Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 337, NWS Tulsa, OK
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 4:21 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Van Buren, AR | Isolated 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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 LATIMERLocal 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 LATIMERLocal 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 WILBURTONLocal 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 WILBURTONLocal 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 MUSKOGEELocal 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 MUSKOGEEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 46 min |
| Oct 25, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 34 min |
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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.