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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Tulsa, OK

September 22, 2006Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Sep 22, 2006, 3:37 PM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Sep 22, 2006, 3:37 PM CDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired: Sep 22, 2006, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Madison County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 22, 3:40 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	2 N Saint Paul, AR

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 22, 12:06 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 103 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 409 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 311 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 363 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 8.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 222038
TORTSA
ARC087-222115-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0063.060922T2037Z-060922T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
337 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 334 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR AURORA    
  AND 5 MILES WEST OF SAINT PAUL...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WITTER...
  SAINT PAUL...PETTIGREW...KINGSTON AND BOSTON.

IF YOU ARE 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 3609 9372 3581 9395 3578 9351 3614 9347

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 222052
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
352 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

ARC087-222115-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-060922T2115Z/
MADISON AR-
352 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR MADISON
COUNTY...

AT 351 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE STORMS 
WERE LOCATED NEAR KINGSTON AND BOSTON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WEATHERS AND RED
STAR.

IF YOU ARE 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 3611 9359 3586 9373 3578 9351 3614 9347

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 222113
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
413 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

ARC015-222123-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0470.000000T0000Z-060922T2130Z/
CARROLL AR-
413 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CARROLL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM.

LAT...LON 3649 9363 3633 9331 3613 9338 3613 9330
      3649 9331

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 22, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford	43 min
Sep 22, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	38 min
Sep 22, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison	55 min
Sep 22, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll	48 min
Sep 22, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford	62 min
Sep 22, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	55 min
Sep 22, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison	63 min
Sep 22, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Franklin	62 min
Sep 22, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton	45 min
Sep 22, 5:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Madison	37 min
Sep 22, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Franklin	50 min
Sep 22, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison	14 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.