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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 27, 2018Crawford County, Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2018, 10:04 AM CDT for Crawford County, Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 26 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
Mar 27, 2018, 10:04 AM CDT (15:04 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2018, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2018-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2018-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

780 
WUUS54 KTSA 271504
SVRTSA
ARC033-047-131-271530-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0021.180327T1504Z-180327T1530Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1004 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2018

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Franklin County in west central Arkansas...
  Southeastern Crawford County in northwestern Arkansas...
  Northeastern Sebastian County in west central Arkansas...

* Until 1030 AM CDT

* At 1003 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lavaca,
  moving northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations in or near the path include...
  Ozark...                          Lavaca...
  Mulberry...                       Dyer...
  Jethro...                         Etna...
  Meg...                            Toney...
  Peter Pender...                   Vesta...
  Cecil...                          Lonelm...
  Ursula...                         Cravens...

This includes Interstate 40 in Arkansas between mile markers 22 and
33.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3530 9422 3538 9426 3566 9390 3535 9382
TIME...MOT...LOC 1503Z 238DEG 33KT 3536 9420 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Lacy
1 follow-up statement
796 
WWUS54 KTSA 271517
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1017 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2018

ARC033-271526-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-180327T1530Z/
Crawford AR-
1017 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning is no longer 
expected to affect the warned area. Therefore the warning has been 
cancelled.

LAT...LON 3535 9382 3531 9414 3541 9414 3546 9405
      3546 9403 3547 9402 3555 9387 3554 9387
TIME...MOT...LOC 1516Z 247DEG 29KT 3538 9408 

$$

ARC047-131-271530-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-180327T1530Z/
Franklin AR-Sebastian AR-
1017 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND NORTHEASTERN SEBASTIAN COUNTIES...

At 1016 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles north of
Charleston, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations in or near the path include...
Ozark...                          Etna...
Peter Pender...                   Vesta...
Cecil...                          Ursula...
Meg...                            

This includes Interstate 40 in Arkansas between mile markers 31 and
33.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3535 9382 3531 9414 3541 9414 3546 9405
      3546 9403 3547 9402 3555 9387 3554 9387
TIME...MOT...LOC 1516Z 247DEG 29KT 3538 9408 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Lacy

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 8:53 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACrawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington8 hr
Mar 27, 9:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford, Sebastian23 min
Mar 27, 9:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACrawford, Franklin, Sebastian8 hr
Mar 27, 9:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian35 min
Mar 27, 9:45 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACrawford, Sebastian14 min
Mar 27, 10:14 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSABenton, Carroll7 hr
Mar 27, 10:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin34 min
Mar 27, 1:40 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSABenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington24 hr
Mar 27, 2:56 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACrawford19 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2018Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2018

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.