Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Little Rock, AR

February 11, 1999Garland County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 11, 1999, 12:39 PM CST for Garland County, Arkansas. It was in force for 31 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
Feb 11, 1999, 12:39 PM CST (18:39 UTC)
Expired
Feb 11, 1999, 1:10 PM CST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Whole counties

County Garland County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Feb 11, 1:00 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 50Hot 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 11, 12:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 265 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 12:00Z on 1999-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 261 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1999-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 275 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
261 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-163 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
871 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
275 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
308 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 11:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMontgomery, Pike47 min
Feb 11, 12:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring49 min
Feb 11, 12:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPerry49 min
Feb 11, 12:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKHot Spring46 min
Feb 11, 1:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant47 min
Feb 11, 1:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSaline49 min
Feb 11, 1:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski48 min
Feb 11, 1:32 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKGrant33 min
Feb 11, 1:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke48 min
Feb 11, 1:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson51 min
Feb 11, 2:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPrairie50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.