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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 6, 1998Montgomery County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at May 6, 1998, 9:38 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Arkansas. It was in force for 47 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
May 6, 1998, 9:38 PM CDT (02:38 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1998, 10:25 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 229 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 1998-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2409 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 1998-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2409 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

705 
WFUS1 KLIT 070240 RRA
TORLIT
ARC097-070325-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
938 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1025 PM CDT

* AT 937 PM CDT... DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
  TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT IDA OR 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GIBBS
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
GIBBS                        AROUND 940 PM CDT...
WASHITA                      AROUND 945 PM CDT...
FANNIE                       AROUND 955 PM CDT...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...HEAD INDOORS NOW. GO TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. PUT AS
MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE OUTDOORS AS YOU CAN. ABANDON
MOBILE HOMES NOW. MOVE TO A STRONG BUILDING OR UNDERGROUND SHELTER.
IF THERE ARE NO BUILDINGS NEARBY...LAY IN A DITCH TO AVOID FLYING
DEBRIS. BUT BEWARE OF RISING WATER.

44/48

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone48 min
May 6, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott64 min
May 6, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMarion47 min
May 6, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson46 min
May 6, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter50 min
May 6, 9:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKScott47 min
May 6, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton65 min
May 6, 9:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFulton49 min
May 6, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan, Pope64 min
May 6, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKYell64 min
May 6, 9:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKYell47 min
May 6, 10:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKPope50 min
May 6, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway51 min
May 6, 10:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKGarland, Perry, Saline36 min
May 6, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery47 min
May 6, 11:04 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKConway36 min
May 6, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSharp48 min
May 6, 11:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFaulkner48 min
May 6, 11:22 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKGarland48 min
May 6, 11:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKSaline47 min
May 6, 11:36 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKPulaski49 min
May 6, 11:56 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKHot Spring49 min
May 7, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant, Saline35 min
May 7, 12:15 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKGrant, Saline35 min
May 7, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski, Saline47 min
May 7, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWhite62 min
May 7, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner33 min
May 7, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson48 min
May 7, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson34 min
May 7, 1:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski34 min
May 7, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPrairie32 min
May 7, 2:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe48 min
May 7, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark47 min
May 7, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas51 min
May 7, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPike50 min
May 7, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.