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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 10, 1986Logan County, Scott County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 1986, 2:04 AM CST for Logan County, Scott County, Arkansas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 1986, 2:04 AM CST (08:04 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 1986, 3:00 AM CST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Logan County, AR, Scott County, AR

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 1986-03-10Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1986-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFSM 100804
SVRFSM
ARC083-127-100900-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR
204 AM CST MON MAR 10 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

ARKANSAS...LOGAN AND SCOTT

AT 200 AM   RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM OZARK ARKANSAS TO MANSFIELD ARKANSAS MOVING TOWARD THE
EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. AT 150 AM CST WIND DAMAGE WAS
REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CST FOR EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS.

LARGE HAIL AND STRONG SURFACE WINDS MAY OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. IF
YOU OBSERVE ANY LARGE HAIL OR STRONG WINDS PLEASE RELAY YOUR
REPORT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 12:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Washington64 min
Mar 10, 1:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford55 min
Mar 10, 1:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian64 min
Mar 10, 1:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin, Madison64 min
Mar 10, 2:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAJohnson65 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

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.