Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2019, 1:27 PM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 20 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 30, 2019, 1:27 PM CDT (18:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2019, 1:47 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Madison County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 12:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 13 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 1237 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted.
749
WFUS54 KTSA 301827
TORTSA
ARC087-301915-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0007.190430T1827Z-190430T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
127 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2019
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Madison County in northwestern Arkansas...
* Until 215 PM CDT.
* At 127 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 3 miles south of Pettigrew, moving northeast at 30 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...
Pettigrew... Boston...
Weathers... Red Star...
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 3596 9347 3595 9347 3595 9349 3593 9349
3592 9351 3588 9351 3588 9352 3583 9353
3582 9352 3577 9352 3576 9354 3577 9371
3604 9350 3599 9345 3597 9345
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 216DEG 26KT 3577 9363
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
132
WWUS54 KTSA 301840
SVSTSA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
140 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2019
ARC087-301915-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-190430T1915Z/
Madison AR-
140 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY...
At 140 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Boston, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations in or near the path include...
Boston... Red Star...
Weathers...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3596 9347 3595 9347 3595 9349 3593 9349
3592 9351 3588 9351 3588 9352 3583 9353
3580 9356 3584 9362 3604 9350 3599 9345
3597 9345
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 216DEG 26KT 3585 9356
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$485
WWUS54 KTSA 301847
SVSTSA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
147 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2019
ARC087-301857-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-190430T1915Z/
Madison AR-
147 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore the warning has
been cancelled. However small hail and gusty winds are still
possible with this thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for northwestern
Arkansas.
LAT...LON 3596 9347 3595 9347 3595 9349 3593 9349
3592 9351 3588 9351 3588 9352 3583 9353
3580 9356 3584 9362 3604 9350 3599 9345
3597 9345
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 216DEG 26KT 3590 9352
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 9:34 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Crawford, Franklin | 18 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 4:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Benton, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 27 min |
| Apr 30, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 6:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Madison | 43 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.