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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2021, 3:55 PM CST for Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 14 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
- Jan 30, 2021, 3:55 PM CST (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2021, 4:09 PM CST
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Benton County, AR
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 481 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 593 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
670
WFUS54 KTSA 302155
TORTSA
ARC007-302230-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0006.210130T2155Z-210130T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
355 PM CST Sat Jan 30 2021
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Benton County in northwestern Arkansas...
* Until 430 PM CST.
* At 355 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 3 miles southeast of South West City, moving east at 35
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...
Bentonville... Bella Vista...
Pea Ridge... Gravette...
Hiwasse... Miller...
This includes Interstate 49 between mile markers 91 and 93.
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 3641 9408 3640 9460 3650 9461 3650 9411
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 254DEG 33KT 3646 9458
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
706
WWUS54 KTSA 302209
SVSTSA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
409 PM CST Sat Jan 30 2021
ARC007-302219-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210130T2230Z/
Benton AR-
409 PM CST Sat Jan 30 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3641 9408 3640 9460 3650 9461 3650 9411
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 254DEG 33KT 3650 9442
$$Nearby
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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.