Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1997, 2:39 PM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 51 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
- Jul 22, 1997, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1997, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 2430 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 683 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 221940 RRA SVRTUL ARC087-222030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 239 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ...MADISON COUNTY AT 237 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF HUNTSVILLE. THE STORM WAS DRIFTING SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. 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 22, 10:19 AM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 10:19 AM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1015 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 1997 WV SATL PICS INDCT PERSISTENT ALTHO WKNG VORT MAX SPINNING OVR NERN TX. SOME DRIER AIR HAS BEEN ROTATING INTO THE MID LVLS INTO SERN OK. HWVR..LO LVL MOISTR RMNS ABUNDANT THRUT ENTR FA. 14Z SFC ANALYS INDCTS A WK TROF ACRS SERN KS AND XTRM NRN OK. NOT MUCH PUSH TO THIS TROF...ALTHO MDLS TEND TO SAG IT SWD TDA. BEST GAMEPLAN MAY BE TO JUST LV LO POPS OVR ENTR AREA. MAY ADJUST WNDS SLGTLY...BUT OTRW NO CHGS ON THE UPDATE WHICH WL BE ISSUED ARND 16Z. /11 .TUL... OK...NONE. AR...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>076-231200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 1997 ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE AIRMASS REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE DISSIPATING. DESPITE VERY LIGHT WINDS ALOFT...A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE AGAIN TODAY WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE LIGHT WINDS ALOFT WILL ALSO MEAN THAT THE STORMS WILL MOVE LITTLE SO HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. INITIAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL TAKE PLACE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY PROVIDE A BETTER FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING AND THE LACK OF UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT. CIVIL DEFENSE AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED FOR QUICK ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 1:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>076-231200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 1997 ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE AIRMASS REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE DISSIPATING. DESPITE VERY LIGHT WINDS ALOFT...A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE AGAIN TODAY WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE LIGHT WINDS ALOFT WILL ALSO MEAN THAT THE STORMS WILL MOVE LITTLE SO HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. INITIAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL TAKE PLACE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY PROVIDE A BETTER FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING AND THE LACK OF UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT. CIVIL DEFENSE AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED FOR QUICK ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Local storm report, Jul 22, 2:05 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
205 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0825 PM 6 NNW SKIATOOK OK WIND DAMAGE
07/21/97 OSAGE TREES BLOWN DOWN
0900 PM 5 WNW EUFAULA OK 58 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/97 MCINTOSH AT EUFAULA MESONET
SITE...TIME ESTIMATED
0905 PM 6 WNW HOYT OK .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/97 HASKELL AT EUFAULA DAM
0910 PM PORUM OK WIND DAMAGE
07/21/97 MUSKOGEE SEVERAL 4 INCH DIAMETER
LIMBS DOWNED
0930 PM CLAREMORE OK LIGHTNING
07/21/97 ROGERS *** 1 DEAD ***
42 YEAR OLD MAN STRUCK AND
KILLED BY LIGHTNING WHEN
HE WENT OUTDOORS TO ROLL
UP HIS CAR WINDOWSLocal storm report, Jul 22, 2:06 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
205 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0825 PM 6 NNW SKIATOOK OK WIND DAMAGE
07/21/97 OSAGE TREES BLOWN DOWN
0900 PM 5 WNW EUFAULA OK 58 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/97 MCINTOSH AT EUFAULA MESONET
SITE...TIME ESTIMATED
0905 PM 6 WNW HOYT OK .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/97 HASKELL AT EUFAULA DAM
0910 PM PORUM OK WIND DAMAGE
07/21/97 MUSKOGEE SEVERAL 4 INCH DIAMETER
LIMBS DOWNED
0930 PM CLAREMORE OK LIGHTNING
07/21/97 ROGERS *** 1 DEAD ***
42 YEAR OLDd MAN STRUCK AND
KILLED BY LIGHTNING WHEN
HE WENT OUTDOORS TO ROLL
UP HIS CAR WINDOWSNearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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.