Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1998, 12:01 AM CDT for Montgomery County, Yell County, Arkansas. It was in force for 49 min. 4 reports 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
- Jun 19, 1998, 12:01 AM CDT (05:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1998, 12:50 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Montgomery County, AR, Yell County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 12:20 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Aly, AR | |
| Jun 19, 12:20 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Aly, AR | |
| Jun 19, 12:20 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Aly, AR | |
| Jun 19, 12:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Mt Ida, 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 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 3542 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1049 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 12.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLIT 190501 RRA SVRLIT ARC097-149-190550- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1201 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... YELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS * UNTIL 1250 AM CDT * AT MIDNIGHT CDT... DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALDRON OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAVELLY MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... PENCIL BLUFF AROUND 1210 AM CDT... SIMS AROUND 1210 AM CDT... GRAVELLY AROUND 1210 AM CDT... GIBBS AROUND 1215 AM CDT... BLUFFTON AROUND 1220 AM CDT... THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IN THE WARNING AREA IS STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. SOME WIND DAMAGE MAY OCCUR...SUCH AS DOWNED TREES OR TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. THE STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL IN SOME AREAS. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...GO INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. 46
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring, Saline | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 1:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 2:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Polk | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Prairie | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 2:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pike | 49 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.