Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 11, 2006, 9:36 PM CST for Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 51 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 11, 2006, 9:36 PM CST (03:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2006, 10:27 PM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sebastian County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 9:42 PM CST | HAIL 4.25 | Excelsior, AR | |
| Mar 11, 9:49 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Greenwood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 6:49 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 282 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3397 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KTSA 120336 TORTSA ARC131-120430- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0008.060312T0336Z-060312T0430Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 936 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS * UNTIL 1030 PM CST * AT 934 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIDLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...EXCELSIOR... JENNY LIND...GREENWOOD...BURNVILLE...BLOOMER AND LAVACA. 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 LAT...LON 3518 9444 3502 9445 3517 9409 3542 9408 $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KTSA 120342 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 942 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ARC047-120430- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060312T0430Z/ FRANKLIN AR- 942 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CST FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY... AT 938 PM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION...INDICATING A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME. STORM SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS STORM AS IT WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TONEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...OZARK... JETHRO...ALTUS...WATALULA...WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE...PARADISE...BARNES... MOUNTAIN TOP AND TAFT. NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS - TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE LAT...LON 3555 9401 3545 9399 3542 9370 3570 9370 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 120349 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 948 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ARC131-120430- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060312T0430Z/ SEBASTIAN AR- 948 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CST FOR SEBASTIAN COUNTY... AT 947 PM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION...INDICATING A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF EXCELSIOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...GREENWOOD... BURNVILLE...LAVACA...BLOOMER AND URSULA. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR EXCELSIOR AND MAY ALSO PRODUCE DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3519 9437 3513 9439 3517 9409 3542 9408 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 120358 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 958 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ARC131-120430- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060312T0430Z/ SEBASTIAN AR- 958 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CST FOR SEBASTIAN COUNTY... AT 955 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BURNVILLE... BLOOMER...LAVACA AND URSULA. NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS - TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE LAT...LON 3522 9434 3516 9432 3517 9409 3542 9408 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 120417 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1018 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ARC131-120430- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060312T0430Z/ SEBASTIAN AR- 1018 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CST FOR SEBASTIAN COUNTY... AT 1016 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF URSULA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. 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 LAT...LON 3533 9421 3529 9418 3529 9408 3542 9408 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 120427 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1027 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ARC131-120437- /O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060312T0430Z/ SEBASTIAN AR- 1027 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SEBASTIAN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3533 9421 3529 9418 3529 9408 3542 9408 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 7:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 31 min |
| Mar 11, 8:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 57 min |
| Mar 11, 8:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 53 min |
| Mar 11, 8:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 54 min |
| Mar 11, 9:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 76 min |
| Mar 11, 9:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Franklin | 64 min |
| Mar 11, 9:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 44 min |
| Mar 11, 10:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 35 min |
| Mar 11, 10:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Franklin | 51 min |
| Mar 12, 12:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 62 min |
| Mar 12, 12:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 31 min |
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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.