Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 32, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1998, 10:07 PM CDT for Polk County, Arkansas. It was in force for 48 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
- Jun 4, 1998, 10:07 PM CDT (03:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1998, 10:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Polk County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Cove, AR | |
| Jun 4, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Vandervoort, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 2429 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
836 WFUS1 KLIT 050308 RRA TORLIT ARC113-050355- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1007 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS * UNTIL 1055 PM CDT * AT 1006 PM CDT... DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MENA OR 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF COVE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... COVE AROUND 1009 PM CDT... VANDERVOORT AROUND 1009 PM CDT... HATFIELD AROUND 1010 PM CDT... POTTER AROUND 1015 PM CDT... MENA AROUND 1020 PM CDT... A DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED TORNADO MEANS THAT THERE IS STRONG ROTATION WITHIN A STORM. THE STORM MAY NOT BE PRODUCING A TORNADO AT THE MOMENT...BUT IS EXPECTED TO DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO INDOORS NOW TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 46
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
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
ARZ003>009-012>017-021>024-030>032-037>042-050>052-059-050500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 600 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... A STORM SYSTEM ALOFT WAS MOVING ACROSS THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON TOWARD THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES. THE SYSTEM WAS BRINGING COLDER AIR OVERHEAD...WHICH WILL MOVE OVER MUCH WARMER CONDITIONS AT GROUND LEVEL MAKING THE ATMOSPHERE UNSTABLE. THE SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS TO PRODUCE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NATURAL STATE. WITH SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ABOUT THE NORTHWEST HALF OF ARKANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF PIGGOTT...CONWAY...HOT SPRINGS...AND ASHDOWN. STORMS THAT BECOME SEVERE IN THE WATCH AREA WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL OR LARGER...STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS...WITH TORNADOES POSSIBLE. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY THIS EVENING...AND KEEP TRACK OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS. BE READY TO SEEK APPROPRIATE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 46
Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
732 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0715 PM COAL HILL AR 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/04/98 JOHNSON STORM SPOTTER OBSERVED 60
TO 70 MPH WINDS.
0715 PM COAL HILL AR .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 JOHNSON STORM SPOTTER OBSERVED
DIME SIZE HAIL.
0723 PM HUNT AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 JOHNSON OES REPORTED GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL.
28Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
732 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0715 PM COAL HILL AR 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/04/98 JOHNSON STORM SPOTTER OBSERVED 60
TO 70 MPH WINDS.
0715 PM COAL HILL AR .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 JOHNSON STORM SPOTTER OBSERVED
DIME SIZE HAIL.
0723 PM HUNT AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 JOHNSON OES REPORTED GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL.
28Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
758 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0730 PM 8 W CLARKSVILLE AR 1 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 JOHNSON DIME TO QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...TREES
DOWN...BARRELS BLOWN OVER
IN HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
FROM 8 W CLARKSVILLE TO
EAST SIDE OF CLARKSVILLE
830 TO 847 PM
0735 PM 6 N CLARKSVILLE AR .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 JOHNSON
0735 PM 3 N CLARKSVILLE AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 JOHNSON
0736 PM AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 JOHNSON QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL IN WOODLAND AND LONG
PINE AREAS.
28Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
758 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0730 PM 8 W CLARKSVILLE AR 1 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 JOHNSON DIME TO QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...TREES
DOWN...BARRELS BLOWN OVER
IN HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
FROM 8 W CLARKSVILLE TO
EAST SIDE OF CLARKSVILLE
830 TO 847 PM
0735 PM 6 N CLARKSVILLE AR .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 JOHNSON
0735 PM 3 N CLARKSVILLE AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 JOHNSON
0736 PM AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 JOHNSON QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL IN WOODLAND AND LONG
PINE AREAS.
28Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
816 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0723 PM COAL HILL AR 85 MPH TSTM GUST
06/04/98 JOHNSON
28The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Pope | 60 min |
| Jun 4, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Pike | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Saline | 64 min |
| Jun 4, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry | 64 min |
| Jun 4, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Dallas, Grant | 63 min |
| Jun 4, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Pulaski | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Ouachita | 66 min |
| Jun 5, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 66 min |
| Jun 5, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Jefferson, Lonoke | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Prairie | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lincoln | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha | 65 min |
| Jun 5, 9:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Dallas | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 10:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lincoln | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 10:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 11:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Scott | 37 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.