Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 496, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 1998, 1:11 AM CST for Carroll County, Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 34 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 10, 1998, 1:11 AM CST (07:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 1998, 1:45 AM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:13 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 1:30 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove, AR | Two large trees were blown down. |
| Nov 10, 1:55 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Jasper, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
905
WUUS54 KTSA 100713 RRA
SVRTUL
ARC015-087-100745-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
111 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 145 AM CST
* AT 111 AM CST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JAPTON TO 12 MILES NORTH OF
GRANDVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES PER HOUR.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BERRYVILLE...HUNTSVILLE...ST.
PAUL
WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3668 9359 3581 9391 3588 9309 3693 9270What 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 Nov 9, 8:00 PM CST, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 9, 8:00 PM CST, 5 hours 11 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 800 PM CST MON NOV 9 1998 SQUALL LINE WILL ENTER NW ZONES WITHIN THE HOUR AND EXPECT IT TO CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA. GOING FORECAST LOOKS OK AND WILL NOT UPDATE PRIOR TO 10 PM. WILL UPDATE ZONES AS LINE OF STORMS CLEARS...LIKELY AROUND MIDNIGHT. WIND ADVISORY LOOKS GOOD. /13 .TUL... OK...WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES OKZ049...OKZ053>077. AR...WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES ARZ001>002...ARZ010>011... ARZ019>020...ARZ029.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Nov 9, 11:50 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1150 PM CST MON NOV 09 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1100 PM 2 S SAVANNA OK WIND DAMAGE
11/09/98 PITTSBURG BARNS DAMAGEDSpecial weather statement, Nov 10, 12:30 AM CST, 41 minutes before
OKZ057-058-061>063-065>068-070-071-073>075-100700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1230 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 886 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA... CRAIG...OTTAWA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE... OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...HASKELL...PITTSBURG... AND LATIMER. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EAST OF THESE AREAS AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA...ADAIR...SEQUOYAH...LE FLORE...PUSHMATAHA... AND CHOCTAW. IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON... CRAWFORD...SEBASTIAN...AND FRANKLIN.
Local storm report, Nov 10, 12:49 AM CST, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
50 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0040 AM HACKETT AR 65 MPH TSTM GUST
11/10/98 SEBASTIAN
0040 AM 5 SW FT SMITH AR WIND DAMAGE
11/10/98 LE FLORE OK TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 271
, NEAR THE ARKANSAS /
OKLAHOMA LINE
0041 AM FT SMITH AR 60 MPH TSTM GUST
11/10/98 SEBASTIANLocal storm report, Nov 10, 12:52 AM CST, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
52 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0045 AM FT SMITH AR WIND DAMAGE
11/10/98 SEBASTIAN MOBILE HOME DESTROYED IN
SOUTH FT. SMITH...FUNNEL
CLOUD REPORTED> BY FT.
SMITH PD IN SOUTH FT.
SMITHSpecial weather statement, Nov 10, 1:10 AM CST, 1 minute before
OKZ049-053-069-072-076-100800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 110 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 886 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA... ADAIR...SEQUOYAH...LE FLORE...PUSHMATAHA...AND CHOCTAW. THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EAST OF THESE AREAS AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED.
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 1:10 AM CST, 1 minute before
OKZ049-053-069-072-076-100800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 110 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 886 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA... ADAIR...SEQUOYAH...LE FLORE...PUSHMATAHA...AND CHOCTAW. THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EAST OF THESE AREAS AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 11:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 51 min |
| Nov 10, 12:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 45 min |
| Nov 10, 12:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford | 45 min |
| Nov 10, 12:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison | 55 min |
| Nov 10, 12:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 55 min |
| Nov 10, 12:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 38 min |
| Nov 10, 12:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 40 min |
| Nov 10, 1:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Franklin | 20 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.