Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2012, 8:11 PM CDT for Franklin County, Arkansas. It was in force for 22 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
- Jul 19, 2012, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2012, 8:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Franklin County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3154 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
929
WUUS54 KTSA 200111
SVRTSA
ARC047-200145-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0152.120720T0111Z-120720T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
811 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 807 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST
OF REDDING...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
REDDING...TAFT AND MOUNTAIN TOP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3557 9370 3556 9370 3554 9376 3577 9384
3577 9373 3576 9369 3574 9369 3558 9369
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 347DEG 12KT 3572 9373
$$1 follow-up statement
503
WWUS54 KTSA 200133
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
833 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012
ARC047-200143-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-120720T0145Z/
FRANKLIN AR-
833 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3557 9370 3556 9370 3554 9376 3577 9384
3577 9373 3576 9369 3574 9369 3558 9369
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 347DEG 12KT 3565 9371
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 7:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin, Madison | 40 min |
| Jul 19, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Franklin | 61 min |
| Jul 19, 9:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 9:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.