Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 577, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 6, 1998, 2:47 AM CDT for Dallas County, Arkansas. It was in force for 33 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
- Oct 6, 1998, 2:47 AM CDT (07:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 1998, 3:20 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dallas County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 3:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Sparkman, 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
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 922 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1405 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
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
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 9:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
ARZ016-024-025-031>034-038>047-050>057-059>064-066-067-070>072- 060300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 901 PM CDT MON OCT 5 1998 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN WEST AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS TONIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS HAS EXPIRED. THE TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELED. THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE STATE HAVE DECREASED AND THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ALSO DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT. ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN NOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT OVERNIGHT...BUT IT APPEARS THAT FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN WEATHER* PROBLEM INTO TUESDAY MORNING. 48
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 9:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
ARZ016-024-025-031>034-038>047-050>057-059>064-066-067-070>072- 060300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 901 PM CDT MON OCT 5 1998 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN WEST AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS TONIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS HAS EXPIRED. THE TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELED. THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE STATE HAVE DECREASED AND THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ALSO DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT. ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN NOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT OVERNIGHT...BUT IT APPEARS THAT FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN WEATHER* PROBLEM INTO TUESDAY MORNING. 48
Local storm report, Oct 5, 11:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1150 PM CDT MON OCT 05 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1050 PM DARDANELLE AR FLOODING
10/05/98 YELL SERIOUS FLOODING REPORTED
IN TOWN. REPORT FROM KARV
RADIO IN RUSSELLVILE AND
YELL COUNTY OES.
1050 PM RUSSELLVILLE AR FLOODING
10/05/98 POPE SERIOUS FLOODING REPORTED
IN TOWN. 5.38 INCHES OF
RAIN IN TOWN AS OF 1050 PM.
REPORT FROM KARV RADIO IN
RUSSELLVILLE.
1135 PM CLINTON AR FLOODING
10/05/98 VAN BUREN SERIOUS FLOODING IN CLINTON.
GROCERY STORE FLOODED.
TWO FAMILIES EVACUATED IN
CLINTON. 2 FAMILIES ALSO
TRAPPED IN THE NORTHERN
PART OF VAN BUREN COUNTY.
1143 PM MOUNTAIN VIEW AR FLOODING
10/05/98 STONE SOME FLOODING OF STREETS
AND SMALL STREAMS. REPORT
FROM STORM SPOTTER.
1145 PM GREENBRIER AR WIND DAMAGE
10/05/98 FAULKNER POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
REPORT FROM GREENBRIER
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
22Local storm report, Oct 5, 11:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1150 PM CDT MON OCT 05 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1050 PM DARDANELLE AR FLOODING
10/05/98 YELL SERIOUS FLOODING REPORTED
IN TOWN. REPORT FROM KARV
RADIO IN RUSSELLVILE AND
YELL COUNTY OES.
1050 PM RUSSELLVILLE AR FLOODING
10/05/98 POPE SERIOUS FLOODING REPORTED
IN TOWN. 5.38 INCHES OF
RAIN IN TOWN AS OF 1050 PM.
REPORT FROM KARV RADIO IN
RUSSELLVILLE.
1135 PM CLINTON AR FLOODING
10/05/98 VAN BUREN SERIOUS FLOODING IN CLINTON.
GROCERY STORE FLOODED.
TWO FAMILIES EVACUATED IN
CLINTON. 2 FAMILIES ALSO
TRAPPED IN THE NORTHERN
PART OF VAN BUREN COUNTY.
1143 PM MOUNTAIN VIEW AR FLOODING
10/05/98 STONE SOME FLOODING OF STREETS
AND SMALL STREAMS. REPORT
FROM STORM SPOTTER.
1145 PM GREENBRIER AR WIND DAMAGE
10/05/98 FAULKNER POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
REPORT FROM GREENBRIER
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
22Local storm report, Oct 6, 2:10 AM CDT, 37 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Polk | 33 min |
| Oct 5, 7:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Polk | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 8:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Yell | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 9:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pope | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 10:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Conway | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 11:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner | 33 min |
| Oct 5, 11:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Stone | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Faulkner, White | 50 min |
| Oct 6, 12:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Izard, Sharp | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 12:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 12:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Yell | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Pulaski | 48 min |
| Oct 6, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence | 49 min |
| Oct 6, 12:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Scott | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 1:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pope | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 1:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 1:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 1:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Garland | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Van Buren | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Fulton | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Stone | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Yell | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Polk | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Izard, Sharp | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pope | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Scott | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 4:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 95 min |
| Oct 6, 4:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, White | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 5:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 2 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.