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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Feb 29, 2012, 1:28 AM CST for Carroll County, Madison County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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
- Feb 29, 2012, 1:28 AM CST (07:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 2:00 AM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 2:00 AM CST | HAIL 1.5 | 2 Sw Kingston, AR |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 10:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 482 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 563 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
148
WFUS54 KTSA 290728
TORTSA
ARC015-087-143-290800-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0002.120229T0728Z-120229T0800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
128 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 200 AM CST
* AT 124 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WESLEY...MOVING EAST AT 60
MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
WESLEY...HINDSVILLE...CLIFTY...HUNTSVILLE...WITHROW SPRINGS STATE
PARK...FORUM...MARBLE...KINGSTON AND RUDD.
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 3603 9408 3618 9410 3624 9389 3623 9388
3624 9387 3635 9348 3612 9345 3612 9347
3609 9347 3608 9344 3602 9344
TIME...MOT...LOC 0728Z 265DEG 52KT 3612 9395
$$2 follow-up statements
099
WWUS54 KTSA 290741
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
141 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
ARC143-290752-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120229T0800Z/
WASHINGTON AR-
141 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3603 9384 3624 9386 3635 9348 3612 9345
3612 9347 3609 9347 3608 9344 3602 9344
TIME...MOT...LOC 0742Z 265DEG 52KT 3614 9373
$$
ARC015-087-290800-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120229T0800Z/
CARROLL AR-MADISON AR-
141 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR NORTHERN
MADISON AND SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTIES...
AT 137 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR WITHROW
SPRINGS STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ALABAM...
ROCKHOUSE...MARBLE...KINGSTON...METALTON...CABANAL...DRYFORK AND
RUDD.
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 3603 9384 3624 9386 3635 9348 3612 9345
3612 9347 3609 9347 3608 9344 3602 9344
TIME...MOT...LOC 0742Z 265DEG 52KT 3614 9373
$$699
WWUS54 KTSA 290800
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
200 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
ARC015-087-290810-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120229T0800Z/
CARROLL AR-MADISON AR-
200 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MADISON AND SOUTHERN CARROLL
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 200 AM CST...
LAT...LON 3603 9384 3624 9386 3635 9348 3612 9345
3612 9347 3609 9347 3608 9344 3602 9344
TIME...MOT...LOC 0800Z 265DEG 52KT 3616 9341
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 11:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 52 min |
| Feb 29, 12:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 15 min |
| Feb 29, 12:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 39 min |
| Feb 29, 12:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 33 min |
| Feb 29, 1:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 33 min |
| Feb 29, 1:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 30 min |
| Feb 29, 1:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 34 min |
| Feb 29, 1:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 15 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.