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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 11, 1992Crawford County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 1992, 3:36 PM CDT for Crawford County, Arkansas. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 1992, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 1992, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Crawford County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1992-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 254 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1992-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
254 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFSM 112036
TORFSM
ARC033-112130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR
336 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT SMITH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEECREEK. THE
STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. MOUNTAINBURG IS IN THE PATH OF
THE STORM.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET 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.

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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.