM BRIEFLY PRODUCES SMALL HAIL. 28
Local storm report, Mar 2, 1:10 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
110 PM CST SUN MAR 2 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0105 PM WESTERN GROVE AR .75 INCH HAIL
03/01/97 NEWTON
0150 PM NEWPORT AR TORNADO
03/01/97 JACKSON REPORTED ON HWY 14 WEST
OF NEWPORT.
0235 PM 10 SW ARKADELPHIA AR TORNADO
03/01/97 CLARK STRUCK TRUCK STOP ON I-30
AT HWY 53.
0245 PM 2 SW ARKADELPHIA AR TORNADO
03/01/97 CLARK REPORTED 1/4 MILE WEST OF
I-30...APPROACHING
ARKADELPHIA.
0246 PM ARKADELPHIA AR TORNADO
03/01/97 CLARK *** 6 DEAD ***
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN
DOWNTOWN AREA.
0250 PM ANTIOCH AR WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97 WHITE FUNNEL CLOUD AND POWER
LINES DOWN
0257 PM 5 NW AUSTIN AR TORNADO
03/01/97 LONOKE REPORTED AT HWYS 5 AND
319...TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN...PEOPLE
TRAPPED IN DEBRIS.
0303 PM BENTON AR
03/01/97 SALINE DEBRIS FALLING ON WEST
SIDE OF BENTON.
0308 PM 2 N FURLOW AR TORNADO
03/01/97 LONOKE TRAILERS TURNED OVER...
ROOFS OFF HOUSES.
0316 PM MALVERN AR
03/01/97 HOT SPRING FUNNEL CLOUD MOVING TOWARD
GLEN ROSE AND TRASKWOOD.
0317 PM 5 E MALVERN AR
03/01/97 HOT SPRING FUNNEL CLOUD WITH DEBRIS
FALLING OUT OF THE SKY.
0330 PM SARDIS AR TORNADO
03/01/97 SALINE *** 10 DEAD ***
DOZENS OF HOMES DAMAGED OR
DESTROYED AROUND SARDIS...
ALEXANDER...AND VIMY RIDGE
0335 PM BRYANT AR TORNADO
03/01/97 SALINE TREES DOWN AND SHINGLES
OFF.
0335 PM DENMARK AR TORNADO
03/01/97 JACKSON *** 2 DEAD ***
TREES DOWN...TREE ONE ON A
HOUSE...HIGHWAY BLOCKED.
0340 PM 3 SE OIL TROUGH AR TORNADO
03/01/97 INDEPENDENCE
0342 PM 2 S LITTLE ROCK AR
03/01/97 PULASKI FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED
ON CHICOT RD.
0343 PM LITTLE ROCK AR
03/01/97 PULASKI FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED
AT ARCH ST AND PRATT RD.
0343 PM JERUSALEM AR TORNADO
03/01/97 CONWAY *** 1 INJURED ***
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND
INJURIES REPORTED.
0343 PM 5 S LITTLE ROCK AR TORNADO
03/01/97 PULASKI IN WILLOW SPRINGS/ARCH ST
PIKE AREA.
0345 PM APPLETON AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/01/97 POPE
0349 PM 3 S LITTLE ROCK AR TORNADO
03/01/97 PULASKI *** 4 DEAD ***
TORNADO MOVED THROUGH ARCH
ST PIKE/DIXON RD AREA AND
THEN ON THROUGH COLLEGE
STATION...BUSINESSES AND
HOUSES DESTROYED.
0353 PM LITTLE ROCK AR TORNADO
03/01/97 PULASKI STRUCK MOTEL JUST OUTSIDE
LITTLE ROCK AIRPORT...
DEBRIS WAS BLOWN ONTO
RUNWAYS...CLOSING AIRPORT
FOR AWHILE.
0354 PM AR .88 INCH HAIL
03/01/97 PULASKI NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT GRAVEL
RIDGE.
0356 PM BRYANT AR FLOODING
03/01/97 SALINE STREET FLOODING.
0415 PM JACKSONPORT AR TORNADO
03/01/97 JACKSON 30 HOMES AND TRAILERS
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED...
MANY INJURIES.
0428 PM 10 N LONOKE AR TORNADO
03/01/97 LONOKE REPORTED ON HWY 31.
0502 PM OIL TROUGH AR TORNADO
03/01/97 INDEPENDENCE
0550 PM CAMDEN AR .88 INCH HAIL
03/01/97 OUACHITA
0630 PM WHITEHALL AR
03/01/97 JEFFERSON 3 INCHES OF RAIN MEASURED
IN ONE HOUR.
0645 PM 5 SE RISON AR WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97 CLEVELAND TREES DOWN.
THIS REPORT UPDATES THE STORM REPORT TRANSMITTED SATURDAY EVENING. IT
INCLUDES THE LATEST FATALITY REPORTS PROVIDED BY THE ARKANSAS OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY SERVICES. IN ADDITION TO THE DEATHS...THE TORNADOES CAUSED
MORE THAN 245 INJURIES...ACCORDING TO THE LATEST COUNT.
PLEASE NOTE...THE REPORT ISSUED YESTERDAY CONTAINED A NUMBER OF
INCORRECT TIMES. THIS WAS DUE TO A COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT PUT THE
TIMES IN CDT INSTEAD OF CST. ALL OF THESE TIMES HAVE BEEN CORRECTED
TO CST IN THIS REPORT.
