Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 3:27 AM CST for Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 48 min. 6 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 1, 2007, 3:27 AM CST (09:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2007, 4:15 AM CST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Crawford County, AR, Sebastian County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:28 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 1, 3:38 AM CST | HAIL 0.88 | Fort Smith, AR | |
| Mar 1, 3:40 AM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Fort Smith, AR | |
| Mar 1, 3:41 AM CST | HAIL 1 | Fort Smith, AR | |
| Mar 1, 3:44 AM CST | HAIL 0.88 | Van Buren, AR | |
| Mar 1, 3:52 AM CST | HAIL 1 | Alma, AR | |
| Mar 1, 3:55 AM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Kibler, 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 1, 1:32 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1189 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KTSA 010927 TORTSA ARC033-131-011015- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0003.070301T0927Z-070301T1015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 327 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS * UNTIL 415 AM CST * AT 324 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT SMITH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...FORT SMITH... BARLING...VAN BUREN...LAVACA...RUDY...ALMA AND DYER. 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 3547 9444 3530 9445 3531 9406 3566 9405 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KTSA 010946 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 346 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ARC033-131-011015- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070301T1015Z/ SEBASTIAN AR-CRAWFORD AR- 346 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CST FOR CRAWFORD AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES... AT 341 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF VAN BUREN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. QUARTER SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LAVACA... KIBLER...CONCORD...RUDY...ALMA...URSULA AND DYER. NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS - TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE LAT...LON 3545 9442 3533 9444 3531 9406 3566 9405 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 011000 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 359 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ARC131-011009- /O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070301T1015Z/ SEBASTIAN AR- 359 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SEBASTIAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3551 9428 3539 9428 3539 9410 3566 9405 $$ ARC033-011015- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070301T1015Z/ CRAWFORD AR- 359 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CST FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY... AT 359 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DYER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN KIBLER. THE WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS LAT...LON 3551 9428 3539 9428 3539 9410 3566 9405 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 011014 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 415 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ARC033-011025- /O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070301T1015Z/ CRAWFORD AR- 415 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY EXPIRES AT 415 AM CST... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3551 9428 3539 9428 3539 9410 3566 9405 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 41 min |
| Mar 1, 3:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 45 min |
| Mar 1, 3:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 80 min |
| Mar 1, 3:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Franklin | 58 min |
| Mar 1, 4:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 57 min |
| Mar 1, 4:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 24 min |
| Mar 1, 4:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll | 28 min |
| Mar 1, 4:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 21 min |
| Mar 1, 4:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 36 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.