Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Watches in 1999
Tornado Watch 212
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 4, 1999, 5:45 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 1999, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 1999, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 68 counties
Arkansas County, AR, Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Grant County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Sharp County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Union County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Union County, IL, Claiborne Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Iron County, MO, Madison County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Perry County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Bolivar County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Tunica County, MS
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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
14 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 5:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps, Shannon, Texas | 6 hr |
| May 4, 5:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Oregon | 6 hr |
| May 4, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski | 50 min |
| May 4, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Pulaski | 37 min |
| May 4, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Grant, Saline | 47 min |
| May 4, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Pulaski | 35 min |
| May 4, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence | 35 min |
| May 4, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Ouachita | 51 min |
| May 4, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 30 min |
| May 4, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 31 min |
| May 4, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Calhoun | 50 min |
| May 4, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 48 min |
| May 4, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Stoddard | 30 min |
| May 4, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lincoln | 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Crawford, Sebastian, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 4, 11:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Scott and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 4, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne and 38 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey | 5 hr |
| May 4, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Cass, Cedar and 18 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.