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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 13, 2006Franklin County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2006, 1:52 AM CST for Franklin 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 2006, 1:52 AM CST (07:52 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2006, 2:46 AM CST
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Franklin County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:54 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 12, 9:34 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1549 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1450 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.5
Supercell composite: 13.0

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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 Mar 13, 1:51 AM CST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 1:51 AM CST, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 12:05 PM CST, 13 hours 47 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1205 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-131100-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
1205 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
TORNADO.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

FIRE WEATHER DANGER.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT...SPREADINDEX=64.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...LATE THIS MORNING.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

DISCUSSION...
A DRY LINE WAS LOCATED FROM EASTERN KANSAS INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALREADY DEVELOPING ALONG THE BOUNDARY
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WITH CAPES ON THE ORDER OF 2500 J/KG AND
HELICITIES IN THE RANGE OF 200 M2/S2...SUPERCELLS WITH THE POTENTIAL
TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS MUCH
OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.  ONCE STORMS
DEVELOP...THEY WILL RACE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR.

GIVEN THE WARM TEMPERATURES...STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND DRY
VEGETATION FIRE WEATHER WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN TODAY. THE MOST
DANGEROUS AREA FOR FIRES WILL BE NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
MONDAY...VERY HIGH FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS.
FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL HAVE PASSED THROUGH THE AREA BY MONDAY MORNING.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA AND REMAIN AT LEAST THROUGH
THE MIDDLE OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. FIRE WEATHER WILL REMAIN A
CONCERN WITH THE MOST LIKELY BAD DAY BEING MONDAY WITH THE NORTH
WINDS AND LOWER HUMIDITIES FOUND BEHIND THE FRONT.

THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST DUE TO RETURN FLOW OF WARM
AND MOIST AIR. THE THUNDERSTORMS ENTER THE FORECAST AGAIN NEXT
WEEKEND.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL
INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 13, 12:15 AM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1215 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

ARZ011-130715-
MADISON AR-
1215 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     MADISON

AT 1215 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3
MILES NORTH OF GEORGETOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...HARMONY...
GEORGETOWN...HUNTSVILLE...WESLEY...FORUM...MARBLE AND ALABAM.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

Special weather statement, Mar 13, 12:31 AM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1231 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

OKZ068-130700-
CHEROKEE OK-
1231 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     CHEROKEE

AT 1231 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3
MILES SOUTHEAST OF COOKSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SOME
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...COOKSON.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

Local storm report, Mar 13, 1:19 AM CST, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 13, 1:19 AM CST, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 13, 1:40 AM CST, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 13, 1:48 AM CST, 4 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 6:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Washington	36 min
Mar 12, 6:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	51 min
Mar 12, 6:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	58 min
Mar 12, 6:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Washington	50 min
Mar 12, 6:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	49 min
Mar 12, 7:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Nowata	24 min
Mar 12, 7:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers	60 min
Mar 12, 7:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	59 min
Mar 12, 7:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Nowata	36 min
Mar 12, 7:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Wagoner	70 min
Mar 12, 7:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Tulsa	35 min
Mar 12, 7:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	12 min
Mar 12, 7:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig	59 min
Mar 12, 7:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes	63 min
Mar 12, 8:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers	53 min
Mar 12, 8:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Wagoner	44 min
Mar 12, 8:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes	24 min
Mar 12, 8:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Rogers	22 min
Mar 12, 8:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	57 min
Mar 12, 8:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware	50 min
Mar 12, 8:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Craig	14 min
Mar 12, 8:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Mayes	49 min
Mar 12, 8:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee	59 min
Mar 12, 8:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Ottawa	22 min
Mar 12, 9:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair	29 min
Mar 12, 9:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware	33 min
Mar 12, 10:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	44 min
Mar 12, 10:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	39 min
Mar 12, 11:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	56 min
Mar 12, 11:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig	34 min
Mar 12, 11:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Ottawa	59 min
Mar 12, 11:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	63 min
Mar 13, 12:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell	54 min
Mar 13, 12:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee	16 min
Mar 13, 12:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	71 min
Mar 13, 12:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	27 min
Mar 13, 12:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	81 min
Mar 13, 12:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	77 min
Mar 13, 2:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	31 min
Mar 12, 9:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Benton	63 min
Mar 12, 10:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Carroll	62 min
Mar 12, 10:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Benton	33 min
Mar 13, 12:03 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	42 min
Mar 13, 12:43 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Washington	62 min
Mar 13, 1:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll, Madison	54 min
Mar 13, 1:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford	68 min
Mar 13, 1:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sebastian	63 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2006 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.