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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 12, 2003Carroll County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2003, 5:52 AM CDT for Carroll County, Arkansas. It was in force for 53 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
Jul 12, 2003, 5:52 AM CDT (10:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2003, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Carroll County, AR

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 12, 3:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 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 00:00Z on 2003-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1159 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
1159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1763 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
309 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 121052
SVRTUL
ARC015-121145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
552 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 AM CDT

* AT 552 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11
  MILES NORTHWEST OF BEAVER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES 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 3650 9360 3649 9387 3632 9385 3619 9358
          3648 9333

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll52 min
Jul 11, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton81 min
Jul 11, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll, Madison81 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.