Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 47, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Mar 5, 1999, 5:52 PM CST for Pope County, Arkansas. It was in force for 63 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
- Mar 5, 1999, 5:52 PM CST (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 1999, 6:55 PM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pope County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 6:10 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Augsburg, AR | |
| Mar 5, 6:15 PM CST | Tornado F1 | Dover, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1088 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 456 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 4:05 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
ARZ003>005-012-013-021>023-030-031-037>043-050>054-059>061-060200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 405 PM CST FRI MAR 5 1999 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN WESTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 10PM... AT 330 PM THIS AFTERNOON...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS BEGAN TO DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE STORMS WERE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...WHICH WAS MOVING INTO WARM AND MOIST AIR. AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST TONIGHT... STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE FORMING AND WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS. BECAUSE OF THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH OF WESTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 10PM. THE WATCH INCLUDES AREAS WEST OF MOUNTAIN HOME...MORRILTON...BENTON...AND PRESCOTT...AND NORTH OF PRESCOTT AND ASHDOWN. TEMPERATURES ALOFT WERE RATHER COLD THIS AFTERNOON...MAKING IT EASIER FOR HAIL TO FORM. THEREFORE...LARGE HAIL IS THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. ALSO...STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL MOVE FAIRLY QUICKLY... WHICH TENDS TO INCREASE THE THREAT OF STRONG TO DAMAGING WIND. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN WESTERN ARKANSAS SHOULD GET READY FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE PLACE IF A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 46
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 4:05 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
ARZ003>005-012-013-021>023-030-031-037>043-050>054-059>061-060200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 405 PM CST FRI MAR 5 1999 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN WESTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 10PM... AT 330 PM THIS AFTERNOON...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS BEGAN TO DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE STORMS WERE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...WHICH WAS MOVING INTO WARM AND MOIST AIR. AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST TONIGHT... STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE FORMING AND WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS. BECAUSE OF THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH OF WESTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL 10PM. THE WATCH INCLUDES AREAS WEST OF MOUNTAIN HOME...MORRILTON...BENTON...AND PRESCOTT...AND NORTH OF PRESCOTT AND ASHDOWN. TEMPERATURES ALOFT WERE RATHER COLD THIS AFTERNOON...MAKING IT EASIER FOR HAIL TO FORM. THEREFORE...LARGE HAIL IS THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. ALSO...STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL MOVE FAIRLY QUICKLY... WHICH TENDS TO INCREASE THE THREAT OF STRONG TO DAMAGING WIND. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN WESTERN ARKANSAS SHOULD GET READY FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE PLACE IF A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 46
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 5:50 PM CST, 2 minutes before
ARZ012>014-016-021>025-030>034-037>046-050>056-059>063-066>068- 070>073-060155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 550 PM CST FRI MAR 5 1999 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE WESTERN THREE QUARTERS OF ARKANSAS THIS EVENING UNTIL 11 PM CST. THE WATCH INCLUDES MOST AREAS WEST OF A NEWPORT TO PINE BLUFF TO EL DORADO LINE. VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR IS FLOWING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE STATE. AT THE SAME TIME...A STRONG COLD FRONT IS MOVING EAST OUT OF OKLAHOMA. THE CLASH OF THESE TWO AIR MASSES IS CAUSING VIOLENT THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST... AND MAY AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS LATER THIS EVENING. THE WIND PATTERN ALOFT SUGGESTS THE POSSILITY OF TORNADOES WITH THESE STORMS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE WEATHER THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR NETWORK TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 5:50 PM CST, 2 minutes before
ARZ012>014-016-021>025-030>034-037>046-050>056-059>063-066>068- 070>073-060155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 550 PM CST FRI MAR 5 1999 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE WESTERN THREE QUARTERS OF ARKANSAS THIS EVENING UNTIL 11 PM CST. THE WATCH INCLUDES MOST AREAS WEST OF A NEWPORT TO PINE BLUFF TO EL DORADO LINE. VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR IS FLOWING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE STATE. AT THE SAME TIME...A STRONG COLD FRONT IS MOVING EAST OUT OF OKLAHOMA. THE CLASH OF THESE TWO AIR MASSES IS CAUSING VIOLENT THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST... AND MAY AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS LATER THIS EVENING. THE WIND PATTERN ALOFT SUGGESTS THE POSSILITY OF TORNADOES WITH THESE STORMS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE WEATHER THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR NETWORK TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 63 min |
| Mar 5, 5:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson | 64 min |
| Mar 5, 5:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Polk | 49 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.