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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2016, 4:36 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 39 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
- Apr 29, 2016, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 1449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
713
WUUS54 KTSA 292136
SVRTSA
ARC033-047-087-143-292215-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0089.160429T2136Z-160429T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
436 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 435 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNTAINBURG...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL IN THE
FORT SMITH AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
FAYETTEVILLE... MOUNTAINBURG...
ELKINS... MULBERRY...
DYER... WINSLOW...
CHESTER... ST. PAUL...
WESLEY... AURORA...
WITTER... SAINT PAUL...
LAKE FORT SMITH... FERN...
BRENTWOOD... JAPTON...
GOSHEN... BLACK OAK...
GEORGETOWN... CROSSES...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 21.
INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 24 AND 43.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 3597 9358 3547 9413 3557 9431 3617 9399
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 212DEG 49KT 3560 9416
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
LACY2 follow-up statements
425
WWUS54 KTSA 292201
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
501 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
ARC033-292211-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-160429T2215Z/
CRAWFORD AR-
501 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3597 9358 3565 9393 3566 9393 3570 9398
3570 9397 3573 9396 3573 9391 3574 9391
3575 9389 3576 9389 3576 9401 3581 9403
3617 9399
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 217DEG 45KT 3576 9394
$$
ARC047-087-143-292215-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-160429T2215Z/
MADISON AR-FRANKLIN AR-WASHINGTON AR-
501 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MADISON...NORTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND EASTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 501 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CASS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
ELKINS... ST. PAUL...
WESLEY... JAPTON...
AURORA... WITTER...
SAINT PAUL... GOSHEN...
GEORGETOWN... CROSSES...
DELANEY... COMBS...
DURHAM... BRASHEARS...
MAYFIELD... PATRICK...
TUTTLE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3597 9358 3565 9393 3566 9393 3570 9398
3570 9397 3573 9396 3573 9391 3574 9391
3575 9389 3576 9389 3576 9401 3581 9403
3617 9399
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 217DEG 45KT 3576 9394
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$267
WWUS54 KTSA 292212
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
512 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
ARC047-087-143-292221-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-160429T2215Z/
MADISON AR-FRANKLIN AR-WASHINGTON AR-
512 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MADISON...NORTH
CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515
PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3597 9358 3565 9393 3566 9393 3570 9398
3570 9397 3573 9396 3573 9391 3574 9391
3575 9389 3576 9389 3576 9401 3581 9403
3617 9399
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 212DEG 49KT 3576 9394
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 23 min |
| Apr 29, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 9 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.