Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2018, 5:17 PM CST for Crawford County, Arkansas. It was in force for 28 min. 2 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
- Mar 10, 2018, 5:17 PM CST (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2018, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Crawford County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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 10, 5:20 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Uniontown, AR | DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL |
| Mar 10, 5:27 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | 1 Se Uniontown, AR |
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 10, 3:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 1807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
893
WUUS54 KTSA 102317
SVRTSA
ARC033-102345-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0013.180310T2317Z-180310T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
517 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2018
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Crawford County in northwestern Arkansas...
* Until 545 PM CST
* At 517 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cedarville,
moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations in or near the path include...
Van Buren... Cedarville...
Mountainburg... Alma...
Rudy... Figure Five...
Kibler... Concord...
Shibley... Uniontown...
Furry...
This includes the following highways,
Interstate 40 in Arkansas between mile markers 5 and 15.
Interstate 540 near mile marker 1.
Interstate 49 between mile markers 22 and 30.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Tulsa.
&&
LAT...LON 3538 9423 3553 9446 3560 9447 3564 9445
3562 9410
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 291DEG 27KT 3557 9441
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
801
WWUS54 KTSA 102328
SVSTSA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
528 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2018
ARC033-102345-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180310T2345Z/
Crawford AR-
528 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST
FOR CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY...
At 528 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cedarville,
moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations in or near the path include...
Van Buren... Cedarville...
Mountainburg... Alma...
Rudy... Figure Five...
Kibler... Concord...
Shibley... Furry...
This includes the following highways,
Interstate 40 in Arkansas between mile markers 7 and 15.
Interstate 49 between mile markers 22 and 30.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Tulsa.
&&
LAT...LON 3538 9423 3554 9442 3564 9440 3562 9410
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 289DEG 25KT 3555 9432
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 3:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 27 min |
| Mar 10, 4:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 33 min |
| Mar 10, 4:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 33 min |
| Mar 10, 4:51 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 24 min |
| Mar 10, 5:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 42 min |
| Mar 10, 5:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 36 min |
| Mar 10, 5:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 36 min |
| Mar 10, 5:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 11 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.