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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2009, 7:52 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 38 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
- Oct 8, 2009, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2009, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 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 Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 7:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sonora, AR | TREES DOWNED BY WIND. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -367 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KTSA 090052 TORTSA ARC007-015-087-143-090130- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0037.091009T0052Z-091009T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 752 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 749 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ANYWHERE ALONG LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAR EAGLE TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WAR EAGLE... ELKINS...HINDSVILLE...WESLEY...CLIFTY...FORUM...JAPTON... HUNTSVILLE...AURORA...WITTER...MARBLE...KINGSTON...RULE...RUDD AND GREEN FOREST. 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 3637 9338 3590 9358 3595 9425 3633 9406 TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 274DEG 31KT 3624 9398 3603 9409 $$
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 090105
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
805 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009
ARC007-015-087-143-090130-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-091009T0130Z/
WASHINGTON AR-CARROLL AR-BENTON AR-MADISON AR-
805 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
MADISON...EASTERN BENTON...SOUTHERN CARROLL AND NORTHEASTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 802 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF TORNADOES.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LOOKOUT TO
MAYFIELD TO BLACK OAK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE STRONGEST CIRCULATION WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF ELKINS...MOVING
EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HINDSVILLE...
ELKINS...CLIFTY...TUTTLE...DURHAM...WESLEY...FORUM...ROCKHOUSE...
HUNTSVILLE...HARMONY...ALABAM...GEORGETOWN...JAPTON...MARBLE...
WITTER...KINGSTON...AURORA...RULE...CABANAL...CONNOR...RUDD...
METALTON...DRYFORK AND GREEN FOREST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
&&
LAT...LON 3637 9338 3590 9358 3595 9425 3633 9406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 274DEG 31KT 3630 9381 3612 9389
3601 9403
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 090125
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
825 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009
ARC007-143-090134-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-091009T0130Z/
WASHINGTON AR-BENTON AR-
825 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN BENTON AND NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3590 9358 3594 9394 3609 9394 3624 9389
3624 9386 3629 9387 3634 9385 3637 9338
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 263DEG 26KT 3627 9359 3612 9372
3598 9382
$$
ARC015-087-090130-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-091009T0130Z/
CARROLL AR-MADISON AR-
825 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
MADISON AND SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTIES...
AT 821 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ROCKHOUSE TO
HUNTSVILLE TO GEORGETOWN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE STRONGEST PORTION OF THIS LINE WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF
ROCKHOUSE.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...JAPTON...
ALABAM...HARMONY...CABANAL...MARBLE...WITTER...KINGSTON...AURORA...
RULE...CONNOR...RUDD...METALTON...DRYFORK AND GREEN FOREST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
&&
LAT...LON 3590 9358 3594 9394 3609 9394 3624 9389
3624 9386 3629 9387 3634 9385 3637 9338
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 263DEG 26KT 3627 9359 3612 9372
3598 9382
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 39 min |
| Oct 8, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 27 min |
| Oct 8, 8:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 14 hr |
| Oct 8, 9:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 13 hr |
| Oct 8, 10:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Franklin | 40 min |
| Oct 9, 12:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 10 hr |
| Oct 9, 9:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 29 hr |
| Oct 9, 10:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 9, 3:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Washington | 27 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.