Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2001, 9:05 PM CDT for Franklin County, Arkansas. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2001, 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2001, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 9:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 E | Ozark, AR | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 2330 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1144 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KTSA 150207 CCA SVRTUL ARC047-150245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 905 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 905 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF FERN TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRANCH...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE...CASS...FERN...ALTUS...DENNING...BRANCH AND OZARK. 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.
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 Jun 14, 3:00 PM CDT, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 3:00 PM CDT, 6 hours 5 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 300 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001 FORECAST A LITTLE BEHIND SCHED DUE TO MID-AFTERNOON UPDATE. MAIN PROBLEM FOR THIS FORECAST IS THE TIMING OF TSRA TONIGHT. MODELS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT BACK EDGE OF STORMS WILL MOVE SE ACROSS THE AREA... ENDING BEFORE 6Z AT KTUL AND AROUND 12Z ACROSS FAR SE ZONES. COULD SEE LINGERING POST-FRONTAL PRECIP IN THE VERY SE CORNER OF CWA AFTER 12Z BUT CHANCE MAY BE TOO LOW TO MENTION FOR 2ND PERIOD. AS FOR SEVERE THREAT...BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WILL BE ACROSS SERN OK AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS EVENING. STORMS SHOULD NOT GET TO NW AR UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT WHEN INSTABILITY WILL BE DECREASED FROM AFTERNOON LEVELS. MOST SVR STORMS AND TORNADO THREAT MAY STAY WEST OF CWA ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL OK THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH SOME THREAT IN SE OK AFTER 8PM. WITH TOR WATCH IN EFFECT AND SPORADIC SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED IN CWA HAVE KEPT MENTION OF SVR POSSIBLE IN ZFP. AFTER FROPA...WILL BE NOTICABLY COOLER AND DRIER IN THE MORNING WITH PATCHY FOG. WARM AFTERNOON TEMPS ARE EXPECTED BUT HUMIDITIES WILL BE LOWER SO IT SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE BEARABLE COMPARED WITH THE LAST FEW DAYS. DRY AIR WILL BE GONE AFTER TOMORROW AS SLY SFC FLOW RETURN SO ENJOY FRIDAY WHILE IT LASTS. LOOKED AT MODELS AGAIN FOR LATER PERIODS AND APPEARS THAT FLOW ALOFT WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE NEXT 7 DAYS. THUS ANY STORMS TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA WILL HAVE A VERY HARD TIME MAKING IT THIS FAR SOUTH. SLY FLOW WILL RETURN LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND WARM FRONT DEVELOPS OVER NEBRASKA AND IOWA. STORMS SHOULD STAY ALONG AND NORTH OF WARM FRONT SAT NIGHT EVEN WITH WNWLY FLOW ALOFT. TEMPS SHOULD BE AT OR JUST ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. FCSTID = 26 TUL 64 89 63 91 / 60 0 0 0 FSM 65 88 62 92 / 80 10 0 0 MLC 65 88 63 92 / 70 10 0 0 BVO 60 86 61 89 / 60 0 0 0 FYV 61 83 57 87 / 80 10 0 0 BYV 61 83 56 87 / 80 10 0 0 MIO 62 86 63 88 / 70 0 0 0 MKO 64 88 66 91 / 60 0 0 0 F10 64 88 66 91 / 60 0 0 0 HHW 68 88 63 91 / 70 10 0 0 .TSA... AR...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR ALL ZONES. OK...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR ALL ZONES.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 14, 5:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
607 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0409 PM DRUMRIGHT OK FLOOD
06/14/01 CREEK SPOTTER REPORT OF WATER
OVER ROADWAYS.
0409 PM 5 W SKIATOOK OK FLOOD
06/14/01 OSAGE SPOTTER REPORT OF WATER
OVER ROADWAYS.
0415 PM HOMINY OK FLOOD
06/14/01 OSAGE LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT
OF FLOODING.
0425 PM BARTLESVILLE OK FLOOD
06/14/01 WASHINGTON LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT
0437 PM OWASSO OK FLOOD
06/14/01 TULSA SPOTTER REPORT OF
STREETS FLOODED.
0440 PM LENAPAH OK FLOOD
06/14/01 NOWATA COOPERATIVE OBSERVER
REPO&RT OF STREET
FLOODING.Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
OKZ057-058-060>062-064>067-150015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 645 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 425 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... CREEK...OKFUSKEE...TULSA...OKMULGEE...ROGERS...WAGONER...CRAIG... MAYES...AND OTTAWA. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WAS DIMINISHING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING AS A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVES =ACROSS THE AREA. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 425 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 7:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-151100- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 700 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001 ...UPDATED FOR CURRENT TRENDS... ...FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... EARLY THIS EVENING...A SURFACE COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM NEAR BARTLESVILLE TO SHAMROCK...AND INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE FRONT WAS MAKING SLOW PROGRESS TO THE SOUTHEAST. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM JAY IN DELAWARE COUNTY...TO HANNA IN MCINTOSH COUNTY. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL REMAIN NECESSARY THIS EVENING...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A JAY TO HANNA OKLAHOMA LINE. .DISCUSSION... THE COLD FRONT APPEARS TO BE STALLED ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND MAY NOT MAKE MUCH MORE EASTWARD PROGRESS THROUGH THE NIGHT. HOWEVER OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ASSOCIATED WITH CURRENT CONVECTION WILL SUPPORT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING. SURFACE INSTABILITY WILL BE GREAT ENOUGH FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS EVENING. LIFTED INDEX VALUES RANGED FROM -9 TO -11 CELSIUS WITH SURFACE BASED CAPES NEAR 3000 J/KG. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL DIMINISH AFTER 10 PM. THE MAIN THREAT FROM SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. ISOLATED SUPERCELLS ARE STILL POSSIBLE AS WELL. THREAT TABLE VALID THROUGH 6 AM FRIDAY THREAT AREA 1...SOUTHEAST OF A JAY TO HANNA LINE THUNDERSTORM PROBABILITY...100 SEVERE PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...70 SIGNIFICANT SEVERE PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...50 THREAT AREAS DEFINE THE GREATEST RISK. PROBABILITIES ARE IN PERCENT. SIGNIFICANT SEVERE IS DEFINED AS F1 OR GREATER WIND/TORNADO DAMAGE AND/OR GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER. RELATED GRAPHICAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA SJT
Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:36 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
836 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0832 PM SPIRO OK WIND DAMAGE
06/14/01 LE FLORE 2 TO 6 INCH DIAMETER
LIMBS DOWNED. REPORTED
BY HAM.Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:43 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
843 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
073m6 PM FAYETTEVILLE AR .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/01 WASHINGTONLocal storm report, Jun 14, 9:00 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
900 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM TAHLEQUAH OK WIND DAMAGE
06/14/01 CHEROKEE POWER LINES DOWN IN
TAHLEQUAH. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
0715 PM HIGGINS OK WIND DAMAGE
06/14/01 LATIMER LARGE TREE UPROOTED AND
ONE OUTBUILDING
DESTROYED. PUBLIC REPORT.
0835 PM SALLISAW OK WIND DAMAGE
06/14/01 SEQUOYAH POWER LINES DOWN IN
SALLISAW. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 39 min |
| Jun 14, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 54 min |
| Jun 14, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001
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.