Severe Thunderstorm Warning 225, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Dec 21, 1990, 12:20 AM CST (06:20 UTC)

Expired

Dec 21, 1990, 1:15 AM CST

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

County Polk County, AR

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

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR
1220 AM CST FRI DEC 21 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT SMITH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...POLK COUNTY
 
AT 1220 AM CST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM BIG FORK ARKANSAS TO BROKEN BOW OKLAHOMA MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH. HAIL IS INDICATED ON RADAR NEAR BIG FORK ARKANSAS AND
NEAR BROKEN BOW LAKE IN OKLAHOMA.
 
 
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.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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