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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 1, 2002Benton County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2002, 9:12 PM CDT for Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 33 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
May 1, 2002, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2002, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Benton County, AR

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 1, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 2002-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1175 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 00:00Z on 2002-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1175 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1882 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 020212
SVRTUL
ARC007-020245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
912 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 912 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2
  MILES SOUTH OF LOWELL...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ROGERS...
  LOWELL AND WAR EAGLE.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS 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 3632 9422 3620 9417 3624 9388 3637 9386

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton46 min
May 1, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton31 min
May 1, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll51 min
May 1, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAWashington45 min
May 1, 9:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMadison42 min
May 1, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison, Washington46 min
May 2, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington45 min
May 2, 1:38 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAWashington37 min
May 2, 1:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison50 min
May 2, 2:03 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAMadison42 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.