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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 26, 2000Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2000, 8:33 PM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 42 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
May 26, 2000, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2000, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Madison County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2000-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1527 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 2000-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 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
1527 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1270 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
10.2

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The text

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

662 
WFUS54 KTSA 270134
TORTUL
ARC087-270215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
833 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 833 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG  
ROTATION 4 MILES NORTH OF PETTIGREW. MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH... THIS 
DANGEROUS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...  WITTER...
  BOSTON AND PETTIGREW

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

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

CALL 1-800-722-2778 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3597 9370 3578 9370 3573 9312 3596 9311

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington53 min
May 26, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian40 min
May 26, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin48 min
May 26, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington45 min
May 27, 12:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Madison4 hr

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.