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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 27, 2016Crawford County, Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2016, 1:08 AM CDT for Crawford County, Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 37 min. 3 reports 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: Apr 27, 2016, 1:08 AM CDT (06:08 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2016, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Sebastian County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:07 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
Apr 27, 1:08 AM CDT	TORNADO	2 Nnw Charleston, AR	NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED...LARGE LIMBS SNAPPED. PRELIM EF1 DAMAGE FROM NWS SURVEY.
Apr 27, 1:20 AM CDT	TORNADO	5 W Ozark, AR	A TORNADO DAMAGED CHICKEN HOUSES...DAMAGED HOMES...DAMAGED OUTBUILDINGS...AND SNAPPED LARGE TREE LIMBS. IT WAS RATED EF-0 BASED ON THIS DAMAGE.
Apr 27, 1:22 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 W Ozark, AR	FIVE POULTRY HOUSES HAVING ROOF DAMAGE. ONE BARN AND STORAGE BUILDING EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED. CONSIDERABLE SCATTERING OF SHEET METAL AND INSULATION FROM STRUCTURES.

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
Apr 26, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 851 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -259 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

208 
WFUS54 KTSA 270608
TORTSA
ARC033-047-131-270645-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0026.160427T0608Z-160427T0645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
108 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT
    
* AT 107 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTH OF MULBERRY
  TO 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING EAST AT 55 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...
  OZARK...                          CHARLESTON...
  MULBERRY...                       DYER...
  ALTUS...                          BRANCH...
  DENNING...                        WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE...
  CAULKSVILLE...                    TONEY...
  VESTA...                          ALIX...
  WATALULA...                       ETNA...
  CRAVENS...                        LONELM...
  URSULA...                         PETER PENDER...
  CECIL...                          MEG...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND
42.
 
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 3538 9371 3537 9375 3540 9379 3542 9380
      3531 9381 3532 9392 3529 9392 3529 9410
      3549 9413 3564 9370
TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 256DEG 46KT 3545 9407 3532 9405 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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3 follow-up statements

605 
WWUS54 KTSA 270626
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
126 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016

ARC033-131-270635-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160427T0645Z/
SEBASTIAN AR-CRAWFORD AR-
126 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SEBASTIAN AND SOUTHEASTERN
CRAWFORD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

LAT...LON 3538 9371 3537 9375 3540 9379 3542 9380
      3535 9381 3533 9389 3555 9394 3564 9370
TIME...MOT...LOC 0625Z 251DEG 38KT 3552 9388 3537 9384 

$$

ARC047-270645-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160427T0645Z/
FRANKLIN AR-
126 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY...
    
AT 125 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF OZARK
TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF RATCLIFF...MOVING EAST AT 45 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...
OZARK...                          ALTUS...
DENNING...                        WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE...
ALIX...                           WATALULA...
ETNA...                           CRAVENS...
MEG...                            

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 30 AND
42.
 
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 3538 9371 3537 9375 3540 9379 3542 9380
      3535 9381 3533 9389 3555 9394 3564 9370
TIME...MOT...LOC 0625Z 251DEG 38KT 3552 9388 3537 9384 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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223 
WWUS54 KTSA 270639
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
139 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016

ARC047-270645-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160427T0645Z/
FRANKLIN AR-
139 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY...
    
AT 139 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE...MOVING EAST AT
40 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...
WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE...             

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN ARKANSAS NEAR MILE MARKER 39.
 
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 3552 9371 3550 9377 3558 9379 3560 9371
TIME...MOT...LOC 0639Z 256DEG 35KT 3556 9372 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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669 
WWUS54 KTSA 270647
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
147 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016

ARC047-270654-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160427T0645Z/
FRANKLIN AR-
147 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 145 AM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING NO LONGER POSES A TORNADO
THREAT. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER
DAMAGING WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 200 AM!

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

LAT...LON 3552 9371 3550 9377 3558 9379 3560 9371
TIME...MOT...LOC 0643Z 256DEG 46KT 3556 9372 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 12:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Washington	54 min
Apr 27, 12:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Washington	32 min
Apr 27, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian, Washington	59 min
Apr 27, 12:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Benton	35 min
Apr 27, 12:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Madison, Washington	34 min
Apr 27, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	60 min
Apr 27, 1:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Carroll, Madison, Washington	48 min
Apr 27, 1:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian, Washington	44 min
Apr 27, 1:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Franklin	37 min
Apr 27, 1:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll, Franklin, Madison	36 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 2016 Every tornado warning in 2016 Tornadoes in 2016

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.