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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2020, 7:46 PM CST for Franklin County, Arkansas. It was in force for 13 min. 1 report 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
- Jan 10, 2020, 7:46 PM CST (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2020, 7:59 PM CST
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Franklin County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 7:47 PM CST | TORNADO | 4 Ssw Ozark, AR | A TORNADO DEVELOPED ABOUT 3 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CECIL AT 745 PM AND TRAVELED EAST-NORTHEAST FOR ABOUT 4 MILES BEFORE DISSIPATING AT 749 PM ABOUT 3.5 MILES SOUTH OF OZARK. THIS TORNADO DAMAGED THE ROOF OF A HOME, DESTROYED SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS, SNAPPED OR U |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 10:42 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 325 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted.
734
WFUS54 KTSA 110146
TORTSA
ARC047-110215-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0015.200111T0146Z-200111T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
746 PM CST Fri Jan 10 2020
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Franklin County in west central Arkansas...
* Until 815 PM CST.
* At 745 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 3 miles southwest of Ozark, moving northeast at 55 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...
Ozark... Altus...
Denning... Wiederkehr Village...
Etna... Alix...
Cecil... Watalula...
Taft... Meg...
This includes Interstate 40 in Arkansas between mile markers 32 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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3544 9371 3539 9377 3540 9379 3542 9380
3536 9381 3533 9385 3544 9397 3574 9370
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 221DEG 47KT 3545 9386
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
129
WWUS54 KTSA 110152
SVSTSA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
752 PM CST Fri Jan 10 2020
ARC047-110215-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-200111T0215Z/
Franklin AR-
752 PM CST Fri Jan 10 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY...
At 752 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Wiederkehr Village, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations in or near the path include...
Ozark... Altus...
Denning... Wiederkehr Village...
Taft... Alix...
This includes Interstate 40 in Arkansas between mile markers 36 and
42.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3544 9371 3539 9377 3540 9379 3542 9380
3542 9382 3548 9385 3574 9370
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 228DEG 41KT 3547 9378
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$732
WWUS54 KTSA 110159
SVSTSA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
759 PM CST Fri Jan 10 2020
ARC047-110208-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-200111T0215Z/
Franklin AR-
759 PM CST Fri Jan 10 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN 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.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CST for west central
Arkansas.
LAT...LON 3544 9371 3539 9377 3540 9379 3542 9380
3542 9382 3548 9385 3574 9370
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 221DEG 47KT 3554 9371
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 6:04 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 4 hr |
| Jan 10, 6:16 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jan 10, 6:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jan 10, 7:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 44 min |
| Jan 10, 7:05 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Benton | 6 hr |
| Jan 10, 7:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 24 min |
| Jan 10, 7:39 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin, Madison | 36 min |
| Jan 10, 8:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 40 min |
| Jan 11, 12:06 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jan 11, 12:25 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jan 11, 8:24 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford | 6 hr |
| Jan 11, 9:13 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 11 hr |
| Jan 11, 9:16 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Franklin, Johnson, Logan | 2 hr |
| Jan 11, 10:28 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TSA | Franklin, Johnson, Logan | 33 hr |
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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.