Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 31, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2009, 1:04 PM CDT for Franklin County, Arkansas. It was in force for 26 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
- Jun 12, 2009, 1:04 PM CDT (18:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2009, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Franklin County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 1:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Ozark, AR | |
| Jun 12, 1:14 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ozark, AR | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 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 121804
TORTSA
ARC047-121830-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0031.090612T1804Z-090612T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
104 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 130 PM CDT
* AT 104 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH OF
OZARK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WIEDERKEHR
VILLAGE.
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 3548 9387 3565 9383 3564 9369 3546 9369
3545 9370
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 278DEG 31KT 3555 9380
$$2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KTSA 121814 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 114 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009 ARC047-121830- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-090612T1830Z/ FRANKLIN AR- 114 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY... AT 114 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNTAIN TOP...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS && LAT...LON 3555 9376 3564 9375 3564 9369 3554 9370 TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 249DEG 28KT 3559 9371 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 121821 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 121 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009 ARC047-121831- /O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-090612T1830Z/ FRANKLIN AR- 121 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 130 PM CDT... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM. LAT...LON 3555 9376 3564 9375 3564 9369 3554 9370 TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 249DEG 28KT 3561 9365 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 11:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 54 min |
| Jun 12, 11:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Crawford, Madison, Washington | 54 min |
| Jun 12, 11:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 55 min |
| Jun 12, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 12:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington | 68 min |
| Jun 12, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 23 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.