Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2007, 10:27 AM CST for Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 63 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
- Feb 24, 2007, 10:27 AM CST (16:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2007, 11:30 AM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Franklin County, AR, Sebastian County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:30 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 8:47 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 1205 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 552 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 411 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 241627
TORTSA
ARC047-131-241730-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0001.070224T1627Z-070224T1730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1027 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 1130 AM CST
* AT 1025 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF
BURNVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BURNVILLE...
BARLING...WASHBURN...BLOOMER...LAVACA...FORT CHAFFEE...BRANCH...
OZARK...DENNING...ALTUS...WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE AND CASS.
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 3539 9371 3540 9379 3532 9381 3532 9390
3523 9394 3525 9401 3516 9405 3509 9424
3503 9424 3496 9437 3530 9440 3535 9433
3538 9414 3543 9414 3548 9403 3556 9403
3576 9370
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 241644
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1044 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
ARC047-131-241730-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070224T1730Z/
SEBASTIAN AR-FRANKLIN AR-
1044 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CST FOR FRANKLIN
AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES...
AT 1042 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TONEY TO BRANCH TO 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CROSSROADS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CECIL...
LONELM...CRAVENS...MEG...JETHRO...OZARK...WATALULA...TURNERS BEND...
BARNES...PARADISE...ALTUS...DENNING...WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE...ALIX...
CASS...REDDING...MOUNTAIN TOP AND TAFT.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
LAT...LON 3539 9371 3540 9379 3532 9381 3532 9390
3523 9394 3525 9401 3516 9405 3505 9423
3536 9421 3538 9414 3543 9414 3548 9403
3556 9403 3576 9370
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 241659
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1059 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
ARC131-241709-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070224T1730Z/
SEBASTIAN AR-
1059 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SEBASTIAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OF THE
COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3539 9371 3540 9379 3532 9381 3532 9390
3523 9394 3525 9402 3573 9395 3576 9370
$$
ARC047-241730-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070224T1730Z/
FRANKLIN AR-
1059 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CST FOR FRANKLIN
COUNTY...
AT 1055 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CASS TO WIEDERKEHR
VILLAGE TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF BRANCH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MOUNTAIN TOP...
ALTUS...TAFT...DENNING AND ALIX.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
LAT...LON 3539 9371 3540 9379 3532 9381 3532 9390
3523 9394 3525 9402 3573 9395 3576 9370
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 241726
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1126 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
ARC047-241736-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070224T1730Z/
FRANKLIN AR-
1126 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1130 AM CST...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST.
LAT...LON 3539 9371 3540 9379 3532 9381 3532 9390
3523 9394 3525 9402 3573 9395 3576 9370
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 6:01 PM CST | Wind Advisory | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 34 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:03 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 16 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 10:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 11:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.