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Tornado Warning 69, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2015, 4:37 PM CDT for Crawford County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 23 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 29, 2015, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2015, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Crawford County, AR, Washington County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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 29, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 535 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
931
WFUS54 KTSA 292137
TORTSA
ARC033-143-292200-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0069.150529T2137Z-150529T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
437 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 435 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FERN...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 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...LOCKE...MOUNT GAYLER AND
BIDVILLE.
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 3573 9396 3566 9401 3566 9407 3561 9408
3561 9411 3582 9412 3582 9396 3576 9396
3576 9393
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 194DEG 20KT 3565 9407
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
675
WWUS54 KTSA 292140
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
440 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015
ARC033-143-292200-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-150529T2200Z/
CRAWFORD AR-WASHINGTON AR-
440 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON
AND NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 500 PM
CDT...
AT 438 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION
THAT COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME WAS LOCATED NEAR FERN...AND
MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...MOUNT GAYLER AND BIDVILLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. GO TO A DESIGNED SHELTER SUCH AS A SAFE ROOM OR STORM
CELLAR IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF SEEKING SHELTER
IN A BASEMENT...BE SURE TO GET BENEATH SOMETHING STURDY. IF IN A
MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3573 9396 3566 9401 3566 9407 3566 9410
3582 9412 3582 9396 3576 9396 3576 9393
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 189DEG 31KT 3570 9406
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$032
WWUS54 KTSA 292146
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
446 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015
ARC033-143-292200-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-150529T2200Z/
CRAWFORD AR-WASHINGTON AR-
446 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON
AND NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 500 PM
CDT...
AT 445 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINSLOW...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35
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.
* THE STORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTIES..
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 3582 9396 3571 9401 3571 9408 3582 9412
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 187DEG 30KT 3575 9405
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 45 min |
| May 29, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 43 min |
| May 29, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 42 min |
| May 29, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 39 min |
| May 29, 4:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 113 min |
| May 29, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 26 min |
| May 29, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 25 min |
| May 29, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 35 min |
| May 29, 4:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 29, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington | 29 min |
| May 29, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 30 min |
| May 29, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 22 min |
| May 29, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 28 min |
| May 29, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.