Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1998, 10:28 PM CDT for Randolph County, Arkansas. It was in force for 47 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
- May 6, 1998, 10:28 PM CDT (03:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 1998, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randolph County, AR
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, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 2 hours 29 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, 2 hours 29 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 7, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 36 min |
| May 7, 2:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tipton | 34 min |
| May 7, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 35 min |
| May 7, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 36 min |
| May 7, 3:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 35 min |
| May 7, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 47 min |
| May 7, 3:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 33 min |
| 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, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence, Randolph | 36 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
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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.