Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 304, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1998, 8:53 PM CDT for Crawford County, Franklin County, Arkansas. It was in force for 37 min. 4 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
- Jun 10, 1998, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1998, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 9:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Van Buren, AR | Trees were blown down along SH 59 in Van Buren |
| Jun 10, 9:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Rudy, AR | Several large tree limbs were blown down |
| Jun 10, 9:12 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Branch, AR | |
| Jun 10, 9:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass, AR | A tree was blown down along SH 295 |
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 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 3106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 822 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 110153 RRA SVRTUL ARC033-047-OKC135-110230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 853 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 850 PM... DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST OF MARBLE CITY TO SHORT TO VAN BUREN TO DAYTON. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 65 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH MANY OF THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SEBASTIAN COUNTY AND SOME TREES HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN NEAR GREENWOOD. * THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS... ALMA MULBERRY OZARK CEDARVILLE IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SHELTER NOW. GO TO THE LOWESJT FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. AVOID OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS. MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR A MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IF ONE IS NEARBY.
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 Jun 10, 8:23 PM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 8:23 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 823 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1998 18Z ETA INDICATES AREAS OF PCP NW OF FA TO STAY MAINLY NW OF FA AND MAINLY AFFECT ZNS NW OF TUL OVERNIGHT. PCP IN FAR SE ZNS IS MOVING NE AT A GUD CLIP WITH NO DVLPMENT BEHIND IT. TEMPS HAVE FALLEN TO AROUND 70 IN PCP AREAS OF SE OK WITH DWPTS IN THE 60S OVR MUCH OF NE OK WHERE OB HAD MOVED THRU EARLIER THIS EVE. WINDS SHUD RECOVER AND KEEP FOG FROM DVLPING IN SE OK...BUT CUD STILL SEE PATCHY FOG IN VALLEY AREAS WITH WET GROUND. MAY NEED TO LOWER MINS A FEW DEGS IN SE ZNS AND LOWER POPS IN SRN ZNS TO CHC CAT BEHIND ONGOING PCP. WILL KEEP CHC POPS IN NRN ZNS AND LEAVE REST OF FCST AS IS. /13 .TUL... OK...NONE. AR...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 10, 3:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
355 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0915 PM ANTLERS OK WIND DAMAGE
06/09/98 PUSHMATAHA TREES DOWN IN TOWN.
0935 PM HUGO OK WIND DAMAGE
06/09/98 CHOCTAW METAL ROOF TORN OFF A CAR
WASH.Local storm report, Jun 10, 6:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
610 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0405 PM 10 W OKEMAH OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/10/98 OKFUSKEE
0530 PM 4 W INOLA OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/10/98 ROGERS
0540 PM COWETA OK WIND DAMAGE
06/10/98 WAGONER TREE AND POWER LINE DOWNED
BY WINDLocal storm report, Jun 10, 6:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
610 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0405 PM 10 W OKEMAH OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/10/98 OKFUSKEE
0530 PM 4 W INOLA OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/10/98 ROGERS
0540 PM COWETA OK WIND DAMAGE
06/10/98 WAGONER TREE AND POWER LINE DOWNED
BY WINDLocal storm report, Jun 10, 6:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
637 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0557 PM 5 NW PRYOR OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/10/98 MAYESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 56 min |
| Jun 10, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.