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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 19, 20125 counties in Arkansas; Adair County, LeFlore County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2012, 9:44 PM CDT for 5 counties in Arkansas; Adair County, LeFlore County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 61 min. 10 reports 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 19, 2012, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
Expired: Mar 19, 2012, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 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 19, 9:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Muldrow, OK	BARN BLOWN INTO HOUSE.
Mar 19, 9:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Uniontown, AR	TREES BROKEN 2 FT OFF GROUND AND FENCE IN CONCRETE SUCKED OUT OF THE GROUND. POSSIBLE TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED.
Mar 19, 9:50 PM CDT	TORNADO	Uniontown, AR	PRELIMINARY EF-1 TORNADO DAMAGE FROM SW OF UNIONTOWN TO NE OF CEDARVILLE. TIME ESTIMATED.
Mar 19, 9:56 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Uniontown, AR
Mar 19, 10:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cedarville, AR	TREES DOWN AND BUILDINGS DESTROYED. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Mar 19, 10:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Roland, OK	POWER POLE AND TREES DOWN IN ROLAND.
Mar 19, 10:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cedarville, AR	3 FOOT DIAMETER TREE DOWN AT AR HWY 220 EAST AND LUCIAN WOOD ROAD NEAR CEDARVILLE.
Mar 19, 10:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Chester, AR	TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED.
Mar 19, 10:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Fayetteville, AR	EAST SIDE OF FAYETTEVILLE...DAMAGE TO A ROOF...CONSTRUCTION TRAILERS DESTROYED...SHED DESTROYED.
Mar 19, 10:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Fayetteville, AR	LARGE LIMBS DOWN...DAMAGE TO THE CART HOLDERS AT A WALMART ON EAST SIDE OF TOWN.

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 19, 6:53 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 115 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1207 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 221 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 369 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 3.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

691 
WUUS54 KTSA 200244
SVRTSA
ARC033-047-087-131-143-OKC001-079-135-200345-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0025.120320T0244Z-120320T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
944 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  EASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
  WESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
  NORTHEASTERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
  NORTHERN SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 941 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM WESTVILLE TO SHORT TO POTEAU...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  45 MPH.

  STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
  WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  CINCINNATI...CAMERON...NATURAL DAM...MOFFETT...LINCOLN...ARKOMA...
  POCOLA...LEE CREEK...CEDARVILLE...FORT SMITH...FIGURE FIVE...
  BONANZA...STRICKLER...VAN BUREN...HACKETT...PRAIRIE GROVE...DEVILS
  DEN STATE PARK...RUDY...BLACKBURN...BARLING...FARMINGTON...JENNY
  LIND...CHESTER...EXCELSIOR...WEST FORK...ALMA...MOUNTAINBURG...
  GREENLAND...WINSLOW...LAKE FORT SMITH...GREENWOOD...FAYETTEVILLE...
  BRENTWOOD...BURNVILLE...DYER...SPRINGDALE...LAVACA...BLOOMER...
  ELKINS...FERN...MULBERRY...CHARLESTON...WESLEY...JAPTON...
  HINDSVILLE...SAINT PAUL...CASS AND BRANCH.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 318 AND
328.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND
34.

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 3530 9393 3493 9475 3555 9458 3600 9466
      3621 9408 3621 9401 3623 9401 3624 9399
      3623 9388 3628 9387 3629 9385 3591 9375
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 242DEG 32KT 3603 9455 3560 9447
          3507 9462

$$

2 follow-up statements

788 
WWUS54 KTSA 200307
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1007 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

OKC001-200317-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120320T0345Z/
ADAIR OK-
1007 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3530 9393 3493 9475 3564 9447 3604 9454
      3621 9408 3621 9401 3624 9399 3623 9388
      3629 9385 3591 9375
TIME...MOT...LOC 0307Z 242DEG 32KT 3609 9431 3566 9423
          3513 9438

$$

ARC033-047-087-131-143-OKC079-135-200345-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120320T0345Z/
CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-MADISON AR-SEBASTIAN AR-WASHINGTON AR-
LE FLORE OK-SEQUOYAH OK-
1007 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN SEQUOYAH...NORTHEASTERN LE FLORE...WASHINGTON...NORTHERN
SEBASTIAN...WESTERN MADISON...WESTERN FRANKLIN AND CRAWFORD
COUNTIES...

AT 1002 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM SAVOY TO LEE CREEK TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROCK
ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WALNUT
GROVE...BARLING...CONCORD...JENNY LIND...BLACKBURN...WHEELER...
FARMINGTON...EXCELSIOR...CHESTER...ALMA...KIBLER...MOUNTAINBURG...
WEST FORK...CENTRAL CITY...LAKE FORT SMITH...WOOLSEY...GREENLAND...
WINSLOW...GREENWOOD...FAYETTEVILLE...JOHNSON...BRENTWOOD...MOUNT
GAYLER...SHADY GROVE...DYER...LAVACA...LOCKE...SPRINGDALE...
BURNVILLE...WYOLA...BLACK OAK...HICKS...ARNETT...SULPHUR CITY...
PINEY...BLOOMER...FERN...PLEASANT HILL...SONORA...BIDVILLE...
MULBERRY...ELKINS...URSULA...DURHAM...GOSHEN...TUTTLE...VESTA...
CROSSES...DELANEY...CHARLESTON...MAYFIELD...WESLEY...TONEY...
PATRICK...LONELM...JAPTON...BRASHEARS...COMBS...HINDSVILLE...TURNERS
BEND...JETHRO...CRAVENS...CECIL...PETER PENDER...BRANCH AND
GEORGETOWN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 321 AND
328.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND
34.

