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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 25, 2015Carroll County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 2015, 6:04 PM CDT for Carroll County, Arkansas. It was in force for 41 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: Mar 25, 2015, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired: Mar 25, 2015, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

County Carroll County, AR

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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 25, 6:17 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Berryville, AR	SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN.

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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 65 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

493 
WFUS54 KTSA 252304 RRA
TORTSA
ARC015-252345-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0008.150325T2304Z-150325T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
604 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 603 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BERRYVILLE...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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...GRANDVIEW...BERRYVILLE...
  URBANETTE...CABANAL...RULE...GREEN FOREST...COIN...DENVER AND
  CARROLLTON.

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 3631 9371 3643 9375 3647 9329 3622 9329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 273DEG 31KT 3633 9364

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

2 follow-up statements

593 
WWUS54 KTSA 252313
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
613 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015

ARC015-252345-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150325T2345Z/
CARROLL AR-
613 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY
UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 609 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS 2 MILES SOUTH OF 
BERRYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.

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...URBANETTE...RULE...GREEN
  FOREST...COIN...CARROLLTON AND DENVER

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3631 9371 3643 9375 3647 9329 3622 9329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 260DEG 25KT 3633 9355

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

816 
WWUS54 KTSA 252339
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
639 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015

ARC015-252348-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150325T2345Z/
CARROLL AR-
639 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 645
PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER 
POSES A TORNADO THREAT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN 
EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM.

ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.

LAT...LON 3631 9371 3643 9375 3647 9329 3622 9329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 260DEG 25KT 3636 9333

$$

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, 4:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	24 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, 6:33 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.