Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 1999, 3:01 PM CST for Garland County, Montgomery County, Arkansas. It was in force for 49 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
- Jan 21, 1999, 3:01 PM CST (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 1999, 3:50 PM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Garland County, AR, Montgomery County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 3:22 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Hot Spgs, AR | |
| Jan 21, 3:25 PM CST | Hail 1 | Hot Spgs, AR | |
| Jan 21, 3:30 PM CST | Hail 3.5 | Hot Spgs, AR | |
| Jan 21, 3:45 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Hot 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 941 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 740 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
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, Jan 21, 11:09 AM CST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
ARZ003>009-012>018-021>028-030>073-212115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1109 AM CST THU JAN 21 1999 ...MAJOR SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... STRONG UPPER LEVEL WINDS...INCREASING MOISTURE...AND A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT ARE COMBINING TO CAUSE A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IN ARKANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DUE TO THE WIND PATTERN ALOFT AND THE STRENGTH OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM...TORNADOES ARE ALSO A STRONG POSSIBILITY. THE GREATEST THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL BE OVER CENTRAL...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO OCCUR OVER NORTH ARKANSAS. THE MAIN INHIBITING FACTOR RIGHT NOW SEEMS TO BE A WARM LAYER OF AIR AROUND 10,000 FEET UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE. THIS SERVES TO CAP ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER...WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR APPROACHING FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS...THIS CAP WILL LIKELY BREAK LATER THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS IN ARKANSAS SHOULD ABREAST OF THE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN CASE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER QUICKLY IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SEEN OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. 45
Special weather statement, Jan 21, 11:09 AM CST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
ARZ003>009-012>018-021>028-030>073-212115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION ON WORDING LAST PARAGRAPH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1109 AM CST THU JAN 21 1999 ...MAJOR SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... STRONG UPPER LEVEL WINDS...INCREASING MOISTURE...AND A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT ARE COMBINING TO CAUSE A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IN ARKANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DUE TO THE WIND PATTERN ALOFT AND THE STRENGTH OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM...TORNADOES ARE ALSO A STRONG POSSIBILITY. THE GREATEST THREAT OF TORNADOES WILL BE OVER CENTRAL...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO OCCUR OVER NORTH ARKANSAS. THE MAIN INHIBITING FACTOR RIGHT NOW SEEMS TO BE A WARM LAYER OF AIR AROUND 10,000 FEET UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE. THIS SERVES TO CAP ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER...WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR APPROACHING FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS...THIS CAP WILL LIKELY BREAK LATER THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS IN ARKANSAS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN CASE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER QUICKLY IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SEEN OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. 45
Special weather statement, Jan 21, 2:15 PM CST, 46 minutes before
ARZ004>009-013>018-022>028-031>036-038-039-041>073-220000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 215 PM CST THU JAN 21 1999 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MOST OF ARKANSAS UNTIL 9PM... AS OF EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...GULF MOISTURE CONTINUED TO INCREASE ACROSS ARKANSAS. TEMPERATURES WERE INTO THE 70S IN MOST AREAS AND NEARING 80 DEGREES IN SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. MORE SPECIFICALLY...THERE WAS PLENTY OF ENERGY AVAILABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS ARKANSAS. A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... BRINGING COLD AIR ALOFT. THIS WILL TEND TO DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE FURTHER...WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING. IN ADDITION...THERE WAS SOME WIND SHEAR PRESENT THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE WIND TURNING WITH HEIGHT...THIS WILL CAUSE SOME OF THE STORMS TO ROTATE WITH TORNADOES DEVELOPING. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MOST OF ARKANSAS UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES AREAS EAST OF YELLVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE AND DEQUEEN. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE ACROSS ARKANSAS SHOULD EXPECT SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY FOR THREATENING WEATHER...AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER IN A SAFE PLACE IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. 46
Local storm report, Jan 21, 2:57 PM CST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
257 PM CST THU JAN 21 1999
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0230 PM 2 NE HOT SPGS AR 1 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 GARLAND
0235 PM AR .75 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 PIKE AT MURFREESBORO.
0250 PM AR 1 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 PIKE DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
IN MANY PARTS OF THE
COUNTY.
28The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland | 49 min |
| Jan 21, 2:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pike | 51 min |
| Jan 21, 2:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Saline | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 2:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 2:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pike | 35 min |
| Jan 21, 2:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Pulaski | 50 min |
| Jan 21, 3:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Clark | 49 min |
| Jan 21, 3:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 36 min |
| Jan 21, 3:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland | 35 min |
| Jan 21, 3:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Saline | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 3:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 3:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Saline | 50 min |
| Jan 21, 3:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Pulaski | 50 min |
| Jan 21, 3:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | White | 51 min |
| Jan 21, 3:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Ouachita | 37 min |
| Jan 21, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pike | 50 min |
| Jan 21, 4:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 4:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 49 min |
| Jan 21, 4:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Dallas, Ouachita | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 4:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne | 35 min |
| Jan 21, 4:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Hot Spring | 50 min |
| Jan 21, 4:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, White | 51 min |
| Jan 21, 4:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 49 min |
| Jan 21, 4:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland | 50 min |
| Jan 21, 4:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Grant | 50 min |
| Jan 21, 4:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 4:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Monroe | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 4:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark | 52 min |
| Jan 21, 5:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 49 min |
| Jan 21, 5:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 5:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, White | 50 min |
| Jan 21, 5:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 5:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 51 min |
| Jan 21, 5:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 5:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 51 min |
| Jan 21, 5:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 5:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Prairie | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 5:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 5:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Saline | 51 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.