28Local storm report, Mar 2, 1:13 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
110 PM CST SUN MAR 2 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0105 PM WESTERN GROVE AR .75 INCH HAIL
03/01/97 NEWTON
0150 PM NEWPORT AR TORNADO
03/01/97 JACKSON REPORTED ON HWY 14 WEST
OF NEWPORT.
0235 PM 10 SW ARKADELPHIA AR TORNADO
03/01/97 CLARK STRUCK TRUCK STOP ON I-30
AT HWY 53.
0245 PM 2 SW ARKADELPHIA AR TORNADO
03/01/97 CLARK REPORTED 1/4 MILE WEST OF
I-30...APPROACHING
ARKADELPHIA.
0246 PM ARKADELPHIA AR TORNADO
03/01/97 CLARK *** 6 DEAD ***
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN
DOWNTOWN AREA.
0250 PM ANTIOCH AR WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97 WHITE FUNNEL CLOUD AND POWER
LINES DOWN
0257 PM 5 NW AUSTIN AR TORNADO
03/01/97 LONOKE REPORTED AT HWYS 5 AND
319...TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN...PEOPLE
TRAPPED IN DEBRIS.
0303 PM BENTON AR
03/01/97 SALINE DEBRIS FALLING ON WEST
SIDE OF BENTON.
0308 PM 2 N FURLOW AR TORNADO
03/01/97 LONOKE TRAILERS TURNED OVER...
ROOFS OFF HOUSES.
0316 PM MALVERN AR
03/01/97 HOT SPRING FUNNEL CLOUD MOVING TOWARD
GLEN ROSE AND TRASKWOOD.
0317 PM 5 E MALVERN AR
03/01/97 HOT SPRING FUNNEL CLOUD WITH DEBRIS
FALLING OUT OF THE SKY.
0330 PM SARDIS AR TORNADO
03/01/97 SALINE *** 10 DEAD ***
DOZENS OF HOMES DAMAGED OR
DESTROYED AROUND SARDIS...
ALEXANDER...AND VIMY RIDGE
0335 PM BRYANT AR TORNADO
03/01/97 SALINE TREES DOWN AND SHINGLES
OFF.
0335 PM DENMARK AR TORNADO
03/01/97 JACKSON *** 2 DEAD ***
TREES DOWN...TREE ONE ON A
HOUSE...HIGHWAY BLOCKED.
0340 PM 3 SE OIL TROUGH AR TORNADO
03/01/97 INDEPENDENCE
0342 PM 2 S LITTLE ROCK AR
03/01/97 PULASKI FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED
ON CHICOT RD.
0343 PM LITTLE ROCK AR
03/01/97 PULASKI FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED
AT ARCH ST AND PRATT RD.
0343 PM JERUSALEM AR TORNADO
03/01/97 CONWAY *** 1 INJURED ***
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND
INJURIES REPORTED.
0343 PM 5 S LITTLE ROCK AR TORNADO
03/01/97 PULASKI IN WILLOW SPRINGS/ARCH ST
PIKE AREA.
0345 PM APPLETON AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/01/97 POPE
0349 PM 3 S LITTLE ROCK AR TORNADO
03/01/97 PULASKI *** 4 DEAD ***
TORNADO MOVED THROUGH ARCH
ST PIKE/DIXON RD AREA AND
THEN ON THROUGH COLLEGE
STATION...BUSINESSES AND
HOUSES DESTROYED.
0353 PM LITTLE ROCK AR TORNADO
03/01/97 PULASKI STRUCK MOTEL JUST OUTSIDE
LITTLE ROCK AIRPORT...
DEBRIS WAS BLOWN ONTO
RUNWAYS...CLOSING AIRPORT
FOR AWHILE.
0354 PM AR .88 INCH HAIL
03/01/97 PULASKI NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT GRAVEL
RIDGE.
0356 PM BRYANT AR FLOODING
03/01/97 SALINE STREET FLOODING.
0415 PM JACKSONPORT AR TORNADO
03/01/97 JACKSON 30 HOMES AND TRAILERS
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED...
MANY INJURIES.
0428 PM 10 N LONOKE AR TORNADO
03/01/97 LONOKE REPORTED ON HWY 31.
0502 PM OIL TROUGH AR TORNADO
03/01/97 INDEPENDENCE
0550 PM CAMDEN AR .88 INCH HAIL
03/01/97 OUACHITA
0630 PM WHITEHALL AR
03/01/97 JEFFERSON 3 INCHES OF RAIN MEASURED
IN ONE HOUR.
0645 PM 5 SE RISON AR WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97 CLEVELAND TREES DOWN.
THIS REPORT UPDATES THE STORM REPORT TRANSMITTED SATURDAY EVENING. IT
INCLUDES THE LATEST FATALITY REPORTS PROVIDED BY THE ARKANSAS OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY SERVICES. IN ADDITION TO THE DEATHS...THE TORNADOES CAUSED
MORE THAN 245 INJURIES...ACCORDING TO THE LATEST COUNT.
PLEASE NOTE...THE REPORT ISSUED YESTERDAY CONTAINED A NUMBER OF
INCORRECT TIMES. THIS WAS DUE TO A COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT PUT THE
TIMES IN CDT INSTEAD OF CST. ALL OF THESE TIMES HAVE BEEN CORRECTED
TO CST IN THIS REPORT.
28The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 6:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 51 min |
| Mar 1, 6:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 7:23 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Jackson, White, Woodruff | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 9:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 10:25 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:25 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:47 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Desha | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:47 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley, Drew | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Franklin | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.