Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 1997, 3:25 PM CST for Franklin 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
- Mar 2, 1997, 3:25 PM CST (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 1997, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:40 PM CST | Hail 0.88 | White Rock, 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 nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 1487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 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
Local storm report, Mar 2, 1:10 PM CST, 2 hours 15 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, 2 hours 12 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, 2:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark | 65 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.