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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 367, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 3, 2003Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2003, 5:21 AM CDT for Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 54 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
Aug 3, 2003, 5:21 AM CDT (10:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2003, 6:15 AM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Crawford County, AR, Sebastian County, AR

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 3, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2003-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 732 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 2003-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
732 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

251 
WUUS54 KTSA 031021
SVRTUL
ARC033-131-031115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
521 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
  SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 615 AM CDT

* AT 521 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
  A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NATURAL DAM TO 19 MILES
  WEST OF FORT SMITH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...FORT
  SMITH...BARLING...MOUNTAINBURG...VAN BUREN...ALMA...CEDARVILLE...
  NATURAL DAM...CHESTER...FIGURE FIVE...RUDY AND LEE CREEK.

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 3554 9414 3534 9417 3528 9444 3545 9444
          3575 9450 3575 9411

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 7:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison65 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.