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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

February 25, 2000Sebastian County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Feb 25, 2000, 11:22 PM CST for Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 25, 2000, 11:22 PM CST (05:22 UTC)
Expired
Feb 26, 2000, 12:15 AM CST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Sebastian County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 2000-02-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 234 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 00:00Z on 2000-02-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
234 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
868 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 260523
TORTUL
ARC131-260615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1122 PM CST FRI FEB 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1215 AM CST

* AT 1122 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
  ROTATION 4 MILES SOUTH OF HACKETT. MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH...
  THIS DANGEROUS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...  BLOOMER...
  JENNY LIND...FT CHAFFEE...BONANZA...EXCELSIOR...BURNVILLE...
  MIDLAND...LAVACA...GREENWOOD AND HACKETT

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GO TO A SAFE
PLACE NOW!

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 25, 11:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian61 min
Feb 26, 1:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.