Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 308, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 10, 1998Carroll County, Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1998, 10:11 PM CDT for Carroll County, Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 49 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
Jun 10, 1998, 10:11 PM CDT (03:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1998, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 10:20 PM CDTThunderstorm WindHuntsville, ARTrees were blown down on SH 23

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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 1998-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3106 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 110311 RRA
SVRTUL
ARC015-087-110400-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1011 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS
  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1007 PM... DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
  FROM FORUM TO KINGSTON. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH WILL
  OCCUR WITH MANY OF THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...
  GREEN FOREST
  OSAGE
  MARBLE
  CARROLTON
  METALTON

  TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN HUNTSVILLE AT AROUND 1005 PM.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SHELTER NOW. GO TO THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. AVOID OUTSIDE WALLS AND
WINDOWS. MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR A MORE SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER IF4 ONE IS NEARBY.



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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, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 8:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 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, 6:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute 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 WIND
Local storm report, Jun 10, 6:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute 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 WIND
Local storm report, Jun 10, 6:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 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   MAYES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian53 min
Jun 10, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin37 min
Jun 10, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison, Washington56 min
Jun 10, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin29 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.