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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2012, 4:12 PM CDT for Carroll County, Arkansas. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 3, 2012, 4:12 PM CDT (21:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2012, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Carroll County, AR
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 1767 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
419
WUUS54 KTSA 032112
SVRTSA
ARC015-032145-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0111.120603T2112Z-120603T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
412 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 408 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OSAGE...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...DELMAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM...BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3612 9330 3612 9339 3614 9347 3622 9344
3621 9329 3612 9329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 282DEG 21KT 3616 9338
$$2 follow-up statements
970
WWUS54 KTSA 032119
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
419 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012
ARC015-032145-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-120603T2145Z/
CARROLL AR-
419 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY...
AT 415 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DELMAR...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
DAMAGING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...
THIS STORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.
&&
LAT...LON 3612 9330 3612 9339 3614 9347 3622 9344
3621 9329 3612 9329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 282DEG 21KT 3615 9334
$$813
WWUS54 KTSA 032136
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
436 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012
ARC015-032146-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-120603T2145Z/
CARROLL AR-
436 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 445 PM CDT...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM.
LAT...LON 3612 9330 3612 9339 3614 9347 3622 9344
3621 9329 3612 9329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 282DEG 21KT 3613 9322
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Madison | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington | 54 min |
Nearby
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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.