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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 351, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 24, 1994Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1994, 12:53 AM CDT for Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 1994, 12:53 AM CDT (05:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1994, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Benton County, AR, Washington County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 1994-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2252 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2252 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 23, 8:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 8:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
855 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 1994

HI CLDS SPRDG SE FROM CONVECTION OVR CO/NE WL MAKE SKIES PC TONITE. MID
LVLS NOT AS MOIST AS 24 HRS AGO PER EVE SNDGS...BUT STILL CAN'T RULE OUT
A LATE NITE HI BASED STORM OR TWO OVR FA. WL KEEP 20 POPS IN FCST AS
UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS OVR FA. SFC ANAL THIS EVE HAS WEAK SFC BNDRY FROM
HRO TO TUL TO DHT---MSTR CONVERGENCE NR THIS BNDRY CUD ALSO LEAD TO A
STORM WITH UPDRAFT ROOTED IN BLYR.

APPRS MUCH MORE ACTIVE WX FOR ERN OK IS LESS THAN 24 HRS AWAY. THE 12Z
MODELS...ESP NGM...STRONGLY HINT AT SIG CONVECTION DLPG OVER KS BY MID
AFTN ON SUNDAY WITH CONVECTION SPRDG AND DVLPG SEWD TWD ERN OK LATE
SUNDAY AFTN. ACTIVITY LIKELY TO BE AIDED BY SEWD MOVING SHORTWV WHICH
SHOWS UP WELL ON 00Z 700 MB DATA ACRS CO/WY.  SOME SVR TRW LIKELY NR OR
JUST N OF THE SFC BNDRY MENTIONED ABOVE...WHICH SHUD REMAIN QSTNRY THRU
EARLY SUN AFTN. ACTIVITY LIKELY TO ORGANIZE INTO AN MCS OR MCC BY SUN
EVE AND CONT SE ACRS SRN MO/NRN ARK. CUD BE SOME HEAVY RAINS IN VCNTY
ERN OK...WITH MOST LIKELY AREA BOUNDED BY MKO-PNC-EMP-SGF ACCORDING TO
12Z PROGS. AFTN PKG HAS GOOD HANDL ON THE SITUATION...BUT MID XSHIFT MAY
NEED TO UP POPS IN THE EXTRM NRN ZNS FOR SUN AFTN AS ACTIVITY DVLPS NR
BNDRY.
                                                     /09

.TUL...NONE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware63 min
Jul 24, 2:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes54 min
Jul 24, 4:48 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig27 min
Jul 24, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa41 min
Jul 24, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa45 min
Jul 24, 1:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington44 min
Jul 24, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison42 min
Jul 24, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll69 min
Jul 24, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll62 min
Jul 24, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton52 min
Jul 24, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison64 min

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.