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Tornado Warning 87, NWS Tulsa, OK

November 10, 1998Crawford County, Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 1998, 12:50 AM CST for Crawford County, Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 40 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Nov 10, 1998, 12:50 AM CST (06:50 UTC)
Expired: Nov 10, 1998, 1:30 AM CST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Sebastian County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 10, 12:50 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Alma, AR	Several 2-inch diameter tree limbs blown down.
Nov 10, 1:00 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Charleston, AR	A barn was destroyed north of Charleston. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down throughout Franklin County.
Nov 10, 1:00 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Vesta, AR	There were quite a few reports of damage from the greater Vesta area. Specific reports follow:- Just northwest of Vesta, two windows were blown out of a house. A shed was blown over. A large oak tree was uprooted, and several other trees were heavily damage
Nov 10, 1:10 AM CST	Tornado F0	Ozark, AR	A brief F0 tornado touched down just north of the Arkansas River. Two houses received minor damage, and numerous trees and power lines were blown down.

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
Nov 9, 11:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -341 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 524 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 505 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 565 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.

787 
WFUS54 KTSA 100651 RRA
TORTUL
ARC033-047-131-100730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1250 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
     FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 130 AM CST

* AT 1249 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
  STRONG ROTATION OVER BARLING. MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES
  PER HOUR...THIS   DANGEROUS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY 
  TIME.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...  DYER...
  ALMA...VAN BUREN...BLOOMER...CAMP CHAFFEE...JENNY LIND...LAVACA...
  BARLING...FORT SMITH...FERN...VESTA AND MULBERRY

STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS AND WIND DAMAGE ACROSS LE 
FLORE COUNTY AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF FORT SMITH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY MAKE THIS TORNADO INVISIBLE - TAKE COVER NOW IF
YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO
A SAFE PLACE.

NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS - TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A
SAFE PLACE

LAT...LON 3535 9457 3522 9442 3535 9388 3567 9399

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 9, 11:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Washington	51 min
Nov 10, 12:15 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Sebastian	45 min
Nov 10, 12:15 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Crawford	45 min
Nov 10, 12:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison	55 min
Nov 10, 12:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	55 min
Nov 10, 12:22 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Washington	38 min
Nov 10, 1:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll, Madison	34 min
Nov 10, 1:25 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Franklin	20 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.