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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2009, 7:46 PM CDT for Sebastian County, Arkansas; LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 44 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
- Mar 27, 2009, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2009, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Sebastian County, AR, LeFlore County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 7:47 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Heavener, OK | REPORTED BY FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 12:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 416 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 280046
TORTSA
ARC131-OKC079-280130-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0007.090328T0046Z-090328T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
746 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
SOUTHWESTERN SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HEAVENER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HEAVENER...
HOWE...HARTFORD...CAMERON...MIDLAND...MANSFIELD AND HUNTINGTON.
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 3506 9422 3495 9434 3495 9437 3493 9439
3492 9444 3486 9444 3471 9461 3482 9478
3521 9451 3516 9434
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 217DEG 26KT 3485 9462
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 280100
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
800 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
ARC131-OKC079-280130-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090328T0130Z/
SEBASTIAN AR-LE FLORE OK-
800 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
LE FLORE AND SOUTHWESTERN SEBASTIAN COUNTIES...
AT 759 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF HOWE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PATTERSON...
HARTFORD...CAMERON...MANSFIELD...MIDLAND...HUNTINGTON...ARKOLA AND
ROCK ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
&&
LAT...LON 3506 9422 3495 9434 3495 9437 3493 9439
3492 9444 3486 9444 3489 9457 3494 9469
3521 9451 3516 9434
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 217DEG 26KT 3493 9453
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 280114
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
814 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
ARC131-OKC079-280130-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090328T0130Z/
SEBASTIAN AR-LE FLORE OK-
814 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
LE FLORE AND SOUTHWESTERN SEBASTIAN COUNTIES...
AT 813 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARTFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PATTERSON...
HARTFORD...MANSFIELD...MIDLAND...HUNTINGTON AND ARKOLA.
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 3492 9444 3498 9454 3519 9444 3516 9434
3506 9422 3495 9434 3495 9437 3493 9439
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 225DEG 23KT 3498 9444
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 280126
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
826 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
ARC131-OKC079-280136-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090328T0130Z/
SEBASTIAN AR-LE FLORE OK-
826 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LE FLORE AND SOUTHWESTERN
SEBASTIAN COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 830 PM CDT...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3492 9444 3498 9454 3519 9444 3516 9434
3506 9422 3495 9434 3495 9437 3493 9439
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 225DEG 23KT 3508 9442
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 5:03 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 17 hr |
| Mar 27, 7:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 50 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.