Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Little Rock, AR
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 8:45 AM CST | Hail 0.75 | Beebe, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 10:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lincoln | 34 min |
| Feb 10, 7:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland | 32 min |
| Feb 10, 7:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Saline | 50 min |
| Feb 10, 7:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 49 min |
| Feb 10, 8:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 44 min |
| Feb 10, 8:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 18 min |
| Feb 10, 8:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 48 min |
| Feb 10, 9:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 49 min |
| Feb 10, 9:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 51 min |
| Feb 10, 10:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 46 min |
| Feb 10, 10:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 2 hr |
| Feb 10, 10:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 63 min |
| Feb 10, 4:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Drew | 46 min |
| Feb 10, 5:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Drew | 35 min |
| Feb 10, 5:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha | 33 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.