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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2008, 10:49 PM CDT for Crawford County, Franklin County, Arkansas. It was in force for 41 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
- Apr 9, 2008, 10:49 PM CDT (03:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2008, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 10:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Rudy, AR | LARGE BROKEN TREE LIMBS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 9, 10:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 315 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 393 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 100349
TORTSA
ARC033-047-100430-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0056.080410T0349Z-080410T0430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1049 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 1046 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF
RUDY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...RUDY...DYER...
MOUNTAINBURG...CHESTER AND FERN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 21.
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 3575 9418 3575 9403 3565 9393 3537 9425
3548 9442
TIME...MOT...LOC 0349Z 220DEG 27KT 3550 9426
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 100416
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1116 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008
ARC033-047-100430-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080410T0430Z/
CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-
1116 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES...
AT 1113 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR LOCKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED
COUNTIES.
NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS - TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A
SAFE PLACE
LAT...LON 3575 9418 3575 9403 3565 9393 3537 9425
3548 9442
TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 225DEG 30KT 3566 9405
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 100428
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1128 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008
ARC033-047-100438-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080410T0430Z/
CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-
1128 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND CRAWFORD
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1130 PM CDT...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM.
LAT...LON 3575 9418 3575 9403 3565 9393 3537 9425
3548 9442
TIME...MOT...LOC 0428Z 225DEG 30KT 3573 9396
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 44 min |
| Apr 9, 8:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 4 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 9:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin | 4 hr |
| Apr 9, 9:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 3 days |
| Apr 9, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 58 min |
| Apr 9, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 10:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 8 hr |
| Apr 9, 11:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 4 hr |
| Apr 9, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 70 min |
| Apr 9, 11:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 50 min |
| Apr 9, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 59 min |
| Apr 10, 1:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 12 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford | 30 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 34 min |
| Apr 10, 3:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 94 min |
| Apr 10, 5:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 88 min |
| Apr 10, 5:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 53 min |
| Apr 10, 5:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Madison | 54 min |
| Apr 10, 6:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 6:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 6:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 25 min |
| Apr 10, 8:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Carroll | 20 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:34 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 7 hr |
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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.