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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 2020, 6:10 PM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 5 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 19, 2020, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2020, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Madison County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 19, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
117
WFUS54 KTSA 192310
TORTSA
ARC087-192330-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0017.200319T2310Z-200319T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
610 PM CDT Thu Mar 19 2020
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Madison County in northwestern Arkansas...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 609 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles northeast of Boston, moving northeast 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...
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
3582 9352 3579 9352 3578 9360 3596 9365
3602 9345 3597 9345
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 235DEG 35KT 3590 9354
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
339
WWUS54 KTSA 192315
SVSTSA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
615 PM CDT Thu Mar 19 2020
ARC087-192325-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-200319T2330Z/
Madison AR-
615 PM CDT Thu Mar 19 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northwestern
Arkansas.
LAT...LON 3596 9347 3595 9347 3595 9349 3593 9349
3592 9351 3588 9351 3588 9352 3583 9353
3582 9352 3579 9352 3578 9360 3596 9365
3602 9345 3597 9345
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 235DEG 35KT 3594 9348
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 6:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton, Washington | 28 min |
| Mar 19, 6:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 33 min |
| Mar 19, 10:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 25 min |
| Mar 19, 10:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Madison | 35 min |
| Mar 19, 11:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 28 min |
| Mar 19, 11:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 12:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 12:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 27 min |
| Mar 19, 12:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 31 min |
| Mar 19, 12:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 47 min |
| Mar 19, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 58 min |
| Mar 19, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 38 min |
| Mar 19, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison | 44 min |
| Mar 19, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 43 min |
| Mar 19, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 33 min |
| Mar 19, 6:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 25 min |
| Mar 19, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 22 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.