Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 322, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2003, 1:39 AM CDT for Benton County, Carroll County, Arkansas. It was in force for 51 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 22, 2003, 1:39 AM CDT (06:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2003, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 60 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KTSA 220639
SVRTUL
ARC007-015-220730-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
139 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 230 AM CDT
* AT 139 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF OAK GROVE TO 7 MILES NORTH
OF BELLA VISTA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...OAK GROVE...
BENTONVILLE...ROGERS...LOWELL...PEA RIDGE...GATEWAY...WAR EAGLE...
BELLA VISTA...GARFIELD...BERRYVILLE...EUREKA SPRINGS...GREEN
FOREST...CARROLLTON...RULE...URBANETTE...GRANDVIEW AND BEAVER.
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS 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 9331 3652 9431 3621 9419 3631 9374
3614 9329
$$What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 21, 9:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 9:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 940 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2003 DISC... BOUNDARIES ABOUND THIS EVENING. WEST TO EAST BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHERN OK AND NORTHERN ARK WAS FOCUS OF EARLIER ACTIVITY NEAR PNC. NOW DORMANT. KINX HI RES 0.5 REF CURRENTLY SHOWS WEAK BOUNDARY OK /KS BORDER SETTING OFF TSRA FAR NORTHEAST CORNER OK. MAIN FRONT / LIKELY MCS ACTION STILL WELL NORTH IN KS WILL GET A GOOD PUSH SOUTH OVERNIGHT AS H500 SHORT WAVE RIDES 50-70 KNOT CREST. BEST POPS OVERNIGHT VICINITY OF THE LIKELY BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS AND MOISTURE. NORTHEAST OK AND NORTHWEST AR PRIME. NORTHWEST FLOW TO BRING BELOW NORMAL HIGH TEMPS TUESDAY...AND WEDNESDAY. A NICE BREAK. GW ============================================ TUL 73 89 65 88 / 20 50 5 5 FSM 73 89 65 89 / 20 50 10 5 MLC 74 93 65 89 / 10 40 10 5 BVO 68 87 62 87 / 40 40 5 5 FYV 68 82 58 83 / 40 60 5 5 BYV 66 80 60 82 / 50 70 5 5 MKO 73 89 65 88 / 20 50 5 5 MIO 68 82 61 83 / 50 60 0 5 F10 74 93 66 88 / 10 40 10 5 HHW 74 96 68 89 / 10 30 10 5 FORECAST ID= 21 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 9:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-221100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 945 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2003 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK SEVERAL WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARIES WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING....WITH THE MAIN COLD FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT...ALTHOUGH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE SHORT-LIVED. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER NEBRASKA AND KANSAS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT...POSSIBLY AFFECTING PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AFTER 3 AM. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE OKLAHOMA-KANSAS BORDER. DAMAGING WIND WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS OF LATE ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE SOMEWHAT DURING THE WEEK...WITH TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY RUNNING SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE EARLY TUESDAY AS A STORM COMPLEX MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY LOOK TO BE DRY. .SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 12:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
OKZ058-220630-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1237 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
OTTAWA
AT 1237 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PICHER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MIAMI...COMMERCE...WYANDOTTE...
OTTAWA...PEORIA...QUAPAW...CARDIN AND PICHER.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.Special weather statement, Jul 22, 1:18 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
ARZ001>002-010>011-019>020-029-OKZ054>072-074-076-221300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 118 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #795 UNTIL 800 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS: IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: BENTON CARROLL CRAWFORD MADISON WASHINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS: FRANKLIN SEBASTIAN IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: CHEROKEE MUSKOGEE OKFUSKEE SEQUOYAH IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA: ADAIR CRAIG CREEK DELAWARE MAYES NOWATA OKMULGEE OSAGE OTTAWA PAWNEE ROGERS TULSA WAGONER WASHINGTON IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA: HASKELL LE FLORE MCINTOSH THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BARTLESVILLE...BENTONVILLE... BERRYVILLE...BRISTOW...BROKEN ARROW...CEDARVILLE...CHARLESTON... CLAREMORE...EUFAULA...EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...FORT SMITH... HUNTSVILLE...JAY...MIAMI...MOUNTAINBURG...MUSKOGEE...NATURAL DAM... NOWATA...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...OZARK...PAWHUSKA...PAWNEE...POTEAU... PRYOR...ROGERS...SALLISAW...SAND SPRINGS...SILOAM SPRINGS... SPRINGDALE...STIGLER...STILWELL...TAHLEQUAH...TULSA...VAN BUREN... VINITA AND WAGONER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll | 28 min |
| Jul 22, 2:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison | 14 min |
| Jul 22, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 58 min |
| Jul 22, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 33 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.