Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2015, 6:13 PM CDT for Madison County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 47 min. 3 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 24, 2015, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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 24, 6:16 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 S Prairie Grove, AR | |
| Mar 24, 6:16 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 2 Ssw Lincoln, AR | SOUTH OF LINCOLN ON SUGAR HILL CUTOFF. |
| Mar 24, 6:24 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | West Fork, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1309 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
459
WUUS54 KTSA 242313
SVRTSA
ARC087-143-250000-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0002.150324T2313Z-150325T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
613 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 611 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF LINCOLN...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...PRAIRIE GROVE...PRAIRIE
GROVE BATTLEFIELD STATE PARK...HOGEYE...WALNUT GROVE...BLACKBURN...
WEST FORK...WOOLSEY...GREENLAND...DRAKE FIELD AIRPORT...
BRENTWOOD...BLACK OAK...WYOLA...HICKS...ARNETT...SULPHUR CITY...
ELKINS...DURHAM...TUTTLE...CROSSES...DELANEY...WESLEY...PATRICK...
GEORGETOWN...JAPTON...HUNTSVILLE...AURORA AND WITTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3611 9372 3583 9365 3580 9443 3598 9446
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 262DEG 44KT 3591 9432
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
593
WWUS54 KTSA 242331
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
631 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015
ARC087-143-250000-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150325T0000Z/
MADISON AR-WASHINGTON AR-
631 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
WASHINGTON AND CENTRAL MADISON COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL
700 PM CDT...
AT 627 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST FORK...
AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE
PUBLIC 4 MILES SOUTH OF PRAIRIE GROVE AT 616 PM.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...WYOLA...BLACK OAK...HICKS...
ARNETT...SULPHUR CITY...ELKINS...DURHAM...TUTTLE...CROSSES...
DELANEY...WESLEY...PATRICK...COMBS...GEORGETOWN...JAPTON...
WITTER...AURORA AND HUNTSVILLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3601 9424 3611 9372 3583 9365 3581 9427
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 262DEG 36KT 3592 9412
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$951 WWUS54 KTSA 242355 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 655 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015 ARC087-143-250000- /O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150325T0000Z/ MADISON AR-WASHINGTON AR- 655 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND CENTRAL MADISON COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 653 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JAPTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...WITTER...AURORA AND HUNTSVILLE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3582 9408 3601 9409 3611 9372 3583 9365 TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 266DEG 38KT 3593 9380 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 5:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 32 min |
| Mar 24, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Madison, Washington | 24 min |
| Mar 24, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 23 min |
| Mar 24, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 19 min |
| Mar 24, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 46 min |
| Mar 24, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.