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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Little Rock, AR

July 24, 1998Drew County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1998, 5:10 PM CDT for Drew County, Arkansas. It was in force for 50 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
Jul 24, 1998, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1998, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

County Drew County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1998-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1585 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1998-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1585 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

644 
WUUS1 KLIT 242208 RRA
SVRLIT
ARC043-242300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
510 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DREW COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 509 PM CDT... DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTH OF MONTICELLO OR 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  PLEASANT GROVE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN MOSTLY IN RURAL AREAS BETWEEN
  LACEY AND TROY.

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.

34/46

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton34 min
Jul 24, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton30 min
Jul 24, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPerry, Yell50 min
Jul 24, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland34 min
Jul 24, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland46 min
Jul 24, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski, Saline47 min
Jul 24, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott36 min
Jul 24, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKHot Spring48 min
Jul 24, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland48 min
Jul 24, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant48 min
Jul 24, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun48 min
Jul 24, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark51 min
Jul 24, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDallas49 min
Jul 24, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKOuachita51 min
Jul 24, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Dallas48 min
Jul 24, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.