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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 494, NWS Tulsa, OK

November 10, 1998Benton County, Carroll County, Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 1998, 12:20 AM CST for Benton County, Carroll County, Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 55 min. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Nov 10, 1998, 12:20 AM CST (06:20 UTC)
Expired: Nov 10, 1998, 1:15 AM CST
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 10, 12:20 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln, AR	Several large tree limbs were blown down.
Nov 10, 12:25 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Cave Spgs, AR	Several trees were blown down.
Nov 10, 12:25 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Bentonville, AR	Two trees were blown across city streets.
Nov 10, 12:30 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Springdale, AR	A tree, reportedly 2 feet in diameter, fell onto a power line near US Hwy 71B and Cooper Drive, causing a power outage for 1,900 customers as far north as Lowell.
Nov 10, 12:45 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Fayetteville, AR	Numerous trees were blown down from 2-5 miles south of Fayetteville.
Nov 10, 12:45 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Eureka Spgs, AR	Numerous large tree limbs blown down at Holiday Island.
Nov 10, 1:13 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Huntsville, AR	A large tree was blown down across a road.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 9, 11:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 69 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -341 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 524 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 505 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 565 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.

679 
WUUS54 KTSA 100621 RRA
SVRTUL
ARC007-015-087-143-100715-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1220 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
     EASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 115 AM CST

* AT 1220 AM CST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORROW TO 3 MILES WEST OF
  HARMON TO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF BELLA VISTA...MOVING EAST AT 45
  MILES PER HOUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...  BERRYVILLE...HUNTSVILLE... 
BENTONVILLE ...FAYETTEVILLE AND ST. PAUL

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED 
IN THE WARNED AREA.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.

LAT...LON 3656 9420 3614 9436 3569 9463 3589 9325
          3634 9297 3676 9281

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 Nov 9, 8:00 PM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 9, 8:00 PM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes before

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
800 PM CST MON NOV 9 1998

SQUALL LINE WILL ENTER NW ZONES WITHIN THE HOUR AND EXPECT
IT TO CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA. GOING FORECAST LOOKS
OK AND WILL NOT UPDATE PRIOR TO 10 PM. WILL UPDATE ZONES
AS LINE OF STORMS CLEARS...LIKELY AROUND MIDNIGHT.
WIND ADVISORY LOOKS GOOD. /13

.TUL...
OK...WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES OKZ049...OKZ053>077.

AR...WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES ARZ001>002...ARZ010>011...
ARZ019>020...ARZ029.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 9, 11:17 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1117 PM CST MON NOV 09 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1100 PM    BIG CABIN                 OK   60 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   CRAIG

1113 PM    MUSKOGEE                  OK   60 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   MUSKOGEE

Local storm report, Nov 9, 11:19 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1119 PM CST MON NOV 09 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1050 PM    HENRYETTA                 OK   60 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   OKMULGEE

Local storm report, Nov 9, 11:25 PM CST, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1125 PM CST MON NOV 09 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1115 PM    DOW                       OK   TORNADO
11/09/98   PITTSBURG                      PUBLIC REPORTED A BRIEF
                                          TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN DOW

Local storm report, Nov 9, 11:36 PM CST, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1136 PM CST MON NOV 09 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1120 PM    BERNICE                   OK   60 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   DELAWARE

1125 PM    2 E MUSKOGEE              OK   60 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   MUSKOGEE

1125 PM    9 W JAY                   OK   .75 INCH HAIL
11/09/98   DELAWARE

Local storm report, Nov 9, 11:42 PM CST, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1142 PM CST MON NOV 09 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1115 PM    2 S WAGONER               OK   65 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   WAGONER

Local storm report, Nov 9, 11:50 PM CST, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1150 PM CST MON NOV 09 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1100 PM    2 S SAVANNA               OK   WIND DAMAGE
11/09/98   PITTSBURG                      BARNS DAMAGED

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 9, 11:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Washington	51 min
Nov 10, 12:15 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Sebastian	45 min
Nov 10, 12:15 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Crawford	45 min
Nov 10, 12:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	55 min
Nov 10, 12:22 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Washington	38 min
Nov 10, 12:50 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	40 min
Nov 10, 1:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll, Madison	34 min
Nov 10, 1:25 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Franklin	20 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.