Tornado Warning 19, NWS Little Rock, AR

Issued

May 6, 1998, 11:17 PM CDT (04:17 UTC)

Expired

May 7, 1998, 12:05 AM CDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Little Rock, AR

Area

Whole counties

County Faulkner County, AR

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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WFUS1 KLIT 070419 RRA
TORLIT
ARC045-070505-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1117 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FAULKNER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1205 AM CDT

* AT 1116 PM CDT... DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
  TORNADO 10 MILES NORTH OF CONWAY OR 6 MILES WEST OF GREENBRIER
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
GREENBRIER                   AROUND 1125 PM CDT...
HOLLAND                      AROUND 1135 PM CDT...
ENOLA                        AROUND 1145 PM CDT...
VILONIA                      AROUND 1145 PM CDT...
MOUNT VERNON                 AROUND 1150 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.

48/44

In the hours before

ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>041-070700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
759 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 2 AM FOR WEST AND NORTH ARKANSAS...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 297 IS IN EFFECT FOR A GOOD PART OF WEST AND NORTH
ARKANSAS TONIGHT UNTIL 2 AM CDT. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE INTO THE STATE FROM OKLAHOMA AND MISSOURI...SOME PRODUCING LARGE
AND DANGEROUS HAIL AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES.

THE AREA OF STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE NORTHERN PART
OF THE STATE UNTIL PAST MIDNIGHT.

EVERYONE IN THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PART OF THE STATE SHOULD KEEP
MONITORING RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UP TO DATE WARNINGS.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION AND COVER SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER
THREATEN.

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ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>041-070700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
759 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 2 AM FOR WEST AND NORTH ARKANSAS...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 297 IS IN EFFECT FOR A GOOD PART OF WEST AND NORTH
ARKANSAS TONIGHT UNTIL 2 AM CDT. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE INTO THE STATE FROM OKLAHOMA AND MISSOURI...SOME PRODUCING LARGE
AND DANGEROUS HAIL AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES.

THE AREA OF STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE NORTHERN PART
OF THE STATE UNTIL PAST MIDNIGHT.

EVERYONE IN THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PART OF THE STATE SHOULD KEEP
MONITORING RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UP TO DATE WARNINGS.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION AND COVER SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER
THREATEN.

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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.