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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2009, 7:43 PM CDT for Crawford County, Franklin County, Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 33 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
- Apr 9, 2009, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2009, 8:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:57 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Combs, AR | SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN |
| Apr 9, 7:57 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Combs, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 1:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 440 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 474 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KTSA 100043
TORTSA
ARC033-047-087-100130-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0016.090410T0043Z-090410T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
743 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 741 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SAINT PAUL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SAINT PAUL...
PETTIGREW AND BOSTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3577 9352 3576 9368 3572 9368 3565 9405
3573 9407 3577 9400 3576 9397 3578 9396
3596 9361
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 248DEG 35KT 3571 9401
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 100053
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
753 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009
ARC033-100104-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090410T0130Z/
CRAWFORD AR-
753 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3573 9385 3580 9389 3596 9361 3577 9352
3576 9368 3572 9368
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 248DEG 35KT 3577 9385
$$
ARC047-087-100130-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090410T0130Z/
FRANKLIN AR-MADISON AR-
753 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
MADISON AND NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES...
AT 753 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR COMBS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...COMBS...
BRASHEARS...SAINT PAUL...DUTTON...PETTIGREW AND BOSTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3573 9385 3580 9389 3596 9361 3577 9352
3576 9368 3572 9368
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 248DEG 35KT 3577 9385
$$000 WWUS54 KTSA 100108 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 808 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009 ARC047-100118- /O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090410T0130Z/ FRANKLIN AR- 808 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3577 9371 3584 9374 3596 9361 3577 9352 TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 251DEG 31KT 3582 9369 $$ ARC087-100130- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090410T0130Z/ MADISON AR- 808 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY... AT 807 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DUTTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PETTIGREW AND BOSTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3577 9371 3584 9374 3596 9361 3577 9352 TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 251DEG 31KT 3582 9369 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 100116 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 816 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009 ARC087-100126- /O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090410T0130Z/ MADISON AR- 816 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM. LAT...LON 3577 9371 3584 9374 3596 9361 3577 9352 TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 251DEG 31KT 3584 9361 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 48 min |
| Apr 9, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 2:48 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 18 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.