Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1998, 4:13 PM CDT for Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports 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 26, 1998, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1998, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crawford County, AR, Sebastian County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 4:20 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Ft Smith, AR | Quarter-sized hail in Fort Smith near the state line bordering Moffett |
| May 26, 4:40 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Cedarville, 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 nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 287 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
426 WUUS54 KTSA 262115 RRA SVRTUL ARC033-131-262200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 413 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT AT 412 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHWEST OF FORT SMITH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER INTENSIFING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HACKETT. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... FORT SMITH VAN BUREN HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES 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.
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 26, 3:50 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 3:50 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
FPUS3 KTUL 262052 AFDTUL EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 350 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1998 VORT MAX MVG ACRS ERN OK THIS AFTN HAS HELPED DVLP SOME SHRA/TSRA ALNG TWO MAIN BNDRYS REMAINING ACRS FA. ATTM LOOKS LIKE MOST PRECIP WL BE FM NR THE OK/AR BRDR EWD. HOWEVER WL KEEP SLGT CHC POPS FOR THIS EVE AREAWIDE. XPCT PRECIP TO END W/LOSS OF HEATING AND EWD TRANSLATION OF UPR FEATURE. W/PLENTY OF PRECIP DURG THE PAST 24-48 HRS ALNG W/CLRG SKIES AND LGT WNDS TNGT LOOKS LIKE THERE COULD BE SOME FG ESPC IN LOW LYING AREAS AND WL INCLUDE MENTION IN VALLEYS OF ERN ZNS. OTRW RIDGING ALOFT WL RESULT IN WARMING MID LVL TEMPS WHICH SHLD BRING ANOTHER PD OF QUIET WX. LOOKS LIKE NEXT CHC OF TSRA MAY BE ON SUN BUT WL JUST GO W/SLGT CHC POPS ATTM. TUL 64 87 67 90 / 10 0 0 0 FSM 64 88 65 91 / 20 10 10 10 MLC 65 89 68 92 / 10 0 0 0 BVO 62 86 65 90 / 10 0 0 0 FYV 61 85 63 88 / 20 0 0 0 IDB 66 90 65 91 / 20 10 10 10 BYV 60 85 62 89 / 20 0 0 0 MIO 62 85 64 89 / 10 0 0 0 MKO 63 86 65 90 / 10 0 0 0 F10 64 87 67 90 / 10 0 0 0 HHW 66 91 67 92 / 10 0 0 0 .TUL... OK...NONE. AR...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 26, 10:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1045 AM CDT TUE MAY 26 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1125 PM COPAN OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/24/98 WASHINGTONLocal storm report, May 26, 11:21 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1121 AM CDT TUE MAY 26 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1150 Pe SHIDLER OK .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 OSAGE
0140 AM TALALA OK WIND DAMAGE
05/25/98 ROGERS LARGE LIMBS DOWN
0230 AM DISNEY OK .88 INCH HAIL
05/25/98 MAYES
0310 AM COLCORD OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/98 DELAWARE
0520 AM CASS AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/98 FRANKLINLocal storm report, May 26, 11:21 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1121 AM CDT TUE MAY 26 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1150 Pe SHIDLER OK .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 OSAGE
0140 AM TALALA OK WIND DAMAGE
05/25/98 ROGERS LARGE LIMBS DOWN
0230 AM DISNEY OK .88 INCH HAIL
05/25/98 MAYES
0310 AM COLCORD OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/98 DELAWARE
0520 AM CASS AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/98 FRANKLINSpecial weather statement, May 26, 1:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-271200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1998 NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. THE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MOVED ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS MORNING HAS MOVED EAST OF THE REGION AS OF 1PM THIS AFTERNOON. THE UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AT MIDDAY. NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WERE PRESENT OVER THE AREA...BUT THE MOST WELL-DEFINED BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED OVER FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA TO THE SOUTH OF MCALESTER. THE MOST LIKELY PLACE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE ALONG THE RED RIVER IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WHERE A MODERATE AMOUNT INSTABILITY EXISTS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THIS BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON PRIMARILY IN CHOCTAW AND PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...BUT THEY SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. LARGE-SCALE SUBSIDENCE IN THE WAKE OF THE UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PREVENT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES IN THE AREA...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE STORM SYSTEM OVER EXTREME EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. WEAK WIND FIELDS AND DECREASING INSTABILITY WILL PREVENT ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP FROM BECOMING SEVERE.
Special weather statement, May 26, 1:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-271200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1998 NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. THE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MOVED ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS MORNING HAS MOVED EAST OF THE REGION AS OF 1PM THIS AFTERNOON. THE UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AT MIDDAY. NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WERE PRESENT OVER THE AREA...BUT THE MOST WELL-DEFINED BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED OVER FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA TO THE SOUTH OF MCALESTER. THE MOST LIKELY PLACE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE ALONG THE RED RIVER IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WHERE A MODERATE AMOUNT INSTABILITY EXISTS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THIS BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON PRIMARILY IN CHOCTAW AND PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...BUT THEY SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. LARGE-SCALE SUBSIDENCE IN THE WAKE OF THE UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PREVENT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES IN THE AREA...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE STORM SYSTEM OVER EXTREME EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. WEAK WIND FIELDS AND DECREASING INSTABILITY WILL PREVENT ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP FROM BECOMING SEVERE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 31 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.