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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 23, 2002Madison County, Washington County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2002, 3:43 AM CDT for Madison County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 2002, 3:43 AM CDT (08:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2002, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 23, 3:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 2002-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2397 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 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.

583 
WUUS54 KTSA 230843
SVRTUL
ARC087-143-230930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
343 AM CDT TUE APR 23 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
  EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT

* AT 343 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6
  MILES NORTHWEST OF ELKINS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HUNTSVILLE...
  AURORA...WESLEY...HINDSVILLE...FORUM...BOSTON...WITTER...JAPTON...
  MARBLE AND ELKINS.

STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF 
ARKANSAS AT 340 AM.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. 
STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3618 9414 3597 9417 3579 9354 3619 9357

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 3:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington32 min
Apr 23, 3:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton47 min
Apr 23, 4:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison, Washington53 min
Apr 23, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison, Washington60 min
Apr 23, 6:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.