Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 7, 1998Johnson County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 1998, 12:35 AM CDT for Johnson County, Arkansas. It was in force for 60 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
Apr 7, 1998, 12:35 AM CDT (05:35 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 1998, 1:35 AM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

County Johnson County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 7, 1:19 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Clarksville, ARThunderstorm winds gusted to 70 mph in the Clarksville area.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 7, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

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, Apr 6, 10:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
ARZ037-040-070715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1014 PM CDT MON APR 6 1998
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 4 AM CDT FOR SMALL PART OF WEST
ARKANSAS...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WEST AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SOME OF THESE ARE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SOME HAIL. SOME OF THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN
ARKANSAS ARE POLK AND SCOTT.

THE AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER WILL QUICKLY MOVE OUT OF ARKANSAS LATER
TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY.

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Special weather statement, Apr 7, 12:27 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>024-030>033-038-039-041>046-054>056-070930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1227 AM CDT TUE APR 7 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN CENTRAL...WEST AND NORTH ARKANSAS UNTIL
6AM...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT FOR MUCH OF
CENTRAL...WEST AND NORTH ARKANSAS. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE AFFECTED AREA...SOME OF WHICH COULD CONTAIN STRONG AND
DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

THE STORMY WEATHER WILL DECREASE LATER TONIGHT.

16
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 12:27 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>024-030>033-038-039-041>046-054>056-070930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1227 AM CDT TUE APR 7 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN CENTRAL...WEST AND NORTH ARKANSAS UNTIL
6AM...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT FOR MUCH OF
CENTRAL...WEST AND NORTH ARKANSAS. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE AFFECTED AREA...SOME OF WHICH COULD CONTAIN STRONG AND
DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

THE STORMY WEATHER WILL DECREASE LATER TONIGHT.

16

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPope50 min
Apr 7, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott63 min
Apr 7, 1:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Van Buren64 min
Apr 7, 2:07 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKVan Buren33 min
Apr 7, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKYell33 min
Apr 7, 2:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne64 min
Apr 7, 2:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner31 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.