Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Little Rock, AR

February 10, 1998White County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 1998, 8:30 AM CST for White County, Arkansas. It was in force for 35 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
Feb 10, 1998, 8:30 AM CST (14:30 UTC)
Expired
Feb 10, 1998, 9:05 AM CST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

County White County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 10, 8:45 AM CSTHail 0.75Beebe, 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1998-02-10Temperature 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1998-02-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 212 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
501 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

507 
WUUS1 KLIT 101431 RRA
SVRLIT
ARC145-101505-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
830 AM CST TUE FEB 10 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK AR HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 905 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

   ...SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY
 
AT 829 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY DOPPLER RADAR
22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEARCY OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEEBE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BEEBE                        AROUND 845 AM CST  ...
ANTIOCH                      AROUND 850 AM CST  ...
FLOYD                        AROUND 850 AM CST  ...

THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS STORM IS DIME SIZE HAIL OR LARGER. THE HAIL
MAY CAUSE SOME VEHICLE...CROP OR ROOF DAMAGE. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS
CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THE STORM. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...GO INDOORS
UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

45/28

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 9, 10:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLincoln34 min
Feb 10, 7:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland32 min
Feb 10, 7:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSaline50 min
Feb 10, 7:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski49 min
Feb 10, 8:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski44 min
Feb 10, 8:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke18 min
Feb 10, 8:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke48 min
Feb 10, 9:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski, Saline49 min
Feb 10, 9:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke51 min
Feb 10, 10:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski, Saline46 min
Feb 10, 10:28 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKPulaski2 hr
Feb 10, 10:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke63 min
Feb 10, 4:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDrew46 min
Feb 10, 5:20 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKDrew35 min
Feb 10, 5:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.