Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 27, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2008, 6:42 PM CDT for Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 63 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 27, 2008, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2008, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Benton County, AR
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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 27, 6:54 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 W Hiwasse, AR | |
| Mar 27, 7:29 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Pea Ridge, 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 27, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 458 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KTSA 272342 TORTSA ARC007-280045- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0027.080327T2342Z-080328T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 642 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 639 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MAYSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...GRAVETTE... DECATUR...HIWASSE...BELLA VISTA...BENTONVILLE...PEA RIDGE... ROGERS...GARFIELD...GATEWAY AND WAR EAGLE. THIS STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS. 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 3624 9388 3634 9459 3651 9462 3650 9387 TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 276DEG 30KT 3643 9451 $$
5 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 280012
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
710 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
ARC007-280045-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-080328T0045Z/
BENTON AR-
710 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
BENTON COUNTY...
AT 709 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MILLER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
GOLF BALLS WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CENTERTON...
MILLER...BELLA VISTA...BENTONVILLE...PEA RIDGE...ROGERS...AVOCA...
MONTE NE...BEAVER LAKE...GARFIELD...LARUE...LOOKOUT...WAR EAGLE...
GATEWAY...HILL TOP...BLAND AND WALNUT HILL.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
LAT...LON 3646 9387 3643 9388 3624 9388 3638 9449
3650 9450 3650 9389
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 279DEG 21KT 3641 9429
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 280016 RRA
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
716 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
ARC007-280045-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-080328T0045Z/
BENTON AR-
716 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
BENTON COUNTY...
AT 712 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MILLER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BELLA VISTA...
BENTONVILLE...PEA RIDGE...ROGERS...AVOCA...BEAVER LAKE...GARFIELD...
LARUE...LOOKOUT...MONTE NE...WAR EAGLE...GATEWAY...HILL TOP...BLAND
AND WALNUT HILL.
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 3646 9387 3643 9388 3624 9388 3638 9449
3650 9450 3650 9389
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 279DEG 21KT 3640 9426
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 280029 RRA
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
729 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
ARC007-280045-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-080328T0045Z/
BENTON AR-
729 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY...
AT 726 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR PEA RIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...AVOCA...HILL
TOP...WALNUT HILL...GARFIELD...BEAVER LAKE...LARUE...LOOKOUT...WAR
EAGLE...GATEWAY AND BLAND.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
LAT...LON 3650 9389 3646 9387 3643 9388 3624 9388
3640 9430 3649 9425
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 276DEG 27KT 3642 9411
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 280036
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
736 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
ARC007-280045-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-080328T0045Z/
BENTON AR-
736 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY...
AT 734 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR AVOCA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HILL TOP...
WALNUT HILL...GARFIELD...GATEWAY...LARUE...BLAND...WAR EAGLE...BEAVER
LAKE AND LOOKOUT.
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 3650 9389 3646 9387 3643 9388 3624 9388
3641 9434 3650 9432
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 282DEG 57KT 3640 9408
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 280047
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
747 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
ARC007-280057-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-080328T0045Z/
BENTON AR-
747 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY EXPIRED AT 745
PM CDT...
LAT...LON 3650 9389 3646 9387 3643 9388 3624 9388
3641 9434 3650 9432
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 282DEG 57KT 3639 9408
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 60 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.