Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 300, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2000, 6:22 PM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 38 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
- Aug 23, 2000, 6:22 PM CDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Madison County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 6:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntsville, AR | Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of a house. |
| Aug 23, 6:40 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Huntsville, 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 233 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2079 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
820 WUUS54 KTSA 232322 SVRTUL ARC087-240000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 622 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 622 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUNTSVILLE...THE STORM WAS STATIONARY. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...FORUM... HINDSVILLE AND HUNTSVILLE. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE NEAR ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR VERY LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 3601 9388 3601 9366 3619 9366 3619 9389
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 Aug 23, 2:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 2:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 245 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2000 TERRAIN INDUCED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SECTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT WIDELY SCT ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...DEVELOPING INTO SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OK...IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. CONVECTION WILL QUICKLY DISSIPATE THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. WILL CONTINUE WITH PERSISTENCE THROUGH FORECAST PERIOD...WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN OVERALL SYNOPTIC PATTERN. UPPER HIGH CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER ARK WILL REDEVELOP/SHIFT NW INTO CO FRI MORNING. WILL CONTINUE TO SEE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS THU OVER WEST-CENTRAL ARK/SE OK...PRIMARILY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. MESO ETA SLOWLY DECREASES LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BY FRI AND SHOULD SEE EVEN LESS PRECIP COVERAGE DURING THE DAY. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPS WILL REMAIN CLOSE TO TODAYS READINGS GIVE OR TAKE A DEGREE. EXTENDED PERIODS...HOT/DRY FORECAST CONTINUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS UPPER HIGH MOVES BACK INTO THE AREA. PRELIM NUMBERS: FCSTID = 12 TUL 78 101 78 100 / 5 5 5 5 FSM 76 103 76 102 / 10 20 10 10 MLC 76 101 76 100 / 10 20 10 10 BVO 76 103 76 102 / 5 5 5 5 FYV 69 98 69 97 / 10 20 10 10 BYV 69 98 69 97 / 10 20 10 10 MIO 73 99 73 98 / 5 5 5 10 MKO 76 101 76 100 / 5 10 5 10 F10 76 101 76 100 / 5 10 5 10 HHW 73 101 73 100 / 10 20 10 10 .TUL... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 1:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-241100- EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 120 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2000 ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .OTHER HAZARDS... AN OZONE ALERT HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE TULSA METROPOLITAN AREA FOR TODAY AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY. SEE THE PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT /OKCPNSTUL/ FOR MORE INFORMATION. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 6:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Madison | 2 hr |
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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.