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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 24, 1996Carroll County, Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 1996, 5:10 PM CST for Carroll County, Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports 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
Mar 24, 1996, 5:10 PM CST (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 1996, 6:00 PM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 24, 5:15 PM CSTThunderstorm WindEureka Spgs, AR
Mar 24, 5:20 PM CSTThunderstorm WindForum, 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 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 12:00Z on 1996-03-24Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1996-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 341 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1072 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
341 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
359 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 KTUL 242311 RRA
SVRTUL
ARC015-087-250000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
510 PM CST SUN MAR 24 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

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 Mar 24, 3:36 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 3:36 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
330 PM CST SUN MAR 24 1996

SQUALL LINE CONTG TO SWEEP EWRD ACRS FA THIS AFTN WITH DRY PUNCH
MOVG IN.  LAST HR OR SO HV ALSO SEEN STMS FIRE ALNG CDFNT IN N-CNTL
OK.  WITH SYSTM CONTG TO EJECT ACRS PLNS...DRYLN SHLD CONT TO MOV
EWRD WITH CDFNT CLOSE BHND DROPPING ACRS AREA.  STMS SHLD CLR THE
AREA THIS EVNG AS CDNFT/DRYLN MOV ON TO THE EAST.  MESONET DATA
SHOWG VRY STG W/NW WNDS BHND CDFNT/DRYLN WITH BLOWING DUST VSBL
ON SATL.  WL KEEP WND ADVSY INTO THE EARLY EVNG HRS OVR MUCH OF
FA THAT FNT/DRYLN WL CLR BY SUNSET.  WNDS THEN XPCTD TO DMNSH SOME
ARND SUNSET.  WITH TRW ALNG CDFNT WL KEEP MENTION OF SVR TSTMS
ALNG AND EAST OF DRYLN EARLY THISEVNG.  WL WAIT TILL LAST MINUTE
TO DECIDE WRODING FOR WRNMOST ZNS.  WITH PASSAGE OF CDFNT...DRIER
AIR AND CLRG SKIES XPCTD TO DROP TEMPS INTO THE 30S BY MRNG.
THRU THE REMAINING PDS WL KEEP FCST DRY AND TEMPS BELOW NORM.

PRELIM NUMBERS:  TUL 34/42/25/44 2001  BVO 30/42/22/44 2001
                 FSM 40/48/28/48 4001  FYV 33/40/21/42 3001
...04...         MLC 38/48/27/46 2001  IDB 40/54/30/50 4001
                                       BYV 30/40/20/42 4000
.TUL...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 24, 11:52 AM CST, 5 hours 18 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-260200-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1200 PM CST SUN MAR 24 1996

...A TORNADO WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA
UNTIL 6 PM...

NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.

A POWERFUL EARLY-SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE MOVING OVER THE PLAINS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND BRING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
ALONG A STRONG DRYLINE WILL INTENSIFY AND MOVE EASTWARD OVER THE
BARTLESVILLE...TULSA AND MCALESTER AREAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA DURING THE MID AND LATE
AFTERNOON...AND ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING.  HAIL UP TO THE
SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH WILL BE LIKELY
FROM THE LINE.

AHEAD OF THE LINE...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SCATTERED SUPERCELL STORMS.  THE WIND PROFILE IS FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADO DEVELOPMENT...AND CONDITIONS ALSO FAVOR HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL
SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 70 MPH WITH ANY SUPERCELLS THAT FORM.  THE
SUPERCELL STORMS AND ASSOCIATED TORNADOES WILL BE MOST LIKELY
ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS MAINLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40...THOUGH AN ISOLATED SUPERCELL IS POSSIBLE
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL DIMINISH AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND THE DRYLINE.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS ACROSS
EASTE2RN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR
LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Mar 24, 4:13 PM CST, 57 minutes before
OKZ054>077-250000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
412 PM CST SUN MAR 24 1996

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 114 HAS BEEN CANCELED IN THE FOLLOWING
OKLAHOMA COUNTIES...

OKFUSKEE OKMULGEE  MUSKOGEE MCINTOSH PITTSBURG HASKELL LATIMER

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 114 REMAIN IN EFFECT TO UNTIL 6PM FOR THE
FOLLOWING OKLAHOMA COUNTIES...

ADAIR           CHEROKEE        CRAIG           CREEK
DELAWARE        MAYES
NOWATA          OSAGE
OTTAWA          PAWNEE          ROGERS          SEQUOYAH
TULSA           WAGONER         WASHINGTON
LEFLORE

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME EASTERN OKLAHOMA WILL CONTINUE
TO HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AS IT MOVES INTO ARKANSAS
AND ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST FROM
THE TULSA METRO AREA.

SEE SHORT TERM FORECAST FROM THIS OFFICE FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 24, 5:07 PM CST, 3 minutes before
OKZ054>077-250000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
505 PM CST SUN MAR 24 1996

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 114 HAS BEEN CANCELED IN THE FOLLOWING
OKLAHOMA COUNTIES...

NOWATA...CREEK...LE FLORE...WASHINGTON...TULSA...PAWNEE AND OSAGE.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 114 REMAIN IN EFFECT TO UNTIL 6PM FOR THE
FOLLOWING OKLAHOMA COUNTIES...

ADAIR           CHEROKEE        CRAIG           DELAWARE
MAYES           OTTAWA          ROGERS          SEQUOYAH
WAGONER

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA MAY STILL
HAVE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL AND STRONG WINDS AND THE TORNADO WATCH WILL
REMAIN IN EFFECT ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS LINE.

SEE SHORFT TERM FORECASTS FROM THIS OFFICE FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 4:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.