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Tornado Warning 80, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Dec 26, 2015, 6:23 PM CST for Adair County, Delaware County, Oklahoma; Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 37 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
- Dec 26, 2015, 6:23 PM CST (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2015, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Benton County, AR, Adair County, OK, Delaware County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 6:23 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Watts, OK | A FEW TREES DOWN IN WATTS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 291 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 433 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 416 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
510
WFUS54 KTSA 270023
TORTSA
ARC007-OKC001-041-270115-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0080.151227T0023Z-151227T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
623 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
NORTHWESTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 715 PM CST
* AT 622 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF GENTRY...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF SILOAM SPRINGS...MOVING
NORTHEAST 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
BENTONVILLE... SILOAM SPRINGS...
BELLA VISTA... GENTRY...
GRAVETTE... DECATUR...
WEST SILOAM SPRINGS... HIGHFILL...
WATTS... SPRINGTOWN...
HIWASSE... WEST SILOAM SPRING...
MAYSVILLE... MILLER...
CENTERTON... SULPHUR SPRINGS...
BALLARD... LAKE FRANCIS...
HEALING SPRINGS... GALLITIN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3624 9424 3621 9429 3622 9433 3618 9434
3610 9447 3610 9455 3606 9454 3594 9474
3639 9464 3650 9454 3650 9421
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 229DEG 39KT 3630 9455
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
692 follow-up statements
895
WWUS54 KTSA 270038
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
638 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
OKC001-041-270047-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-151227T0115Z/
DELAWARE OK-ADAIR OK-
638 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHWESTERN
ADAIR COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3624 9424 3621 9429 3622 9433 3618 9434
3610 9447 3610 9455 3643 9460 3650 9454
3650 9421
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 229DEG 39KT 3641 9439
$$
ARC007-270115-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-151227T0115Z/
BENTON AR-
638 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR WESTERN
BENTON COUNTY...
AT 637 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF GRAVETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR GENTRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
BENTONVILLE... SILOAM SPRINGS...
BELLA VISTA... GENTRY...
GRAVETTE... DECATUR...
HIGHFILL... SPRINGTOWN...
HIWASSE... MILLER...
CENTERTON... SULPHUR SPRINGS...
LAKE FRANCIS... HEALING SPRINGS...
GALLITIN... VAUGHN...
CHEROKEE CITY... FAIRMOUNT...
ROCKY COMFORT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3624 9424 3621 9429 3622 9433 3618 9434
3610 9447 3610 9455 3643 9460 3650 9454
3650 9421
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 229DEG 39KT 3641 9439
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
69192
WWUS54 KTSA 270100
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
700 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
ARC007-270110-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-151227T0115Z/
BENTON AR-
700 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN BENTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3624 9424 3621 9429 3622 9433 3618 9434
3610 9447 3610 9455 3643 9460 3650 9454
3650 9421
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 229DEG 39KT 3658 9415
$$
69The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 6:34 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 26, 7:07 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 53 min |
| Dec 26, 7:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 24 min |
| Dec 26, 7:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 6 hr |
| Dec 26, 9:34 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 41 min |
| Dec 26, 10:35 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 40 min |
| Dec 26, 11:27 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more | 36 hr |
| Dec 26, 11:33 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 36 hr |
| Dec 27, 1:29 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TSA | Rogers, Wagoner | 35 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:49 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes and 11 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 27, 7:08 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 14 hr |
| Dec 27, 7:24 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata | 50 hr |
| Dec 27, 10:25 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh and 11 more | 32 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:25 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 27, 5:07 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh, Nowata, Okfuskee and 6 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 26, 9:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 46 min |
| Dec 26, 9:38 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 52 min |
| Dec 26, 10:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 42 min |
| Dec 26, 10:50 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 55 min |
| Dec 27, 11:52 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 12:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Washington | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 1:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.