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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 19, 2012Franklin County, Arkansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2012-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 105 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2012-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll, Madison38 min
Jul 19, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAFranklin, Madison40 min
Jul 19, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford, Franklin61 min
Jul 19, 9:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian27 min
Jul 19, 9:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford37 min
Jul 19, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford28 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.