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Tornado Warning 97, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2008, 7:35 PM CDT for Carroll County, Arkansas. It was in force for 15 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2008, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2008, 7:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Carroll County, AR
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 1049 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 343 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KTSA 110035
TORTSA
ARC015-110100-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0097.080511T0035Z-080511T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
735 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF
DENVER...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...DENVER.
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 3648 9328 3635 9328 3634 9329 3635 9346
3650 9344 3651 9330
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 264DEG 41KT 3639 9334
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KTSA 110050
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
750 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
ARC015-110100-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0097.000000T0000Z-080511T0100Z/
CARROLL AR-
750 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST CARROLL COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 3648 9328 3635 9328 3634 9329 3635 9346
3650 9344 3651 9330
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 264DEG 41KT 3641 9313
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin | 67 min |
| May 10, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.