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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 1998, 6:38 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Arkansas. It was in force for 32 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
- Jun 14, 1998, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1998, 7:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 6:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Cornerstone, 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 nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 1231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 989 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLIT 142338 RRA TORLIT ARC069-150010- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 638 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS * UNTIL 710 PM CDT * AT 637 PM CDT... DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 11 MILES EAST OF PINE BLUFF OR 2 MILES WEST OF CORNERSTONE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... MOSCOW AROUND 640 PM CDT... CORNERSTONE AROUND 640 PM CDT... SWAN LAKE AROUND 645 PM CDT... REYDELL AROUND 700 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 14, 4:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
ARZ007>009-016>018-025>028-033>036-046>049-058-140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 400 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 10PM... A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...CONDITIONS WERE VERY WARM AND HUMID...AND THE ATMOSPHERE WAS UNSTABLE. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AS OF 330 PM...WITH SEVERE WEATHER A POSSIBILITY INTO THIS EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR PARTS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES AREAS EAST OF HARDY...SEARCY... AND BRINKLEY. 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. PEOPLE IN EASTERN ARKANSAS SHOULD KEEP TRACK OF THE LATEST WEATHER THIS EVENING...AND LOOK FOR THREATENING SKIES. BE READY TO SEEK APPROPRIATE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 46
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
ARZ007>009-016>018-025>028-033>036-046>049-058-140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 400 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 10PM... A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...CONDITIONS WERE VERY WARM AND HUMID...AND THE ATMOSPHERE WAS UNSTABLE. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AS OF 330 PM...WITH SEVERE WEATHER A POSSIBILITY INTO THIS EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR PARTS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES AREAS EAST OF HARDY...SEARCY... AND BRINKLEY. 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. PEOPLE IN EASTERN ARKANSAS SHOULD KEEP TRACK OF THE LATEST WEATHER THIS EVENING...AND LOOK FOR THREATENING SKIES. BE READY TO SEEK APPROPRIATE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 46
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Marion | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Marion | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton | 64 min |
| Jun 13, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Izard | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Sharp | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Prairie | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe | 52 min |
| Jun 14, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 50 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 1998Every tornado warning in 1998Tornadoes in 1998
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.