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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 24, 2002Crawford County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2002, 11:11 PM CST for Crawford County, Arkansas. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 24, 2002, 11:11 PM CST (05:11 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2002, 12:00 AM CST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crawford County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:15 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 24, 9:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2002-03-25Temperature 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 2002-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 261 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
496 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 250511
SVRTUL
ARC033-250600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1111 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST

* AT 1111 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF NATURAL DAM...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MULBERRY...
  MOUNTAINBURG...CEDARVILLE...NATURAL DAM...CHESTER...FIGURE FIVE...
  RUDY AND LEE CREEK.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN
THE WARNED AREA. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.

LAT...LON 3575 9453 3551 9452 3550 9404 3576 9398

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 Mar 24, 9:16 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 9:16 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
916 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002

STG TO SVR TS CONTINUING INVOF OF SFC CDFNT THAT EXTNDS FM A
BVO-TUL-SNL LINE. GOLF BALL TO QUARTER SIZE HAS BEEN COMMON WITH
SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. FA IN AREA OF FAVORABLE JET DYNAMICS
WITH DIVERGENCE ALOFT. LLVL JET WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO INCREASE
ACROSS THE AREA. WL UPDATE ZONES SHORTLY TO REFLECT HIGHER PRECIP
CHANCES ACROSS THE SOUTH AND EAST AND FOR WATCH #34.

FCSTID = 10

.TSA...
AR...NONE.
OK...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 24, 9:07 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
907 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0905 PM    BEARDEN                   OK   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02   OKFUSKEE                       REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

MANNING
Local storm report, Mar 24, 9:38 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
938 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0905 PM    5 S HENRYETTA             OK   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02   OKMULGEE                       REPORTED BY SPOTTERS.

0920 PM    WYNONA                    OK   .75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02   OSAGE                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO.

0915 PM    GRAYSON                   OK   .75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02   OKMULGEE                       2 INCHES OF DIME SIZED
                                          HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTERS.

MANNING
Local storm report, Mar 24, 9:47 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
947 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0940 PM    3 SW CHECOTAH             OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/24/02   MCINTOSH                       REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

0940 PM    PORTER                    OK   .75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02   WAGONER                        REPORTED BY HAM RADIO.

MANNING
Local storm report, Mar 24, 9:50 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
950 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0905 PM    BEARDEN                   OK   2.75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02   OKFUSKEE                       REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

MANNING
Local storm report, Mar 24, 9:58 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
958 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0957 PM    2 S EUFAULA               OK   .75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02   MCINTOSH                       REPORTED BY HAM RADIO.

MANNING
Local storm report, Mar 24, 10:04 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1004 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0957 PM    5 NE CANADIAN             OK   .75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02   PITTSBURG                      REPORTED ON THE COUNTY
                                          LINE BRIDGE BY HAM RADIO.

MANNING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 1:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison, Washington59 min
Mar 25, 7:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Sebastian34 min
Mar 25, 10:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin19 min
Mar 25, 1:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Sebastian43 min
Mar 25, 1:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin45 min
Mar 25, 4:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.