Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1998, 10:49 PM CDT for Independence County, Izard County, Stone County, Arkansas. It was in force for 61 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
- Apr 15, 1998, 10:49 PM CDT (03:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1998, 11:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Stone County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 576 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 731 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLIT 160349 RRA TORLIT ARC063-065-137-160450- BULLETIN TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1049 PM CDT WED APR 15 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... STONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS IZARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS NORTHERN INDEPENDENCE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS * UNTIL 1150 PM CDT * AT 1047 PM CDT... DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 24 MILES WEST OF BATESVILLE OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEN MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... LOCUST GROVE AROUND 1055 PM CDT... CUSHMAN AROUND 1100 PM CDT... BATESVILLE AROUND 1105 PM CDT... NEWARK AROUND 1120 PM CDT... THOSE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO SHOULD GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE OUTDOORS AS YOU CAN. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING OR UNDERGROUND SHELTER. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...AND NO BUILDINGS ARE AVAILABLE...LAY IN A DITCH OR CULVERT TO AVOID FLYING DEBRIS. BUT BEWARE OF RISING WATER. 29/206
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, Apr 15, 8:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK/ARKANSAS
745 PM CST WED APR 15 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0440 PM ODEN AR .75 INCH HAIL
04/15/98 MONTGOMERY REPORTED BY THE
COOPERATIVE WEATHER
OBSERVER AT ODEN
0706 PM CLARKSVILLE AR .88 INCH HAIL
04/15/98 JOHNSON REPORTED BY STATE POLICE.
TROOPERS PULLED OFF ROAD
BECAUSE OF HEAVY RAINS.
32Local storm report, Apr 15, 10:09 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK/ARKANSAS
1010 PM CST WED APR 15 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 PM CLINTON AR .50 INCH HAIL
04/15/98 VAN BUREN REPORTED BY THE
COUNTY SHERIFF
0940 PM 3 N CLINTON AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/15/98 VAN BUREN REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0945 PM 1/2 W CLINTON AR WIND DAMAGE
04/15/98 VAN BUREN 30 INCH DIAMETER TREES
DOWNED. REPORTED BY HAMS.
0948 PM CLINTON AR FUNNEL CLOUD
04/15/98 VAN BUREN REPORTED BY FIRE DEPT.
0954 PM CLINPTON AR WIND DAMAGE
04/15/98 VAN BUREN TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWNED. REPORTED BY
COUNTY POLICE.Local storm report, Apr 15, 10:11 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FORMAT ERROR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK/ARKANSAS
1010 PM CST WED APR 15 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 PM CLINTON AR .50 INCH HAIL
04/15/98 VAN BUREN REPORTED BY THE
COUNTY SHERIFF
0940 PM 3 N CLINTON AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/15/98 VAN BUREN REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0945 PM 1/2 W CLINTON AR WIND DAMAGE
04/15/98 VAN BUREN 30 INCH DIAMETER TREES
DOWNED. REPORTED BY HAMS.
0948 PM CLINTON AR FUNNEL CLOUD
04/15/98 VAN BUREN REPORTED BY FIRE DEPT.
0954 PM CLINTON AR WIND DAMAGE
R04/15/98 VAN BUREN TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWNED. REPORTED BY
COUNTY POLICE.Local storm report, Apr 15, 10:21 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK/ARKANSAS
1025 PM CST WED APR 15 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION..j..
0945 PM 1/2 W CLINTON AR WIND DAMAGE
04/15/98 VAN BUREN HOUSES DAMAGED. REPORTED BY
HAM OPERATORS.Local storm report, Apr 15, 10:27 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK/ARKANSAS
1027 PM CST WED APR 15 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1005 PM SHIRLEY AR WIND DAMAGE
04/15/98 VAN BUREN TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE.r
48Local storm report, Apr 15, 10:28 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK/ARKANSAS
1027 PM CST WED APR 15 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1005 PM SHIRLEY AR WIND DAMAGE
04/15/98 VAN BUREN TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWNED. REPORTED BY
COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICEt.
48The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pope | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 10:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Stone | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence | 66 min |
| Apr 16, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Newton | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 5:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 5:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 6:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Scott | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 6:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Sharp | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 6:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Yell | 61 min |
| Apr 16, 6:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 7:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Perry | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 7:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Saline | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 7:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 8:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 8:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Prairie | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 10:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 10:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | White | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 10:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jackson | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 10:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.