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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 496, NWS Tulsa, OK

November 10, 1998Carroll County, Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 1998, 1:11 AM CST for Carroll County, Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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, 1:11 AM CST (07:11 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1998, 1:45 AM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:13 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 10, 1:30 AM CSTThunderstorm WindOak Grove, ARTwo large trees were blown down.
Nov 10, 1:55 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 50Jasper, 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 9, 11:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 00:00Z on 1998-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1998-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 505 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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.

905 
WUUS54 KTSA 100713 RRA
SVRTUL
ARC015-087-100745-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
     CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 145 AM CST

* AT 111 AM CST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JAPTON TO 12 MILES NORTH OF
  GRANDVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES PER HOUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BERRYVILLE...HUNTSVILLE...ST.     
  PAUL

WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3668 9359 3581 9391 3588 9309 3693 9270

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, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 9, 8:00 PM CST, 5 hours 11 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, 11:50 PM CST, 1 hour 21 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
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 12:30 AM CST, 41 minutes before
OKZ057-058-061>063-065>068-070-071-073>075-100700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1230 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 886 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA...

CRAIG...OTTAWA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...
OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...HASKELL...PITTSBURG...
AND LATIMER.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EAST OF THESE AREAS AND THE
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED.

THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA...ADAIR...SEQUOYAH...LE FLORE...PUSHMATAHA...
AND CHOCTAW.

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON...
CRAWFORD...SEBASTIAN...AND FRANKLIN.
Local storm report, Nov 10, 12:49 AM CST, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
50 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998

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

0040 AM    HACKETT                   AR   65 MPH TSTM GUST
11/10/98   SEBASTIAN

0040 AM    5 SW FT SMITH             AR   WIND DAMAGE
11/10/98   LE FLORE                  OK   TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 271
          ,                                NEAR THE ARKANSAS /
                                          OKLAHOMA LINE

0041 AM    FT SMITH                  AR   60 MPH TSTM GUST
11/10/98   SEBASTIAN
Local storm report, Nov 10, 12:52 AM CST, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
52 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998

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

0045 AM    FT SMITH                  AR   WIND DAMAGE
11/10/98   SEBASTIAN                      MOBILE HOME DESTROYED IN
                                          SOUTH FT. SMITH...FUNNEL
                                          CLOUD REPORTED> BY FT.
                                          SMITH PD IN SOUTH FT.
                                          SMITH
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 1:10 AM CST, 1 minute before
OKZ049-053-069-072-076-100800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
110 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 886 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA...

ADAIR...SEQUOYAH...LE FLORE...PUSHMATAHA...AND CHOCTAW.

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EAST OF THESE AREAS AND
THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED.
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 1:10 AM CST, 1 minute before
OKZ049-053-069-072-076-100800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
110 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 886 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA...

ADAIR...SEQUOYAH...LE FLORE...PUSHMATAHA...AND CHOCTAW.

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EAST OF THESE AREAS AND
THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 9, 11:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Washington51 min
Nov 10, 12:15 AM CSTTornado WarningTSASebastian45 min
Nov 10, 12:15 AM CSTTornado WarningTSACrawford45 min
Nov 10, 12:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Carroll, Madison55 min
Nov 10, 12:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington55 min
Nov 10, 12:22 AM CSTTornado WarningTSAWashington38 min
Nov 10, 12:50 AM CSTTornado WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Sebastian40 min
Nov 10, 1:25 AM CSTTornado WarningTSAFranklin20 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.