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Tornado Warning 74, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2008, 1:32 PM CDT for Carroll County, Madison County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 43 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
- May 10, 2008, 1:32 PM CDT (18:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2008, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 1:38 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Huntsville, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 11:29 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 1161 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 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 101832 TORTSA ARC015-087-143-101915- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0074.080510T1832Z-080510T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 132 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS * UNTIL 215 PM CDT * AT 129 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES EAST OF ELKINS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WESLEY... HINDSVILLE...JAPTON...HUNTSVILLE...AURORA...WITTER...FORUM AND MARBLE. 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 3623 9352 3591 9353 3592 9401 3612 9402 TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 259DEG 40KT 3600 9393 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KTSA 101841 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 140 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ARC015-087-143-101915- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-080510T1915Z/ WASHINGTON AR-CARROLL AR-MADISON AR- 140 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL MADISON...SOUTHERN CARROLL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 138 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WESLEY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...GEORGETOWN... HINDSVILLE...JAPTON...HUNTSVILLE...AURORA...WITTER...HARMONY... FORUM...ALABAM...MARBLE AND KINGSTON. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL ACROSS CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3623 9352 3591 9353 3592 9401 3612 9402 TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 259DEG 40KT 3600 9386 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 101857 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 157 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ARC143-101907- /O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-080510T1915Z/ WASHINGTON AR- 157 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3623 9352 3591 9353 3594 9376 3616 9377 TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 266DEG 40KT 3599 9364 $$ ARC015-087-101915- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-080510T1915Z/ CARROLL AR-MADISON AR- 157 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL MADISON AND SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTIES... AT 155 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AURORA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MARBLE. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3623 9352 3591 9353 3594 9376 3616 9377 TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 266DEG 40KT 3599 9364 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 101916 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 216 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ARC015-087-101926- /O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-080510T1915Z/ CARROLL AR-MADISON AR- 216 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MADISON AND SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 215 PM CDT... 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 7 PM. LAT...LON 3623 9352 3591 9353 3594 9376 3616 9377 TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 266DEG 40KT 3599 9364 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 52 min |
| May 10, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison, Washington | 61 min |
| May 10, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 65 min |
| May 10, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 57 min |
| May 10, 3:23 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 19 hr |
| May 10, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 66 min |
| May 10, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 53 min |
| May 10, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 59 min |
| May 10, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 40 min |
| May 10, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 46 min |
| May 10, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 45 min |
| May 10, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 30 min |
| May 10, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington | 63 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.