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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2015, 11:01 AM CDT for Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 14 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
- May 10, 2015, 11:01 AM CDT (16:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2015, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Sebastian County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 9:28 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 1931 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
609
WFUS54 KTSA 101601
TORTSA
ARC131-101615-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0028.150510T1601Z-150510T1615Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1101 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT
* AT 1059 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MIDLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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...EXCELSIOR...WITCHERVILLE
AND GREENWOOD.
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 3524 9425 3512 9421 3513 9439 3515 9441
TIME...MOT...LOC 1601Z 250DEG 25KT 3514 9437
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
913
WWUS54 KTSA 101609
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1109 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
ARC131-101615-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-150510T1615Z/
SEBASTIAN AR-
1109 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL SEBASTIAN COUNTY
UNTIL 1115 AM CDT...
AT 1107 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENWOOD...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...GREENWOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. GO TO A DESIGNED SHELTER SUCH AS A SAFE ROOM OR STORM
CELLAR IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF SEEKING SHELTER
IN A BASEMENT...BE SURE TO GET BENEATH SOMETHING STURDY. IF IN A
MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3516 9432 3520 9433 3524 9425 3515 9422
TIME...MOT...LOC 1609Z 251DEG 27KT 3519 9425
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$317 WWUS54 KTSA 101615 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1115 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015 ARC131-101625- /O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-150510T1615Z/ SEBASTIAN AR- 1115 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL SEBASTIAN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM. LAT...LON 3516 9432 3520 9433 3524 9425 3515 9422 TIME...MOT...LOC 1609Z 251DEG 27KT 3519 9425 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 45 min |
| May 9, 7:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 9, 8:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 9 hr |
| May 10, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 44 min |
| May 10, 12:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 56 min |
| May 10, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 48 min |
| May 10, 1:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian, Washington | 3 hr |
| May 10, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin | 29 min |
| May 10, 4:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 59 hr |
| May 10, 4:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 10, 5:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford | 20 hr |
| May 10, 5:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 10, 8:11 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Crawford, Franklin | 37 hr |
| May 10, 8:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Franklin, Johnson, Logan | 3 days |
| May 10, 9:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 10, 10:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 48 min |
| May 10, 10:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 24 min |
| May 10, 11:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 72 min |
| May 10, 11:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 62 min |
| May 10, 11:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 48 min |
| May 10, 12:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 37 min |
| May 10, 2:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 24 hr |
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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.