Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 422, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 9, 1999Crawford County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1999, 4:25 PM CDT for Crawford County, Arkansas. It was in force for 50 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: Aug 9, 1999, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 1999, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Crawford County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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
Aug 9, 4:35 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Van Buren, AR	Winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down several trees in Van Buren. A trailer was blown over at the Van Buren Industrial Park.

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 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 9, 3:30 PM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 3:30 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1999 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.