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Tornado Watch 888

November 10, 199859 counties in Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri; Cass County, Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 10, 1998, 1:45 AM CST for 59 counties in Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri; Cass County, Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 1998, 1:45 AM CST (07:45 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1998, 8:00 AM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 62 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Ashley County, AR, Baxter County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Clark County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Conway County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Greene County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Marion County, AR, Miller County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Perry County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Pike County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Pope County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Saline County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Stone County, AR, Union County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Yell County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Cass County, TX

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

25 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 1:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Pope, Yell64 min
Nov 10, 1:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPike64 min
Nov 10, 2:08 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKPope, Searcy47 min
Nov 10, 2:14 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKBoone, Marion46 min
Nov 10, 2:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead63 min
Nov 10, 2:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKVan Buren55 min
Nov 10, 2:39 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKBaxter51 min
Nov 10, 2:55 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKStone50 min
Nov 10, 2:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Hot Spring, Perry63 min
Nov 10, 2:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark63 min
Nov 10, 2:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway63 min
Nov 10, 3:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton, Izard61 min
Nov 10, 3:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSaline52 min
Nov 10, 3:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Faulkner, Pulaski61 min
Nov 10, 3:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDallas, Grant56 min
Nov 10, 3:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Sharp48 min
Nov 10, 4:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGRandolph50 min
Nov 10, 4:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson, White54 min
Nov 10, 4:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson, Lonoke54 min
Nov 10, 4:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLawrence49 min
Nov 10, 4:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Monroe, Prairie61 min
Nov 10, 4:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKWoodruff61 min
Nov 10, 5:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Poinsett46 min
Nov 10, 5:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross, Lee, St. Francis45 min
Nov 10, 6:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Mississippi49 min

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 302 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1998-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1998-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 505 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-341 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
524 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
505 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
565 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 9, 11:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Howard and 11 more5 hr
Nov 10, 1:15 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAudrain, Bollinger, Butler, Callaway, Cape Girardeau, Carter and 37 more6 hr
Nov 10, 6:15 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCPemiscot5 hr
Nov 9, 8:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton and 12 more6 hr

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.