Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Watches in 1999
Tornado Watch 121
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 5, 1999, 10:00 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 1999, 10:00 AM CDT (15:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 1999, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 61 counties
Clark County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Conway County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Logan County, AR, Miller County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Pope County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Yell County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, LeFlore County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Anderson County, TX, Angelina County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Houston County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:01 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.
Warnings issued inside it
7 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Saline | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pope | 37 min |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Calhoun, Clay, Cleveland, Craighead, Crittenden and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Custer and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Custer and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 5, 8:15 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Craig, Delaware, Kay, Mayes, Noble, Nowata and 6 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Arkansas, 1999Tornado Watches in Texas, 1999Tornado Watches in Louisiana, 1999Every tornado watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.