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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 2, 2000Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2000, 9:02 PM CST for Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2000, 9:02 PM CST (03:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2000, 9:45 PM CST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Franklin County, AR, Sebastian County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 00:00Z on 2000-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2000-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2442 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
576 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.

227 
WUUS54 KTSA 030304
SVRTUL
ARC047-131-030345-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
902 PM CST THU MAR 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
  EASTERN SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 945 PM CST

* AT 902 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LAVACA TO 
  BLOOMER TO MILLTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WINDS UP TO 65 MPH
  MAY OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...BLOOMER...
  FT CHAFFEE...BURNVILLE...WASHBURN...LAVACA...GREENWOOD...ALTUS...
  DENNING...BRANCH...ALIX AND MILLTOWN
 

LAT...LON 3542 9431 3527 9424 3504 9423 3509 9344
          3532 9345 3548 9351

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.