Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 2015, 4:51 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 24 min. 5 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 25, 2015, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2015, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 25, 4:52 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Lowell, AR | |
| Mar 25, 4:58 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Springdale, AR | REPORTS OF TREES UPROOTED IN BETHEL HEIGHTS. |
| Mar 25, 5:12 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 10 E Rogers, AR | |
| Mar 25, 5:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | War Eagle, AR | PROBABLE RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO. TREE DAMAGE. |
| Mar 25, 5:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Clifty, AR | WIND DAMAGE FROM JUST EAST OF LOOKOUT...ALONG AND NEAR HWY 127...CROSSING HWY 23 NORTH OF CLIFTY. 5 POULTRY HOUSES AND OTHER OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED OR DAMAGED. MAJOR ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOUSE OFF HWY 23 NEAR CARROLL COUNTY LINE. TIMES APPROXIMATE. POSSIBLE TORNAD |
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 25, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2127 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
134
WFUS54 KTSA 252151
TORTSA
ARC007-015-087-143-252215-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0001.150325T2151Z-150325T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
451 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
WEST CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
NORTH CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 449 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LOWELL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...SONORA...MONTE NE...WAR
EAGLE...HOBBS STATE PARK...CLIFTY...BEST...BEAVER LAKE...LARUE...
LOOKOUT AND BLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. GO TO A DESIGNED SHELTER SUCH AS A SAFE ROOM OR STORM
CELLAR IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF SEEKING SHELTER
IN A BASEMENT...BE SURE TO GET BENEATH SOMETHING STURDY. IF IN A
MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3642 9383 3619 9374 3615 9416 3627 9420
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 247DEG 25KT 3623 9412
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
744
WWUS54 KTSA 252202
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
502 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015
ARC007-015-087-143-252215-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150325T2215Z/
BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-MADISON AR-WASHINGTON AR-
502 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...
NORTH CENTRAL MADISON...WEST CENTRAL CARROLL AND EAST CENTRAL BENTON
COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 515 PM CDT...
AT 501 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION
THAT COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF
LOWELL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...WAR EAGLE...HOBBS STATE
PARK...CLIFTY...BEST...BEAVER LAKE...LARUE...LOOKOUT AND BLAND
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. GO TO A DESIGNED SHELTER SUCH AS A SAFE ROOM OR STORM
CELLAR IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF SEEKING SHELTER
IN A BASEMENT...BE SURE TO GET BENEATH SOMETHING STURDY. IF IN A
MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3616 9405 3627 9420 3642 9383 3619 9374
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 247DEG 25KT 3626 9403
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 45 min |
| Mar 24, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 44 min |
| Mar 25, 2:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 25 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 23 min |
| Mar 25, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 49 min |
| Mar 25, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 50 min |
| Mar 25, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Madison | 63 min |
| Mar 25, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 54 min |
| Mar 25, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 59 min |
| Mar 25, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 15 min |
| Mar 25, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison | 46 min |
| Mar 25, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll | 37 min |
| Mar 25, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 48 min |
| Mar 25, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll | 41 min |
| Mar 25, 6:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll | 4 hr |
| Mar 25, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 68 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.