Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 31, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at May 9, 1998, 7:46 PM CDT for Hot Spring County, Arkansas. It was in force for 34 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
- May 9, 1998, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1998, 8:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hot Spring County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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, 8:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Malvern, AR | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and some city street signs. |
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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 218 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.
773 WFUS1 KLIT 100046 RRA TORLIT ARC059-100120- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 746 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN HOT SPRING COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS * UNTIL 820 PM CDT * AT 745 PM CDT... DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MALVERN OR IN THE VICINITY OF GIFFORD MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN MOSTLY IN RURAL AREAS. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN SIGHTED BY THE PUBLIC. THERE HAS NOT BEEN A CONFIRMED TORNADO YET...BUT THERE MAY BEFORE LONG. FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO INDOORS NOW TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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, 7:07 PM CDT, 39 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, 39 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, 7:32 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
732 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 1998
TIME(EDIT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
712 PM 7 N MALVERN AR FUNNEL CLOUD
5/9/98 HOT SPRING BY PUBLIC.
718 PM 4 W MALVERN AR 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 HOT SPRING BY HAMS.
16Local storm report, May 9, 7:32 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
732 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 1998
TIME(EDIT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
712 PM 7 N MALVERN AR FUNNEL CLOUD
5/9/98 HOT SPRING BY PUBLIC.
718 PM 4 W MALVERN AR 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 HOT SPRING BY HAMS.
16Local storm report, May 9, 7:43 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
743 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 1998
TIME(EDIT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
735 PM HOT SPRINGS AR TORNADO
5/9/98 GARLAND DEBRIS ALOFT. BRIEF TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN.
BY HOT SPRINGS POLICE.
735 PM MALVERN AR FUNNEL CLOUD
5/9/98 HOT SPRING BY CITY POLICE.
735 PM MALVERN AR 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 HOT SPRING BY CITY POLICE.
735 PM 10 S WARREN AR 0.88 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 BRADLEY BY COUNTY SHERIFF.
16Local storm report, May 9, 7:43 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
743 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 1998
TIME(EDIT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
735 PM HOT SPRINGS AR TORNADO
5/9/98 GARLAND DEBRIS ALOFT. BRIEF TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN.
BY HOT SPRINGS POLICE.
735 PM MALVERN AR FUNNEL CLOUD
5/9/98 HOT SPRING BY CITY POLICE.
735 PM MALVERN AR 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 HOT SPRING BY CITY POLICE.
735 PM 10 S WARREN AR 0.88 INCH HAIL
5/9/98 BRADLEY BY COUNTY SHERIFF.
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, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun | 63 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, 7:56 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.