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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Tulsa, OK

September 23, 1993Franklin County, Johnson County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 23, 1993, 6:10 PM CDT for Franklin County, Johnson County, Arkansas. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 23, 1993, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 1993, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, AR, Johnson County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 1993-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1898 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 1993-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 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
1898 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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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 Sep 23, 3:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 3:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
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Sources

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