Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Feb 10, 1998, 5:20 PM CST for Drew County, Arkansas. It was in force for 35 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
- Feb 10, 1998, 5:20 PM CST (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 1998, 5:55 PM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Drew County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 5:30 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Collins, AR | Thunderstorm winds downed a number of trees and power lines. One house also sustained damage. A woman inside the house sustained minor injuries after being trapped for a period of time. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 372 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
468 WFUS1 KLIT 102321 RRA TORLIT ARC043-102355- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 520 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK AR HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 555 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS ...DREW COUNTY AT 520 PM CST...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS DETECTED BY DOPPLER RADAR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTICELLO OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF SELMA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... SELMA AROUND 530 PM CST ... TILLAR AROUND 535 PM CST ... WINCHESTER AROUND 535 PM CST ... IF YOU ARE AT HOME AND IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. AS A LAST RESORT...LAY IN A BATHTUB. COVER YOUR BODY WITH A MATTRESS...PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS. THOSE IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD MOVE TO A STRONG BUILDING OR UNDERGROUND SHELTER. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...AND NO BUILDINGS ARE AVAILABLE...LAY IN A DITCH OR CULVERT TO AVOID FLYING DEBRIS. BUT BEWARE OF RISING WATER. 29/34
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 10, 11:20 AM CST, 6 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1120 AM CST TUE FEB 10 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0701 AM 7 W HOT SPGS AR .88 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 GARLAND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ON U.S.
HIGHWAY 70.
0708 AM 7 S HOT SPGS AR .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 GARLAND OCCURRED ON HIGHWAY 7.
0727 AM CROWS AR .5 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 SALINE MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
0739 AM MAUMELLE AR .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI
0742 AM LITTLE ROCK AR 1 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON
RESERVOIR RD.
0743 AM LITTLE ROCK AR .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI HAIL COVERED THE GROUND ON
I-430 FROM CANTRELL RD. TO
THE MAUMELLE EXIT.
0751 AM 5 NW BENTON AR .5 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 SALINE MARBLE SIZE HAIL COVERING
THE GROUND ON HIGHWAY 298
BETWEEN BENTON AND PARON.
0758 AM AVILLA AR .25 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 SALINE PEA SIZE HAIL.
0807 AM LITTLE ROCK AR 1 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI LOTS OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL
ON CHENAL PARKWAY REPORTED
BY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
0807 AM LITTLE ROCK AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED ON RIVER MOUNTAIN
RD. NEAR CANTRELL BY
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
0811 AM NORTH LITTLE ROCK AR .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI ON I-430 NEAR MAUMELLE.
0812 AM LITTLE ROCK AR .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI AT I-430 AND CANTRELL RD.
0818 AM JACKSONVILLE AR .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI
0818 AM NORTH LITTLE ROCK AR 1 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI LOTS OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL
1 MILE NORTH OF I-40/I-430
INTERCHANGE.
0818 AM NORTH LITTLE ROCK AR .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI DIME SIZE HAIL AT I-430
AND CRYSTAL HILL RD.
0822 AM NORTH LITTLE ROCK AR 1.25 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI AT NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE. HAIL
LASTED FROM 818 UNTIL 828
AM. MOSTLY DIME TO NICKEL
SIZE...SOME QUARTER TO
HALF-DOLLAR SIZE.
0825 AM 2 W CABOT AR .88 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 LONOKE DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
COVERING THE GROUND AT
HIGHWAYS 5 AND 89 ON
SALINE/PULASKI COUNTY
LINE.
0845 AM MAUMELLE AR 1 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE.
0905 AM WOODSON AR .5 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT U.S.
HIGHWAY 65 AND WOODSON
LATERAL RD.
1000 AM RUSSELLVILLE AR .5 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 POPE FROM PEA SIZE TO THE SIZE
OF SMALL MARBLES.
1010 AM LITTLE ROCK AR .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI DIME SIZE HAIL AT MARKHAM
AND SHACKLEFORD REPORTED
BY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
1025 AM ROLAND AR FLOODING
02/10/98 PULASKI 2 INCHES OF WATER RUNNING
ACROSS HIGHWAY 300.
28Local storm report, Feb 10, 11:20 AM CST, 6 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1120 AM CST TUE FEB 10 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0701 AM 7 W HOT SPGS AR .88 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 GARLAND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ON U.S.
HIGHWAY 70.
0708 AM 7 S HOT SPGS AR .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 GARLAND OCCURRED ON HIGHWAY 7.
0727 AM CROWS AR .5 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 SALINE MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
0739 AM MAUMELLE AR .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI
0742 AM LITTLE ROCK AR 1 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON
RESERVOIR RD.
0743 AM LITTLE ROCK AR .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI HAIL COVERED THE GROUND ON
I-430 FROM CANTRELL RD. TO
THE MAUMELLE EXIT.
