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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 21, 1990Franklin County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1990, 11:18 PM CDT for Franklin County, Arkansas. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 21, 1990, 11:18 PM CDT (04:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 1990, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Franklin County, AR

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 90 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -229 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 270 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 329 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFSM 220429 COR
SVRFSM
ARC047-220515-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTION FOR TIME
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR
1118 PM CDT THU JUN 21 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT SMITH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN WEST ARKANSAS

   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY

AT 1116 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR OZARK. THIS
STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY STRONG WINDS AS IT MOVES EAST AT 40 MPH.


WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 21, 5:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
530 PM CDT THU JUN 21 1990

TIME/CDT     COUNTY      EVENT

344 PM       NOWATA      TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
                         NOWATA.
410 PM       OSAGE       DIME SIZE HAIL AT FAIRFAX.
428 PM       CRAIG       TORNADO SOUTHEAST OF CENTRALIA.
450 PM       CRAIG       DIME SIZE HAIL AT WHITE OAK.
503 PM       CRAIG       60 MILE AN HOUR AT WELCH.
420 PM       CRAIG       LOAD BLOWN OFF SEMI-TRUCK 3 MILES EAST OF
                         VINITA.
537          MAYES       GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT LANGLEY.

Local storm report, Jun 21, 5:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before

STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
545 PM CDT THU JUN 21 1990

TIME/CDT     COUNTY      EVENT

344 PM       NOWATA      TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
                         NOWATA.
410 PM       OSAGE       DIME SIZE HAIL AT FAIRFAX.
428 PM       CRAIG       TORNADO SOUTHEAST OF CENTRALIA.
450 PM       CRAIG       DIME SIZE HAIL AT WHITE OAK.
503 PM       CRAIG       60 MILE AN HOUR AT WELCH.
420 PM       CRAIG       LOAD BLOWN OFF SEMI-TRUCK 3 MILES EAST OF
                         VINITA.
537          MAYES       GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT LANGLEY.

Local storm report, Jun 21, 10:35 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1025 PM CDT THU JUN 21 1990

TIME/CDT     COUNTY      EVENT

345 PM       ROGERS      DIME SIZE HAIL 5 MILES EAST OF OOLOGAH
415 PM       ROGERS      60 MPH WIND. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND LARGE
                         LIMBS TAKENN OFF TREES IN CHELSEA.
428 PM       CRAIG       TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CENTRALIA.
430 PM       CRAIG       DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR WHITE OAK.
530 PM       ROGERS      DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR OOLOGAH.
615 PM       ROGERS      WATER 1 TO 2 FEET OVER HIGHWAY 66 AND STREETS
                         FLOODED IN CHELSEA.
630 PM       OSAGE       TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRFAX.
659 PM       OSAGE       LARGE TREES DOWN IN FAIRFAX.
712 PM       OSAGE       TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRFAX. 5 LARGE
                         TREES UPROOTED.
819 PM       PAWNEE      80 MILE AN HOUR WIND 10 MILES EAST OF HALLET
                         ON CIMMARON TURNPIKE.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 7:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Washington	25 min
Jun 21, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison	55 min
Jun 21, 7:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Madison, Washington	36 min
Jun 21, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton	66 min
Jun 21, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	65 min
Jun 21, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford	59 min
Jun 21, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sebastian	59 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.