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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 2, 2002Carroll County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2002, 5:43 PM CDT for Carroll County, Arkansas. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2002, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2002, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Carroll County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 2, 5:45 PM CDTHail 0.88Eureka Spgs, 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 12:00Z on 2002-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2081 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 12:00Z on 2002-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2081 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1245 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 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.

074 
WUUS54 KTSA 022243
SVRTUL
ARC015-022330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
543 PM CDT FRI AUG 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 543 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
  EUREKA SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...EUREKA
  SPRINGS...GRANDVIEW AND BEAVER.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN
THE WARNED AREA. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3642 9359 3652 9378 3635 9387 3631 9365

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.