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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Dec 31, 2010, 7:59 AM CST for Crawford County, Madison County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 31 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
- Dec 31, 2010, 7:59 AM CST (13:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2010, 8:30 AM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crawford County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 1:03 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Dec 31, 7:29 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 764 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 535 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 546 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.9
- Supercell composite
- 10.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
394 WFUS54 KTSA 311359 TORTSA ARC033-087-143-311430- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0049.101231T1359Z-101231T1430Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 759 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS * UNTIL 830 AM CST * AT 755 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF BLACKBURN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... BLACKBURN...BRENTWOOD...ELKINS AND WINSLOW. 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 3607 9402 3592 9381 3567 9423 3576 9434 TIME...MOT...LOC 1359Z 225DEG 45KT 3575 9421 $$ LACY
1 follow-up statement
029 WWUS54 KTSA 311407 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 807 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ARC033-311417- /O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-101231T1430Z/ CRAWFORD AR- 807 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3576 9408 3576 9434 3607 9402 3592 9381 TIME...MOT...LOC 1407Z 225DEG 38KT 3579 9415 $$ ARC087-143-311430- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-101231T1430Z/ WASHINGTON AR-MADISON AR- 807 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 AM CST FOR WESTERN MADISON AND SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 805 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR WINSLOW... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WINSLOW... WOOLSEY...BRENTWOOD...WYOLA...ARNETT...HICKS...BLACK OAK...SULPHUR CITY...CROSSES...DURHAM...ELKINS AND TUTTLE. 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 3576 9408 3576 9434 3607 9402 3592 9381 TIME...MOT...LOC 1407Z 225DEG 38KT 3579 9415 $$ LACY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 9:28 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 32 min |
| Dec 30, 9:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 30 min |
| Dec 30, 9:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 27 min |
| Dec 30, 10:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 45 min |
| Dec 30, 10:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Madison | 31 min |
| Dec 30, 10:32 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 43 min |
| Dec 30, 10:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 42 min |
| Dec 30, 10:55 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 35 min |
| Dec 30, 11:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 51 min |
| Dec 31, 5:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 51 min |
| Dec 31, 5:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 50 min |
| Dec 31, 6:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 30 min |
| Dec 31, 6:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 33 min |
| Dec 31, 6:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 23 min |
| Dec 31, 6:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 25 min |
| Dec 31, 6:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Madison, Washington | 25 min |
| Dec 31, 7:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 39 min |
| Dec 31, 7:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 30 min |
| Dec 31, 7:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Madison, Washington | 36 min |
| Dec 31, 7:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll | 19 min |
| Dec 31, 7:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 38 min |
| Dec 31, 8:20 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 40 min |
| Dec 31, 8:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 15 min |
| Dec 31, 8:27 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 48 min |
| Dec 31, 8:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Sebastian | 39 min |
| Dec 31, 8:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 30 min |
| Dec 31, 9:00 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Madison | 30 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.