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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Oct 5, 1998, 7:02 PM CDT for Polk County, Arkansas. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 5, 1998, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 1998, 7:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Polk County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 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
- 922 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1405 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLIT 060001 RRA TORLIT ARC113-060035- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 702 PM CDT MON OCT 5 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS * UNTIL 735 PM CDT * AT 659 PM CDT... DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MENA OR 3 MILES SOUTH OF BIG FORK MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN MOSTLY IN RURAL AREAS. 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. 25
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, Oct 5, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
ARZ016-024-025-031>034-038>047-050>057-059>064-066-067-070>072- 060400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 600 PM CDT MON OCT 5 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 11 PM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 9 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR WEST AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS... A TORANDO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 11 PM. THIS IS ROUGHLY IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM BATESVILLE TO STUTTGART TO EAST OF TEXARKANA TO DANVILLE. COUNTIES IN THE WATCH ARE...INDEPENDENCE...JACKSON...CLEBURNE...WHITE... WOODRUFF...CONWAY...FAULKNER...YELL...PERRY...MONTGOMERY...GARLAND... SALINE...PULASKI...LONOKE...PRAIRIE...MONROE...HOT SPRING...GRANT... JEFFERSON...ARKANSAS...HOWARD...PIKE....CLARK...DALLAS.....CLEVELAND... LINCOLN...HEMPSTEAD...NEVADA...OUACHITA...AND CALHOUN. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE...LITTLE ROCK...PINE BLUFF...HOT SPRINGS... EL DORADO...CAMDEN...CONWAY..AND SEARCY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO ARKANSAS TONIGHT AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE ARE FAVORABLE FOR ROTATION AND THUS SOME TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT...FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A THREAT TONIGHT. IF YOU WILL BE IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS TONIGHT BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WpEATHER. TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. KEEP TUNDED TO LOCAL TELEVISION...CABLE TELEVISION...LOCAL RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST ON THIS WEATHER EVENT. 48
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
ARZ016-024-025-031>034-038>047-050>057-059>064-066-067-070>072- 060400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 600 PM CDT MON OCT 5 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 11 PM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 9 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR WEST AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS... A TORANDO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 11 PM. THIS IS ROUGHLY IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM BATESVILLE TO STUTTGART TO EAST OF TEXARKANA TO DANVILLE. COUNTIES IN THE WATCH ARE...INDEPENDENCE...JACKSON...CLEBURNE...WHITE... WOODRUFF...CONWAY...FAULKNER...YELL...PERRY...MONTGOMERY...GARLAND... SALINE...PULASKI...LONOKE...PRAIRIE...MONROE...HOT SPRING...GRANT... JEFFERSON...ARKANSAS...HOWARD...PIKE....CLARK...DALLAS.....CLEVELAND... LINCOLN...HEMPSTEAD...NEVADA...OUACHITA...AND CALHOUN. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE...LITTLE ROCK...PINE BLUFF...HOT SPRINGS... EL DORADO...CAMDEN...CONWAY..AND SEARCY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO ARKANSAS TONIGHT AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE ARE FAVORABLE FOR ROTATION AND THUS SOME TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT...FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A THREAT TONIGHT. IF YOU WILL BE IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS TONIGHT BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WpEATHER. TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. KEEP TUNDED TO LOCAL TELEVISION...CABLE TELEVISION...LOCAL RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST ON THIS WEATHER EVENT. 48
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
ARZ016-024-025-031>034-038>047-050>057-059>064-066-067-070>072- 060400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 600 PM CDT MON OCT 5 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 11 PM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 9 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR WEST AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS... A TORANDO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 11 PM. THIS IS ROUGHLY IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM BATESVILLE TO STUTTGART TO EAST OF TEXARKANA TO DANVILLE. COUNTIES IN THE WATCH ARE...INDEPENDENCE...JACKSON...CLEBURNE...WHITE... WOODRUFF...CONWAY...FAULKNER...YELL...PERRY...MONTGOMERY...GARLAND... SALINE...PULASKI...LONOKE...PRAIRIE...MONROE...HOT SPRING...GRANT... JEFFERSON...ARKANSAS...HOWARD...PIKE....CLARK...DALLAS.....CLEVELAND... LINCOLN...HEMPSTEAD...NEVADA...OUACHITA...CALHOUN...MILLER...LAFAYETTE ...AND COLUMBIA. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE...LITTLE ROCK...PINE BLUFF...HOT SPRINGS... EL DORADO...CAMDEN...CONWAY..AND SEARCY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO ARKANSAS TONIGHT AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE ARE FAVORABLE FOR ROTATION AND THUS SOME TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT...FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A THREAT TONIGHT. IF YOU WILL BE IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS TONIGHT BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. KEEP TUNDED TO LOCAL TELEVISION...CABLE TELEVISION...LOCAL RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST ON THIS WEATHER EVENT. 48
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 6:54 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
ARZ016-024-025-031>034-038>047-050>057-059>064-066-067-070>072- 060400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 600 PM CDT MON OCT 5 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 11 PM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 9 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR WEST AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS... A TORANDO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 11 PM. THIS IS ROUGHLY IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM BATESVILLE TO STUTTGART TO EAST OF TEXARKANA TO DANVILLE. COUNTIES IN THE WATCH ARE...INDEPENDENCE...JACKSON...CLEBURNE...WHITE... WOODRUFF...CONWAY...FAULKNER...YELL...PERRY...MONTGOMERY...GARLAND... SALINE...PULASKI...LONOKE...PRAIRIE...MONROE...HOT SPRING...GRANT... JEFFERSON...ARKANSAS...HOWARD...PIKE....CLARK...DALLAS.....CLEVELAND... LINCOLN...HEMPSTEAD...NEVADA...OUACHITA...CALHOUN...MILLER...LAFAYETTE ...AND COLUMBIA. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE...LITTLE ROCK...PINE BLUFF...HOT SPRINGS... EL DORADO...CAMDEN...CONWAY..AND SEARCY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO ARKANSAS TONIGHT AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE ARE FAVORABLE FOR ROTATION AND THUS SOME TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT...FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A THREAT TONIGHT. IF YOU WILL BE IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS TONIGHT BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. KEEP TUNDED TO LOCAL TELEVISION...CABLE TELEVISION...LOCAL RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST ON THIS WEATHER EVENT. 48
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 7:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Polk | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 8:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Yell | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 9:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pope | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 10:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Conway | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 11:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner | 33 min |
| Oct 5, 11:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Stone | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Faulkner, White | 50 min |
| Oct 6, 12:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Izard, Sharp | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 12:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 12:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Yell | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Pulaski | 48 min |
| Oct 6, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence | 49 min |
| Oct 6, 12:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Scott | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 1:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pope | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 1:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 1:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 1:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Garland | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Van Buren | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Fulton | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Stone | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Dallas | 33 min |
| Oct 6, 3:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Yell | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Polk | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Izard, Sharp | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pope | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Scott | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 4:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 95 min |
| Oct 6, 4:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, White | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 5:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 2 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.