Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 347, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1996, 11:01 PM CDT for Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 1996, 11:01 PM CDT (04:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 1996, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 11:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Winslow, AR |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1250 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 300401 SVRTUL ARC143-300445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1101 PM CDT MON JUL 29 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 1100 PM...RADAR INDICATED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL AFFECT WASHINGTON COUNTY ARKANSAS. THE FIRST STORM WAS 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINSLOW...AND THE SECOND WAS 12 MILES WEST OF SPRINGDALE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DURING THE STORM MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIGHTNING DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE OR HAND HELD ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER ON ROADWAYS AND NEVER DRIVE ONTO A FLOODED ROAD. KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.
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 29, 8:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 8:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS/EASTERN OKLAHOMA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 855 PM CDT MON JUL 29 1996 00Z UA ANALYS INDCTS S/W ROTATING SEWD OUT OF FA THIS EVE. TSTMS ACRS SRN PTNS OF FA SHUD BGN TO DCRS SHRTLY AS UPR SUPPORT MOVS EWD. HWVR CDFNT RMNS NW OF FA AND CANNOT DISMISS PSBL REDVLPMNT LT TNGT...SPCLY IF SLY LO LVL JET REESTBLSHS TO THE WEST OVRNGT. SATL PICS INDCT ANOTHR S/W MOVG SWD OUT OF UPR MS VLY. IF MCS DVLPS FM TH"IS S/W... IT WUD AFFECT MNLY NWRN AR LT TNGT. WL MAKE ONLY MINOR CHGS ON THIS UPDATE. /11 .TUL... OK...NONE. AR...NONE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 45 min |
| Jul 30, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 57 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.