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Tornado Warning 80, NWS Tulsa, OK

December 26, 2015Adair County, Delaware County, Oklahoma; Benton County, Arkansas

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.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 26, 6:23 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGWatts, OKA 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2015-12-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2015-12-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 298 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$
69
2 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

$$
69
192 
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 

$$
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 6:34 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee and 2 more6 hr
Dec 26, 7:07 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair53 min
Dec 26, 7:36 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair24 min
Dec 26, 7:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg6 hr
Dec 26, 9:34 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw41 min
Dec 26, 10:35 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha40 min
Dec 26, 11:27 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more36 hr
Dec 26, 11:33 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningTSAChoctaw, LeFlore, Pushmataha36 hr
Dec 27, 1:29 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSARogers, Wagoner35 hr
Dec 27, 3:49 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningTSACherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes and 11 more12 hr
Dec 27, 7:08 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAChoctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha14 hr
Dec 27, 7:24 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSANowata50 hr
Dec 27, 10:25 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh and 11 more32 hr
Dec 27, 2:25 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh and 6 more24 hr
Dec 27, 5:07 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningTSACraig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh, Nowata, Okfuskee and 6 more12 hr
Dec 26, 9:14 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington46 min
Dec 26, 9:38 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll52 min
Dec 26, 10:03 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll, Madison42 min
Dec 26, 10:50 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll, Madison55 min
Dec 27, 11:52 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSABenton6 hr
Dec 27, 12:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAWashington6 hr
Dec 27, 1:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSACarroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington6 hr

Nearby

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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.