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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 337, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 25, 1997Crawford County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 25, 1997, 4:05 PM CDT for Crawford 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
Oct 25, 1997, 4:05 PM CDT (21:05 UTC)
Expired
Oct 25, 1997, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Crawford County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 25, 4:21 PM CDTHail 0.75Van Buren, ARIsolated severe thunderstorms developed in Crawford and Sebastian Counties of northwest Arkansas during the afternoon of Octover 25th. A small tornado touched down briefly at 1505CST near Hackett. No structural damage occurred with this F0 tornado. Dime size h

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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 25, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 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 1997-10-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-10-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
500 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 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 KTUL 252106 RRA
SVRTUL
ARC033-252130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
405 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY
 
AT 404 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR FT.
SMITH. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT AREAS
ALONG INTERSTATE 40...INCLUDING ALMA..DYER AND MULBERRY THROUGH 430 PM.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOE&S WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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 Oct 25, 4:01 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 25, 4:01 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
400 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 1997

TRIED MY BEST TO KEEP SOME CONTINUITY FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST.
THUS...SHRUGGED OFF THE NGM AND BASICALLY FOLLOWED THE ETA.  SURFACE
LOW TO TRACK ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA TONIGHT THEN INTO NORTHEAST
ARKANSAS BY TOMORROW MORNING AND INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS BY TOMORROW
EVENING.  MEANWHILE...UPPER LOW FOLLOWS A SIMILAR PATH ALTHOUGH IT
LAGS BEHIND BY ABOUT 12 HOURS.  ALTHOUGH BULK OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL
MOVE OUT OF THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON COULD BE MORE FORMING ALONG
THE SURGE OF COLDER AIR THIS EVENING.  WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE
UPPER LOW SHOULD SEE PLENTY OF WRAP AROUND CLOUDS TOMORROW.  THIS AND
STRONG COLD ADVECTION WILL LEAD TO NEARLY STEADY OR SLOWLY FALLING
TEMPERATURES.  TO GO ALONG WITH THE CLOUDS THERE COULD BE SOME RAIN.
THIS RAIN MAY MIX WITH OR CHANCE TO SNOW OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND OVER FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TOMORROW EVENING
AS THE 0C 8H LINE AND 540 1000-500 THICKNESS LINES PUSH THEIR WAY
INTO THE AREA.  AFTER THE WRAP AROUND CLOUDS MOVE OUT OF THE AREA
TOMORROW NIGHT WILL LIKELY SEE SOME RATHER COLD MINS MONDAY MORNING.
FREEZE WARNINGS ARE LIKELY TOMORROW NIGHT AND IF NOT TOMORROW NIGHT
MONDAY NIGHT. LOOKING AHEAD TO THE EXTENDED PERIODS SHOULD SEE RATHER
PLEASANT FALL LIKE WEATHER.

FCSTID = 17
TUL   45  45  28  53 /  30  30  10   0
FSM   48  48  33  55 /  70  30  30   0
MLC   47  47  30  55 /  30  30  10   0
BVO   41  43  26  53 /  30  30  10   0
FYV   47  47  32  50 /  70  30  30   0
IDB   50  50  33  57 /  60  30  30   0
BYV   47  47  32  50 /  70  30  30   0
MIO   44  47  28  50 /  30  30  30   0
MKO   45  45  28  53 /  30  30  10   0
F10   45  45  28  53 /  30  30  10   0

.TUL...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.

ABBAS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 25, 2:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
237 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0225 PM    WILBURTON                 OK   1 INCH HAIL
10/25/97   LATIMER

0229 PM    WILBURTON                 OK   .75 INCH HAIL
10/25/97   LATIMER
Local storm report, Oct 25, 2:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
237 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0225 PM    WILBURTON                 OK   1 INCH HAIL
10/25/97   LATIMER

0229 PM    WILBURTON                 OK   .75 INCH HAIL
10/25/97   LATIMER
Local storm report, Oct 25, 2:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
242 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0230 PM    3 SE WILBURTON            OK   WIND DAMAGE
10/25/97   LATIMER                        TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN 3
                                          SE OF WILBURTON
Local storm report, Oct 25, 2:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
242 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0230 PM    3 SE WILBURTON            OK   WIND DAMAGE
10/25/97   LATIMER                        TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN 3
                                          SE OF WILBURTON
Local storm report, Oct 25, 2:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
256 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0247 PM (   MUSKOGEE                  OK   1.75 INCH HAIL
10/25/97   MUSKOGEE
Local storm report, Oct 25, 2:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
256 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0247 PM    MUSKOGEE                  OK   1.75 INCH HAIL
10/25/97   MUSKOGEE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 25, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian46 min
Oct 25, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASebastian34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.