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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 17, 2021Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2021, 2:37 AM CDT for Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 38 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 17, 2021, 2:37 AM CDT (07:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2021, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
38 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), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 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 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2158 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
312 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

601 
WUUS54 KTSA 170737
SVRTSA
ARC047-131-170815-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0007.210317T0737Z-210317T0815Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
237 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Franklin County in west central Arkansas...
  Central Sebastian County in west central Arkansas...

* Until 315 AM CDT.

* At 237 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles southeast
  of Hartford, moving northeast at 35 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...
  Charleston...                     Greenwood...
  Hartford...                       Huntington...
  Branch...                         Midland...
  Bloomer...                        Washburn...
  Burnville...                      Fort Chaffee...
  Patterson...                      Arkola...
  Crossroads...                     Witcherville...
  Dayton...                         Milltown...
  Vesta...                          Ursula...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3523 9402 3514 9403 3514 9414 3510 9414
      3506 9425 3506 9423 3497 9424 3495 9434
      3496 9437 3495 9438 3494 9442 3496 9445
      3501 9445 3542 9407 3531 9392 3523 9392
TIME...MOT...LOC 0737Z 221DEG 30KT 3498 9433 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
232 
WWUS54 KTSA 170802
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
302 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

ARC047-131-170815-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210317T0815Z/
Franklin AR-Sebastian AR-
302 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND NORTHEASTERN SEBASTIAN COUNTIES...

At 301 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles northwest of
Echo, moving northeast at 35 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...
Charleston...                     Greenwood...
Bloomer...                        Washburn...
Burnville...                      Fort Chaffee...
Milltown...                       Crossroads...
Witcherville...                   Ursula...
Dayton...                         

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3507 9422 3513 9430 3536 9412 3538 9411
      3524 9392 3523 9392 3523 9402 3514 9403
      3514 9414 3510 9414
TIME...MOT...LOC 0801Z 221DEG 30KT 3514 9417 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian42 min
Mar 17, 1:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian23 min
Mar 17, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin, Sebastian33 min
Mar 17, 6:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton, Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian, Washington42 min
Mar 17, 3:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington35 min
Mar 17, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton13 min
Mar 17, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton28 min
Mar 17, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Washington13 min
Mar 17, 4:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton35 min
Mar 17, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton27 min
Mar 17, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton37 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.