Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at May 9, 1998, 7:17 PM CDT for Bradley County, Calhoun County, Arkansas. It was in force for 63 min. 2 reports 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
- May 9, 1998, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1998, 8:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:20 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Harrell, AR | |
| May 9, 7:35 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Warren, AR |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLIT 100017 RRA TORLIT ARC011-013-100120- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 717 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS BRADLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS * UNTIL 820 PM CDT * AT 716 PM CDT... DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAMPTON OR 9 MILES WEST OF HERMITAGE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... HERMITAGE AROUND 735 PM CDT... FARMVILLE AROUND 735 PM CDT... VICK AROUND 740 PM CDT... MT OLIVE AROUND 745 PM CDT... CARMEL AROUND 745 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. 22/206
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, May 9, 6:51 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
651 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 1998
TIME(EDIT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
643 PM HARMONY GROVE AR WIND DAMAGE
5/9/98 OUACHITA TREE ON HOME. ROOF OFF
TRAILER.
BY OES.
16Local storm report, May 9, 7:00 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARIZING PAST FEW HOURS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
700 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 1998
TIME(EDIT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
643 PM HARMONY GROVE AR WIND DAMAGE
5/9/98 OUACHITA TREE ON HOME. ROOF OFF
TRAILER.
BY OES.
133 PM BERGMAN AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 BOONE BY OES
635 PM BISMARCK AR 1.50 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 HOT SPRING FROM HAM RADIO
641 PM 2 NE CAMDEN AR FUNNEL CLOUD
5/9/98 OUACHITA FROM OES
630 PM CANEY AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 HOT SPRING BY STORM SPOTTER
630 PM 2 SE BISMARCK AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 HOT SPRING BY COOP OBSERVER
625 PM 4 E BISMARCK AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 HOT SPRING CARS DAMAGED
REPORTED BY WAYNES
GROCERY IN BISMARCK
634 PM HARMONY GROVE AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 OUACHITA BY COUNTY SHERIFF
535 PM 4 SW MARSHALL AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 SEARCY REPORTED BY HAM RADIO.
535 PM 4 SW MARSHALL AR 67 MPH TSTM GUST
5/9/98 SEARCY REPORTED BY HAMS
535 PM 4 SW MARSHALL AR WIND DAMAGE
5/9/98 SEARCY 18-INCH TREE DOWN ON
HWY 27
16Local storm report, May 9, 7:01 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARIZED OF PREVIOUSLY SENT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
701 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 1998
TIME(EDIT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
550 PM OKOLONA AR 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 CLARK REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF
550 PM OKOLONA AR 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 CLARK REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF
533 PM MARSHALL AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 SEARCY
533 PM MARSHALL AR ONE TREE DOWN
5/9/98 SEARCY
515 PM MURFREESBORO AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 PIKE
0230 PM DEER AR .88 INCH HAIL
05/09/98 NEWTON REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
0233 PM EVERTON AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/09/98 BOONE REPORTED BY COUNTY OES
0240 PM RUSSELLVILLE AR .88 INCH HAIL
05/09/98 POPE 7E RUSSELLVILLE ON I40
0252 PM BUFORD AR 1 INCH HAIL
05/09/98 BAXTER REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATORS
48/16Local storm report, May 9, 7:01 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARIZED OF PREVIOUSLY SENT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
701 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 1998
TIME(EDIT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
550 PM OKOLONA AR 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 CLARK REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF
550 PM OKOLONA AR 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 CLARK REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF
533 PM MARSHALL AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 SEARCY
533 PM MARSHALL AR ONE TREE DOWN
5/9/98 SEARCY
515 PM MURFREESBORO AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 PIKE
0230 PM DEER AR .88 INCH HAIL
05/09/98 NEWTON REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
0233 PM EVERTON AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/09/98 BOONE REPORTED BY COUNTY OES
0240 PM RUSSELLVILLE AR .88 INCH HAIL
05/09/98 POPE 7E RUSSELLVILLE ON I40
0252 PM BUFORD AR 1 INCH HAIL
05/09/98 BAXTER REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATORS
48/16Local storm report, May 9, 7:07 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
707 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 1998
TIME(EDIT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
230 PM DEER AR 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 NEWTON
623 PM CRYSTAL SPRING AR 0.50 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 GARLAND BY STORM SPOTTER
650 PM HARMONY GROVE AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 OUACHITA BY COUNTY SHERIFF
650 PM HARMONY GROVE AR WIND DAMAGE
5/9/98 OUACHITA ROOF OFF HOUSE
LARGE TREE DOWN
655 PM CRYSTAL SPRINGS AR 0.50 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 GARLAND BY PUBLIC
705 PM AMITY AR POSSIBLE FUNNEL
5/9/98 CLARK BY HAMS
16Local storm report, May 9, 7:07 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
707 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 1998
TIME(EDIT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
230 PM DEER AR 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 NEWTON
623 PM CRYSTAL SPRING AR 0.50 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 GARLAND BY STORM SPOTTER
650 PM HARMONY GROVE AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 OUACHITA BY COUNTY SHERIFF
650 PM HARMONY GROVE AR WIND DAMAGE
5/9/98 OUACHITA ROOF OFF HOUSE
LARGE TREE DOWN
655 PM CRYSTAL SPRINGS AR 0.50 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 GARLAND BY PUBLIC
705 PM AMITY AR POSSIBLE FUNNEL
5/9/98 CLARK BY HAMS
16The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Stone | 66 min |
| May 9, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant | 62 min |
| May 9, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland | 34 min |
| May 9, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 51 min |
| May 9, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 33 min |
| May 9, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 34 min |
| May 9, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Drew | 64 min |
| May 9, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant | 64 min |
| May 9, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 62 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.