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 3530 9393 3493 9475 3564 9447 3604 9454
      3621 9408 3621 9401 3624 9399 3623 9388
      3629 9385 3591 9375
TIME...MOT...LOC 0307Z 242DEG 32KT 3609 9431 3566 9423
          3513 9438

$$

537 
WWUS54 KTSA 200326
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1026 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

OKC135-200336-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120320T0345Z/
SEQUOYAH OK-
1026 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3598 9377 3615 9381 3628 9385 3623 9388
      3624 9399 3621 9401 3621 9408 3615 9424
      3569 9415 3496 9474 3495 9474 3512 9435
      3554 9389 3584 9377 3590 9375
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 242DEG 32KT 3617 9412 3574 9405
          3506 9459

$$

ARC033-047-087-131-143-OKC079-200345-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120320T0345Z/
CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-MADISON AR-SEBASTIAN AR-WASHINGTON AR-
LE FLORE OK-
1026 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LE FLORE...EASTERN WASHINGTON...NORTHERN
SEBASTIAN...WESTERN MADISON...NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND EASTERN
CRAWFORD COUNTIES...

AT 1024 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM SHADY GROVE TO MOUNT GAYLER TO POTEAU...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WYOLA...
CONCORD...BLACK OAK...HICKS...ROCK ISLAND...ARNETT...SULPHUR CITY...
BONANZA...LOCKE...ALMA...JENSON...SONORA...ELKINS...RYE HILL...
DURHAM...BIDVILLE...KIBLER...GOSHEN...TUTTLE...HACKETT...BARLING...
CROSSES...DELANEY...MAYFIELD...WESLEY...PATRICK...DYER...FERN...
PINEY...JAPTON...BRASHEARS...COMBS...HINDSVILLE...CENTRAL CITY...
JENNY LIND...EXCELSIOR...LAVACA...GREENWOOD...JETHRO...CRAVENS...
LONELM...TONEY...MULBERRY...GEORGETOWN AND PLEASANT HILL.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND
31.

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 3598 9377 3615 9381 3628 9385 3623 9388
      3624 9399 3621 9401 3621 9408 3615 9424
      3569 9415 3496 9474 3495 9474 3512 9435
      3554 9389 3584 9377 3590 9375
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 242DEG 32KT 3617 9412 3574 9405
          3506 9459

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 9:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Benton, Crawford, Sebastian, Washington	6 hr
Mar 19, 9:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Crawford, Washington	33 min
Mar 19, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more	64 min
Mar 19, 10:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more	118 min
Mar 20, 2:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington	12 hr
Mar 20, 2:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	12 hr
Mar 20, 10:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Crawford, Sebastian	50 hr
Mar 20, 11:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Crawford	16 hr
Mar 20, 1:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	8 hr
Mar 20, 1:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington	8 hr
Mar 19, 7:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	6 hr
Mar 19, 7:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell, Muskogee	29 min
Mar 19, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg	23 min
Mar 19, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah	42 min
Mar 19, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah	34 min
Mar 19, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	43 min
Mar 19, 8:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Choctaw	25 hr
Mar 19, 8:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	56 hr
Mar 19, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	61 min
Mar 19, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah	28 min
Mar 19, 8:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah	6 hr
Mar 19, 8:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah	39 min
Mar 19, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 2 more	41 min
Mar 19, 9:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	36 min
Mar 19, 9:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	6 hr
Mar 19, 10:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 2 more	12 hr
Mar 20, 12:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	10 hr
Mar 20, 12:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	10 hr
Mar 20, 2:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	24 hr
Mar 20, 2:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	12 hr
Mar 20, 2:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	42 hr
Mar 20, 2:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Osage, Tulsa	24 hr
Mar 20, 2:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Tulsa	30 hr
Mar 20, 2:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair	24 hr
Mar 20, 3:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Nowata	18 hr
Mar 20, 3:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	5 days
Mar 20, 3:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	24 hr
Mar 20, 3:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	3 days
Mar 20, 4:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Muskogee	22 hr
Mar 20, 6:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	8 hr
Mar 20, 8:38 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	22 hr
Mar 20, 8:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	18 hr
Mar 20, 10:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 2 more	3 hr
Mar 20, 10:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	3 hr
Mar 20, 11:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	3 hr
Mar 20, 1:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 2 more	8 hr
Mar 20, 2:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Creek, Muskogee, Nowata, Okmulgee, Osage and 4 more	32 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.