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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 1990, 7:05 PM CDT for Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 25 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
- Jun 21, 1990, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1990, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, AR
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Washington, AR |
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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 109 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFSM 220006 TORFSM ARC143-220030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 705 PM CDT THU JUN 21 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT SMITH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 7:03 PM CDT STORM SPOTTERS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY REPORT A POSSIBLE TORNADO WEST OF THE FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS AREA...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND SOME HAIL..AND HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GE5T UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 2:29 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
OKC105-113-117-143-147-212030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 229 PM CDT THU JUN 21 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA... AT 220 PM RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF PONCA CITY IN KAY COUNTY...JUST NORTHEAST OF BARNSDALL IN OSAGE COUNTY...AND ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF NOWATA IN NOWATA COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. PEOPLE IN THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS CAN 1EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. RESIDENTS OF NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
Local storm report, Jun 21, 3:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
325 PM CDT THU JUN 21 1990
TIME/CDT COUNTY EVENT
303 PM OSAGE LARGER THAN GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL JUST SOUTHWEST
OF BARTLESVILLE. REPORTED BY BARTLESVILLE EOC.Local storm report, Jun 21, 5:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 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, 1 hour 21 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.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Jun 21, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 57 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.