0751 AM 5 NW BENTON AR .5 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 SALINE MARBLE SIZE HAIL COVERING
THE GROUND ON HIGHWAY 298
BETWEEN BENTON AND PARON.
0758 AM AVILLA AR .25 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 SALINE PEA SIZE HAIL.
0807 AM LITTLE ROCK AR 1 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI LOTS OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL
ON CHENAL PARKWAY REPORTED
BY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
0807 AM LITTLE ROCK AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED ON RIVER MOUNTAIN
RD. NEAR CANTRELL BY
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
0811 AM NORTH LITTLE ROCK AR .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI ON I-430 NEAR MAUMELLE.
0812 AM LITTLE ROCK AR .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI AT I-430 AND CANTRELL RD.
0818 AM JACKSONVILLE AR .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI
0818 AM NORTH LITTLE ROCK AR 1 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI LOTS OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL
1 MILE NORTH OF I-40/I-430
INTERCHANGE.
0818 AM NORTH LITTLE ROCK AR .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI DIME SIZE HAIL AT I-430
AND CRYSTAL HILL RD.
0822 AM NORTH LITTLE ROCK AR 1.25 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI AT NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE. HAIL
LASTED FROM 818 UNTIL 828
AM. MOSTLY DIME TO NICKEL
SIZE...SOME QUARTER TO
HALF-DOLLAR SIZE.
0825 AM 2 W CABOT AR .88 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 LONOKE DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
COVERING THE GROUND AT
HIGHWAYS 5 AND 89 ON
SALINE/PULASKI COUNTY
LINE.
0845 AM MAUMELLE AR 1 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE.
0905 AM WOODSON AR .5 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT U.S.
HIGHWAY 65 AND WOODSON
LATERAL RD.
1000 AM RUSSELLVILLE AR .5 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 POPE FROM PEA SIZE TO THE SIZE
OF SMALL MARBLES.
1010 AM LITTLE ROCK AR .75 INCH HAIL
02/10/98 PULASKI DIME SIZE HAIL AT MARKHAM
AND SHACKLEFORD REPORTED
BY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
1025 AM ROLAND AR FLOODING
02/10/98 PULASKI 2 INCHES OF WATER RUNNING
ACROSS HIGHWAY 300.
28Special weather statement, Feb 10, 2:38 PM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
ARZ052>057-060>073-102145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 238 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHERN THIRD OF ARKANSAS UNTIL 9 PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WATCH GENERALLY COVERS AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO MALVERN TO STUTTGART. VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR HAS WORKED ITS WAY NORTH INTO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. AT THE SAME TIME...A VIGOROUS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS FORMING OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS. THIS LOW WILL SCOOT NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THIS EVENING...BRINGING A COLD FRONT WITH IT. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. A FEW TORNADOS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THOSE COVERED BY THE TORNADO WATCH SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO, LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO, OR CABLE OUTLETS FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 45
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 2:38 PM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
ARZ052>057-060>073-102145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 238 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHERN THIRD OF ARKANSAS UNTIL 9 PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WATCH GENERALLY COVERS AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO MALVERN TO STUTTGART. VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR HAS WORKED ITS WAY NORTH INTO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. AT THE SAME TIME...A VIGOROUS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS FORMING OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS. THIS LOW WILL SCOOT NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THIS EVENING...BRINGING A COLD FRONT WITH IT. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. A FEW TORNADOS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THOSE COVERED BY THE TORNADO WATCH SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO, LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO, OR CABLE OUTLETS FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 45
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 4:40 PM CST, 40 minutes before
ARZ064-065-068-069-110000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 440 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS... AS OF 435 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS FROM LOUISIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST TOWARD SOUTHERN BRADLEY...DREW...LINCOLN AND DESHA COUNTIES. THE STORMS HAVE BROUGHT WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE TO NORTHERN LOUISIANA... AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WITH SOME HAIL POSSIBLE. THEY SHOULD AFFECT AREAS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS THROUGH 6PM. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THIS EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE REGION THROUGH 9PM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. 46
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 10:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lincoln | 34 min |
| Feb 10, 7:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland | 32 min |
| Feb 10, 7:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Saline | 50 min |
| Feb 10, 7:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 49 min |
| Feb 10, 8:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 44 min |
| Feb 10, 8:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 18 min |
| Feb 10, 8:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 35 min |
| Feb 10, 8:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 48 min |
| Feb 10, 9:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 49 min |
| Feb 10, 9:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 51 min |
| Feb 10, 10:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 46 min |
| Feb 10, 10:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 2 hr |
| Feb 10, 10:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 63 min |
| Feb 10, 4:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Drew | 46 min |
| Feb 10, 5:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha | 33 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.