April 28, 2017 Tornado Warning: KFSM-TV (Radar Confirmed Tornado)
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A stretched out front across much of the Central United states combined with high moisture content and an upper level low pressure system to trigger scattered supercell thunderstorm development across Oklahoma and Arkansas on Friday, April 28, 2017. This coverage (visit www.5NEWSONLINE.com for News, Weather, and Sports coverage) includes one supercell thunderstorm, which produced a damaging tornado just to the South and Southwest of Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Tornado Warning Coverage Provided By:
Meteorologist Garrett Lewis (@5NEWSGarrett)
Meteorologist Chris Webb (@WebbWeather)
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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1046 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN SEBASTIAN...SOUTHEASTERN SEQUOYAH AND NORTHEASTERN LE FLORE COUNTIES...
AT 1045 PM CDT, A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF CAMERON, MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES, BUSINESSES, AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
FORT SMITH... POTEAU... GREENWOOD... BARLING... POCOLA... SPIRO... ARKOMA... PANAMA... HACKETT... BONANZA... CAMERON... MOFFETT... EXCELSIOR... JENNY LIND... SHADY POINT... ROCK ISLAND... SCULLYVILLE... BRADEN... MILL CREEK... RYE HILL... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 540 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 14.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
LAT...LON 3502 9458 3511 9472 3542 9449 3527 9421
TIME...MOT...LOC 0345Z 193DEG 25KT 3518 9455
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.50IN