Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1998, 2:38 AM CDT for Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 37 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 25, 1998, 2:38 AM CDT (07:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1998, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Benton County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:00 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Cave 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 25, 12:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 895 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1916 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
919 WUUS54 KTSA 250740 RRA SVRTUL ARC007-250815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 238 AM CDT MON MAY 25 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS * UNTIL 315 AM CDT * AT 233 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM BELLA VISTA TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BENTONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... BENTONVILLE ROGERS CAVE SPRINGS LOWELL BETHEL HEIGHTS HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...TAKE COVER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIGHTNING STAY OFF THE PHONE AND DONT USE HAND HELD ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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 FOR 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.
NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 24, 11:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 11:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
FPUS3 KTUL 250415 AFDTUL EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1111 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 1998 UPDATED ZNS TO ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NE OK OVERNIGHT. SLOW MVNG TSRA EXPECTED TO CONT TO TRAIN OVER SAME AREAS N OF SFC FNT. ZNS ALREADY ISSUED. FFA OUT SOON. FCSTID = 13 .TUL... OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES OKZ054>063...OKZ067>069. AR...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 24, 11:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1120 PM CST SUN MAY 24 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1106 PM 5 NW PAWHUSKA B OK 70 MPH WIND GUST
05/24/98 OSAGELocal storm report, May 24, 11:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1130 PM CST SUN MAY 24 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1125 PM COPAN l OK 60 MPH WIND GUST
05/24/98 OSAGELocal storm report, May 25, 12:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1120 PM CST SUN MAY 24 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1106 PM 5 NW PAWHUSKA OK 70 MPH WIND GUST
05/24/98 OSAGELocal storm report, May 25, 12:27 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1220 AM CST MON MAY 25 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1210 AM NOWATA OK 60 MPH WIND GUST
05/25/98 NOWATALocal storm report, May 25, 12:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1130 PM CST SUN MAY 24 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1125 PM COPAN OK 60 MPH WIND GUST
05/24/98 OSAGELocal storm report, May 25, 1:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1220 AM CST MON MAY 25 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1210 AM NOWATA OK 60 MPH WIND GUST
05/25/98 NOWATAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 38 min |
| May 25, 3:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison | 45 min |
| May 25, 3:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 36 min |
| May 25, 3:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 58 min |
| May 25, 5:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 44 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.