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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 13, 2003Benton County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2003, 12:38 PM CDT for Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 37 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 13, 2003, 12:38 PM CDT (17:38 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2003, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Benton County, AR

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 2003-05-13Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 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.

441 
WUUS54 KTSA 131738
SVRTUL
ARC007-131815-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1236 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 115 PM CDT

* AT 1236 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS      
  ACROSS CENTRAL BENTON COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

ROGERS AND BELLA VISTA ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED 
IN THE WARNED AREA. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE 
STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3656 9446 3620 9439 3627 9386 3645 9389

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison44 min
May 13, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison, Washington39 min
May 13, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford28 min
May 13, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin44 min
May 13, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford50 min
May 13, 4:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACrawford, Franklin4 hr
May 13, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin, Sebastian54 min
May 13, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.