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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 4, 2004Crawford County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 4, 2004, 6:01 PM CST for Crawford County, Arkansas. It was in force for 29 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 4, 2004, 6:01 PM CST (00:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 2004, 6:30 PM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crawford County, AR

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 4, 2:05 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 2004-03-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 2004-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 315 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-341 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
965 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
315 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
376 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.

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 050001
TORTUL
ARC033-050030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
600 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 600 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER
  CHESTER. THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MOUNTAINBURG
  AND CHESTER.

THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT.

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

LAT...LON 3574 9423 3559 9417 3573 9390 3578 9398

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 6:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll66 min
Mar 4, 6:37 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAMadison38 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 2004Every tornado warning in 2004Tornadoes in 2004

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.