Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 195, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 10, 2021, 8:42 PM CST for Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 33 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
- Dec 10, 2021, 8:42 PM CST (02:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2021, 9:15 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Franklin County, AR, Sebastian County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 9:03 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 Ne Ozark, AR | FIRE CHIEF REPORTS WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58MPH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 6:51 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 637 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1113 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 344 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
As transmitted.
419
WUUS54 KTSA 110242
SVRTSA
ARC047-131-110315-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0195.211211T0242Z-211211T0315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
842 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Franklin County in west central Arkansas...
Sebastian County in west central Arkansas...
* Until 915 PM CST.
* At 842 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 5 miles southeast of Mulberry to near Bloomer to
near Huntington to 6 miles northeast of Heavener Runestone State
Park, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter 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...
Ozark... Charleston...
Greenwood... Lavaca...
Altus... Hartford...
Huntington... Branch...
Midland... Denning...
Wiederkehr Village... Bloomer...
Washburn... Burnville...
Fort Chaffee... Patterson...
Arkola... Crossroads...
Witcherville... Dayton...
This includes Interstate 40 in Arkansas between mile markers 37 and
42.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CST for northwestern
and west central Arkansas...and southeastern Oklahoma.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3538 9371 3537 9375 3542 9380 3531 9381
3532 9392 3523 9392 3523 9403 3514 9403
3514 9414 3510 9414 3506 9425 3506 9423
3497 9424 3495 9445 3509 9444 3514 9436
3533 9420 3546 9403 3550 9401 3552 9370
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 270DEG 23KT 3544 9400 3527 9412 3511 9428 3498
9451
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
733
WWUS54 KTSA 110254
SVSTSA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
854 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021
ARC047-131-110315-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0195.000000T0000Z-211211T0315Z/
Franklin AR-Sebastian AR-
854 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CST
FOR SOUTHERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN SEBASTIAN COUNTIES...
At 853 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles southwest of Ozark to 2 miles southwest of
Charleston to 3 miles northeast of Huntington to 4 miles southwest of
Hartford, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations in or near the path include...
Ozark... Charleston...
Greenwood... Altus...
Hartford... Huntington...
Branch... Midland...
Denning... Wiederkehr Village...
Washburn... Burnville...
Fort Chaffee... Patterson...
Etna... Alix...
Arkola... Crossroads...
Witcherville... Dayton...
This includes Interstate 40 in Arkansas between mile markers 36 and
42.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CST for west central
Arkansas...and southeastern Oklahoma.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3538 9371 3537 9375 3542 9380 3531 9381
3532 9392 3523 9392 3523 9403 3514 9403
3514 9414 3510 9414 3506 9425 3506 9423
3497 9424 3495 9445 3506 9444 3515 9426
3528 9410 3542 9397 3551 9391 3552 9370
TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 270DEG 23KT 3544 9393 3527 9405 3511 9421 3498
9444
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$781
WWUS54 KTSA 110305
SVSTSA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
905 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021
ARC047-131-110315-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0195.000000T0000Z-211211T0315Z/
Franklin AR-Sebastian AR-
905 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN
SEBASTIAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CST...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CST for west central
Arkansas...and southeastern Oklahoma.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Tulsa.
LAT...LON 3538 9371 3537 9375 3542 9380 3531 9381
3532 9392 3523 9392 3523 9403 3514 9403
3514 9414 3510 9414 3506 9425 3506 9423
3497 9424 3495 9445 3506 9444 3515 9426
3528 9410 3542 9397 3551 9391 3552 9370
TIME...MOT...LOC 0305Z 270DEG 23KT 3544 9383 3527 9395 3511 9411 3498
9435
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 6:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 38 min |
| Dec 10, 6:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 34 min |
| Dec 10, 7:18 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 27 min |
| Dec 10, 7:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 22 min |
| Dec 10, 7:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 35 min |
| Dec 10, 8:02 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 28 min |
| Dec 10, 8:07 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 23 min |
| Dec 10, 8:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin, Sebastian | 44 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.