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Tornado Warning 91, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 10, 20084 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2008, 6:29 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 46 min. 3 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
May 10, 2008, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2008, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 10, 6:30 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Rogers, AR
May 10, 7:15 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGLookout, ARLIMBS BROKEN OUT OF TREES SCATTERED AROUND AREA.
May 10, 7:15 PM CDTHAIL 0.882 N Lookout, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 11:29 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 61 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2008-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2008-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 102329
TORTSA
ARC007-015-087-143-110015-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0091.080510T2329Z-080511T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
629 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
  NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
  NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LOWELL...  
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH. ANOTHER TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED JUST
  EAST OF DECATUR...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PEA RIDGE...
  HINDSVILLE...WAR EAGLE...GARFIELD...CLIFTY...GATEWAY...FORUM...
  MARBLE...EUREKA SPRINGS...BEAVER...GRANDVIEW...BERRYVILLE...
  URBANETTE AND OAK GROVE.

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 3649 9336 3614 9353 3605 9404 3629 9426
      3650 9410 3651 9342
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 241DEG 68KT 3629 9403

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 102339
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
639 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

ARC007-015-087-143-110015-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0091.000000T0000Z-080511T0015Z/
WASHINGTON AR-CARROLL AR-BENTON AR-MADISON AR-
639 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
MADISON...EASTERN BENTON...CARROLL AND NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON
COUNTIES...

AT 638 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF ROGERS...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM
AT ANY TIME.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LOWELL...
ROGERS...PEA RIDGE...MONTE NE...AVOCA...SONORA...HILL TOP...WALNUT
HILL...GARFIELD...LARUE...WAR EAGLE...GATEWAY...BLAND...LOOKOUT...
BEST...BEAVER LAKE...HINDSVILLE...BUSCH...CLIFTY...ROCKHOUSE...
ALABAM...MARBLE...FORUM...BEAVER...GRANDVIEW...URBANETTE...CABANAL...
METALTON...GREEN FOREST...EUREKA SPRINGS...BERRYVILLE...PLEASANT
RIDGE...OAK HILL AND OAK GROVE.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TENNIS 
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF NO UNDERGROUND 
SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR 
ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3649 9336 3614 9353 3613 9382 3618 9411
      3629 9426 3650 9410 3651 9342
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 267DEG 36KT 3632 9421

$$
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 102351 RRA
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
651 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

ARC007-015-087-143-110015-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0091.000000T0000Z-080511T0015Z/
WASHINGTON AR-CARROLL AR-BENTON AR-MADISON AR-
651 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
MADISON...EASTERN BENTON...CARROLL AND NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON
COUNTIES...

AT 646 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROGERS...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. THIS IS A
DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME. 
ANOTHER STORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED NORTH OF HIGHFILL...ALSO MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...GARFIELD...WAR
EAGLE...LARUE...BLAND...LOOKOUT...GATEWAY...BEST...HINDSVILLE...
BEAVER LAKE...CLIFTY...BUSCH...BEAVER...FORUM...EUREKA SPRINGS...
ALABAM...ROCKHOUSE...OAK HILL...PLEASANT RIDGE...GRANDVIEW...
URBANETTE...CABANAL...METALTON...GREEN FOREST...BERRYVILLE AND OAK
GROVE.

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 3649 9336 3614 9353 3613 9382 3618 9411
      3629 9426 3650 9410 3651 9342
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 262DEG 49KT 3636 9398

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 12:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Washington52 min
May 10, 1:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll, Madison, Washington61 min
May 10, 1:32 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACarroll, Madison, Washington43 min
May 10, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington65 min
May 10, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Sebastian57 min
May 10, 3:23 PM CDTWind AdvisoryTSABenton, Carroll, Madison, Washington19 hr
May 10, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington66 min
May 10, 5:52 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton53 min
May 10, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford59 min
May 10, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton, Washington40 min
May 10, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington45 min
May 10, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton30 min
May 10, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington63 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.