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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 235, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 25, 2000Franklin County, Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2000, 2:48 AM CDT for Franklin County, Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2000, 2:48 AM CDT (07:48 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2000, 3:30 AM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:49 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 24, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 606 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -255 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1901 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 318 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

293 
WUUS54 KTSA 250749
SVRTUL
ARC047-087-250830-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
248 AM CDT THU MAY 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 248 AM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO
  60 MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF BRENTWOOD TO 3 MILES NORTH OF FERN TO 2 MILES SOUTH OF
  DYER...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...JAPTON...WITTER...BOSTON...
  WESLEY...AURORA...PETTIGREW...ST PAUL...HUNTSVILLE...WIEDERKEHR
  VILLAGE...CASS...ALTUS...DENNING...BRANCH AND OZARK.

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

CALL 1-800-722-2778 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3612 9392 3578 9396 3527 9408 3531 9376
          3566 9354 3612 9353

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 May 24, 10:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 10:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1035 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2000

NOT MUCH TIME FOR DISCUSSION...WITH TORNADO/SEVERE WATCHES OVER
NEARLY ALL OF FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. FIRST CLUSTER OF SEVERE
STORMS WHICH MOVED ACROSS NORTHEAST CORNER OF OKLAHOMA AND INTO
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAS JUST ABOUT EXITED AREA...WHILE A SECOND CLUSTER
OF SEVERE STORMS WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST.

HAVE ALREADY SENT UPDATED ZONES TO INCREASE POPS AND WORD POSSIBLE
HEAVY RAIN IN MORE ZONES. BIGGEST THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN APPEARS TO BE
SETTING UP IN A 50 MILE WIDE ZONE EXTENDING FROM TULSA TO SILOAM
SPRINGS ARKANSAS...WHICH WAS NORTH OF PRIMARY SURFACE BOUNDARY.

THERE IS STILL SOME QUESTION AS TO HOW FAR SOUTH CONVECTION CAN DEVELOP
GIVEN STRONG CAPPING STILL PRESENT IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST
CENTRAL ARKANSAS. WILL KEEP POPS IN CHANCE CATEGORY IN THOSE ZONES.

NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO LATER PERIODS OF FORECAST.

FCSTID = 9

.TUL...
AR...NONE.
OK...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 10:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1027 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2000

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

0730 PM    WANN                      OK    WIND DAMAGE
05/24/00   NOWATA                          NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN
                                           DOWN

0750 PM    4 ENE CHILDERS            OK    WIND DAMAGE
05/24/00   NOWATA                          TELEPHONE POLES DOWN
                                           AND LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN

0800 PM    1 N BERNICE               OK    60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/24/00   DELAWARE                        SPOTTER RPT

0842 PM    8 W JAY                   OK    .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/00   DELAWARE                        DELAWARE CO SPOTTER RPT

0845 PM    MAYSVILLE                 AR    70 MPH TSTM GUST
05/24/00   BENTON                          NUMEROUS TREES
                                           DOWN...SPOTTER RPT

0850 PM    SILOAM SPGS               AR    WIND DAMAGE
05/24/00   BENTON                          NUMEROUS LARGE TREE
                                           LIMBS BLOWN
                                           DOWN...PUBLIC RPT

0858 PM    4 N GENTRY                AR    WIND DAMAGE
05/24/00   BENTON                          NUMEROUS TREES AND
                                           LARGE LIMBS BLOWN
                                           DOWN...SPRINGDALE PD

0905 PM    3 S SILOAM SPGS           AR    WIND DAMAGE
05/24/00   BENTON                          SEVERAL TREES BLOWN
                                           DOWN...PUBLIC RPT

0915 PM    COLCORD                   OK    WIND DAMAGE
05/24/00   DELAWARE                        NUMEROUS 5-6 INCH TREES
                                           BLOWN DOWN...WINDS
                                           GUSTS TO 65
                                           MPH...SPOTTER RPT

0919 PM    8 S ROGERS                AR    60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/24/00   BENTON                          PUBLIC REPORT AT BETHEL
                                           HTS

0920 PM    MOODYS                    OK    WIND DAMAGE
05/24/00   CHEROKEE                        NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN
                                           DOWN...CHEROKEE EOC RPT

0930 PM    3 ESE BEAVER              AR    60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/24/00   CARROLL                         PUBLIC RPT AT HOLIDAY
                                           ISLAND

0942 PM    FAYETTEVILLE              AR    WIND DAMAGE
05/24/00   WASHINGTON                      NUMEROUS 3-4 INCH TREE
                                           TREE LIMBS BROKEN

DRM

Special weather statement, May 24, 11:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-250701-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1116 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2000

...UPDATE FOR SHORT TERM TRENDS...

AT 11PM AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EXTENDED FROM NEAR CHARLESTON AR TO
FORT SMITH TO SOUTHERN CREEK COUNTY.  THIS BOUNDARY WILL DRIFT
SLOWLY SOUTH DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND BE THE FOCUS FOR
CONTINUED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.  THE ATMOSPHERE SOUTH OF THE
BOUNDARY REMAINS CAPPED...HOWEVER ENOUGH LIFT WILL OCCUR ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY TO PRODUCE A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA.  THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AFTER 2AM AND MAY STILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO BE SEVERE.

WIND FIELDS WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELL STORMS NEAR THE BOUNDARY FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND THERE IS THE POSSIBILTY OF AN ISOLATED
TORNADO.

SHORT TERM FORECASTS WILL DETAIL THE PROGRESS OF THE STORMS.

Local storm report, May 24, 11:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1124 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2000

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

1046 PM    MILFAY                    OK    1 INCH HAIL
05/24/00   CREEK

1115 PM    IRON POST                 OK    1.75 INCH HAIL
05/24/00   CREEK

Local storm report, May 25, 12:25 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1225 AM CDT THU MAY 25 2000

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

1134 PM    10 N OKEMAH               OK    TORNADO
05/24/00   OKFUSKEE                        TORNADO REPORTED BY
                                           SPOTTERS.

1134 PM    4 N HOMINY                OK    .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/00   OSAGE                           DIME SIZED HAIL
                                           REPORTED BY HAM RADIO.

1207 AM    2 N PRESTON               OK    60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/25/00   OKMULGEE                        HAM RADIO REPORT OF 60
                                           MPH WINDS.

DRM

Special weather statement, May 25, 1:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

OKZ054>057-059>062-064>067-070-071-073-251000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
126 AM CDT THU MAY 25 2000

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 349 HAS BEEN CANCELLED IN THE
FOLLOWING OKLAHOMA COUNTIES...

OSAGE...PAWNEE...CREEK...TULSA...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...
OKMULGEE...OKFUSKEE...ROGERS AND MAYES.

THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE NOW SHIFTED EAST OF THESE AREAS AND
ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 349 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
FOLLOWING OKLAHOMA COUNTIES...

WAGONER...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH AND PITTSBURG.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH PARTS OF THESE
COUNTIES AND THE POTENTIAL REMAINS FROM SOME HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS.

SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE WILL CONTINUE TO
DETAIL THE STORM POTENTIAL.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton	51 min
May 24, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	52 min
May 24, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll, Madison	39 min
May 24, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	46 min
May 25, 2:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Washington	52 min
May 25, 2:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sebastian	59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2000 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.