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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Little Rock, AR

June 14, 1998Jefferson County, Arkansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 6:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Cornerstone, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1998-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1231 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1998-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 209 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMarion65 min
Jun 13, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKMarion48 min
Jun 13, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter65 min
Jun 13, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKBaxter47 min
Jun 13, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKBaxter36 min
Jun 13, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton64 min
Jun 13, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIzard34 min
Jun 13, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSharp50 min
Jun 14, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPrairie48 min
Jun 14, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant32 min
Jun 14, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe52 min
Jun 14, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.