Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1996, 2:00 AM CDT for Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1996, 2:00 AM CDT (07:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1996, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benton County, AR, Washington County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1746 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 10.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 270701 SVRTUL ARC007-143-270800- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 200 AM CDT MON MAY 27 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ...BENTON COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 155 AM RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR GENTRY TO SILOAM SPRINGS TO WESTVILLE AND STILWELL IN OKLAHOMA MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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 May 26, 9:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 9:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 900 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 1996 STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS AFFECTING THE AREA AND AFOS AND 88D PROBLEMS NOT HELPING AT ALL. NO UPPER AIR OR SFC MAPS WERE AVAILABLE TO ANALYZE TONIGHT. NO PROFILERS EITHER. RADAR AND SATELLITE TRENDS OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS SHOWS THAT MOST OF THE STORMS WILL TRACK OVER THE NRN HALF OF THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING BUT WILL DEVELOP S AFTER AROUND MIDNIGHT. STORMS THAT TRIED TO DEVELOP FURTHER SOUTH OVER NTX DISSIPATED EARLIER BUT NEW STORMS NOW GOING UP ALONG A LINE FROM OKC TO SPS. 00Z MAPS AND MESONET ANALYSES SHOW THE DRY LINE STILL OVER WRN OK...SO REDEVELOPMENT OUT WEST A GOOD POSSIBILITY THRU THE NIGHT. MESONET DEWPOINTS 70-75 AND MAPS LI REMAINS AROUND -6 OVER ALL OF ERN OK. WILL KEEP SVR GOING IN ALL ZONES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS NOT VERY HIGH WITH STORMS MOVING AT 40+ MPH BUT STORMS OF LATE HAVE BEEN REDEVELOPING/MOVINGr OVER THE SAME AREAS. WILL NOT ISSUE FFW AT THIS TIME AS FF GUIDANCE IS FAIRLY HIGH AND STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING QUICKLY...BUT WILL WATCH CLOSELY. /26 .TUL... OK...NONE. AR...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 26, 8:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
840 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0746 PM 4 NE TALALA OK TORNADO
05/26/96 ROGERS REPORTED BY NOWATA PD.
0802 PM 2 E NOWATA OK TORNADO
05/26/96 NOWATA REPORTED BY .NOWATA PD.
0818 PM 6NW CENTRAILIA OK TORNADO
05/26/96 CRAIG REPORTED BY CRAIG CD.Local storm report, May 26, 9:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
930 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0810 PM 3N CENTRAILIA OK POSSIBLE TORNADO
05/26/96 CRAIG BARN DESTROYED
POSSIBLY 1 INJURY.Local storm report, May 26, 9:48 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
950 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0750 PM 4 NE TALALA OK POSSIBLE TORNADO
05/26/96 ROGERS HOUSE DESTROYED.Special weather statement, May 27, 12:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
OKZ054>077-ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-270800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1240 AM CDT MON MAY 27 1996 WASHINGTON...TULSA...CREEK...OKFUSKEE AND NOWATA COUNTIES IN OKLAHOMA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 453. THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE REST OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA GENERALY SOUTH AND EAST OF TULSA AND ALL OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 5AM. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SLOWLY ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT. THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD POSSIBLY PRODUCE A TORNADO. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF T0HREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. BOATERS AND CAMPERS SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 40 min |
| May 27, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 31 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.