Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1998, 9:49 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Randolph County, Arkansas. It was in force for 36 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
- May 6, 1998, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 1998, 10:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lawrence County, AR, Randolph County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 10:15 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Ravenden Spgs, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 6, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 2412 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 070249 RRA SVRMEM ARC075-121-070325- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 949 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS * UNTIL 1025 PM CDT * AT 948 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS SOUTHWEST OF RAVENDEN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... RAVENDEN SPRINGS BY 1000 PM CDT MAYNARD BY 1020 PM CDT .A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, May 6, 7:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-MOZ113-115-TNZ001-002- 019-048>050-088-089-070300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 759 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 297 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FOR RANDOLPH AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN ARKANSAS... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 294 CANCELLED FOR REMAINDER OF EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI AND PARTS OF WEST TENNESEE... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR RANDOLPH AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST ARKASAS UNTIL 2 AM CDT. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSORI AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI AND PARTS OF WEST TENNESSEE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER MAY FLARE UP LATER TONIGHT AS THE STORMS DEVELOPING TO THE WEST OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS TREK TOWARD THE BOOTHEEL...EASTERN ARKANSAS AND WEST TENNESSEE.
Special weather statement, May 6, 7:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-MOZ113-115-TNZ001-002- 019-048>050-088-089-070300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 759 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 297 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FOR RANDOLPH AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN ARKANSAS... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 294 CANCELLED FOR REMAINDER OF EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI AND PARTS OF WEST TENNESEE... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR RANDOLPH AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST ARKASAS UNTIL 2 AM CDT. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSORI AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI AND PARTS OF WEST TENNESSEE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER MAY FLARE UP LATER TONIGHT AS THE STORMS DEVELOPING TO THE WEST OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS TREK TOWARD THE BOOTHEEL...EASTERN ARKANSAS AND WEST TENNESSEE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 47 min |
| May 6, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Greene | 20 min |
| May 6, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Randolph | 47 min |
| May 6, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Greene | 48 min |
| May 6, 11:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Greene | 48 min |
| May 6, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence | 48 min |
| May 7, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Poinsett | 49 min |
| May 7, 1:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Poinsett | 51 min |
| May 7, 2:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 37 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning 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.