Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1998, 11:38 PM CST for Pike County, Arkansas. It was in force for 62 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
- Mar 30, 1998, 11:38 PM CST (05:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 1998, 12:40 AM CST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pike County, AR
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 7:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 812 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
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, Mar 30, 7:01 PM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes before
ARZ003-004-012-013-021-022-030-031-037>042-050>054-059>061-310700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION ON LOCATION OF STORMS IN 3D NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR PARAGRAPH 701 PM CST MON MAR 30 1998 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR 29 COUNTIES IN WESTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 100 AM CST. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES MOVING CLOSER TO ARKANSAS. WARM AND HUMID AIR IS IN PLACE ALONG WITH STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING EAST THROUGH EASTERN OKLAHOMA AT 645 PM CST AND WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST...REACHING WESTERN ARKANSAS AS THE EVENING CONTINUES. SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS. WESTERN ARKANSAS CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. TORNADOES MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN WESTERN ARKANSAS SHOULD REVIEW THEIR THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO SAFETY RULES AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE SHOULD SEVERE STORMS APPROACH OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. 29
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 7:01 PM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes before
ARZ003-004-012-013-021-022-030-031-037>042-050>054-059>061-310700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 701 PM CST MON MAR 30 1998 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR 29 COUNTIES IN WESTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 100 AM CST. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES MOVING CLOSER TO ARKANSAS. WARM AND HUMID AIR IS IN PLACE ALONG WITH STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING EAST THROUGH EASTERN OKLAHOMA AT 645 PM CST AND WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST...REACHING WESTERN ARKANSAS AS THE EVENING CONTINUES. SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED IN NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS. WESTERN ARKANSAS CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. TORNADOES MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN WESTERN ARKANSAS SHOULD REVIEW THEIR THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO SAFETY RULES AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE SHOULD SEVERE STORMS APPROACH OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. 29
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 7:01 PM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes before
ARZ003-004-012-013-021-022-030-031-037>042-050>054-059>061-310700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION ON LOCATION OF STORMS IN 3D NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR PARAGRAPH 701 PM CST MON MAR 30 1998 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR 29 COUNTIES IN WESTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 100 AM CST. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES MOVING CLOSER TO ARKANSAS. WARM AND HUMID AIR IS IN PLACE ALONG WITH STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING EAST THROUGH EASTERN OKLAHOMA AT 645 PM CST AND WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST...REACHING WESTERN ARKANSAS AS THE EVENING CONTINUES. SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS. WESTERN ARKANSAS CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. TORNADOES MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN WESTERN ARKANSAS SHOULD REVIEW THEIR THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO SAFETY RULES AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE SHOULD SEVERE STORMS APPROACH OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. 29
Local storm report, Mar 30, 10:47 PM CST, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1047 PM CST MON MAR 30 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1028 PM COVE AR .5 INCH HAIL
03/30/98 POLK
1028 PM VANDERVOORT AR .5 INCH HAIL
03/30/98 POLK
1030 PM LAMAR AR 2.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/98 JOHNSON BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
1030 PM KNOXVILLE AR .75 INCH HAIL
03/30/98 JOHNSON
28Local storm report, Mar 30, 10:47 PM CST, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1047 PM CST MON MAR 30 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1028 PM COVE AR .5 INCH HAIL
03/30/98 POLK
1028 PM VANDERVOORT AR .5 INCH HAIL
03/30/98 POLK
1030 PM LAMAR AR 2.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/98 JOHNSON BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
1030 PM KNOXVILLE AR .75 INCH HAIL
03/30/98 JOHNSON
28The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 8:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 63 min |
| Mar 30, 9:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Scott | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 9:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson | 63 min |
| Mar 30, 10:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 64 min |
| Mar 30, 10:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Scott | 46 min |
| Mar 30, 10:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan | 48 min |
| Mar 30, 10:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan | 62 min |
| Mar 30, 10:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Newton | 65 min |
| Mar 31, 12:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 1:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 1:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 1:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 2:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 2:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 3:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 4:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Prairie | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 4:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.