Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 255, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2006, 2:56 AM CDT for Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 64 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2006, 2:56 AM CDT (07:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2006, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Washington County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:57 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 3:06 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 S Greenland, AR |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 892 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1100 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KTSA 020757 SVRTSA ARC143-020900- /O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0255.060502T0756Z-060502T0900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 256 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS * UNTIL 400 AM CDT * AT 249 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE CENTERED NEAR LINCOLN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PRAIRIE GROVE...FARMINGTON...WEST FORK...GREENLAND...FAYETTEVILLE... BRENTWOOD AND ELKINS. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 3601 9454 3580 9450 3582 9395 3616 9391 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KTSA 020812 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 312 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006 ARC143-020900- /O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0255.000000T0000Z-060502T0900Z/ WASHINGTON AR- 312 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 306 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN WEST FORK AND BLACK OAK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HICKS...SULPHUR CITY...ARNETT...ELKINS...DURHAM...GOSHEN...TUTTLE AND MAYFIELD. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 3601 9454 3580 9450 3582 9395 3616 9391 $$
000
WWUS54 KTSA 020832
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
332 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006
ARC143-020900-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0255.000000T0000Z-060502T0900Z/
WASHINGTON AR-
332 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT
FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY...
AT 327 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WINDS
TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VINEY GROVE...MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WHEELER...WALNUT
GROVE...HOGEYE...FARMINGTON...WEST FORK...GREENLAND...FAYETTEVILLE...
BLACK OAK...SULPHUR CITY...HICKS...DURHAM...ELKINS AND TUTTLE.
STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
LAT...LON 3611 9454 3590 9451 3590 9393 3607 9392
3614 9432
$$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 May 1, 9:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 9:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 921 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2006 .UPDATE... SURFACE BOUNDARY STRETCHES FROM NW AR TO NEAR MUSKOGEE...THEN SWWD INTO SCNTRL OK. CONVECTION ACROSS SWRN MO HAS STRUGGLED ALL EVENING...AND SHOWS NO SIGNS OF BACKBUILDING AS CAP HAS HELD STRONG. 00Z NAM SUPPORTS THE 18Z RUN OF THE PARALLEL ETA WITH CONVECTION HOLDING OFF UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT AS LOW-LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS THROUGH THE DEEPER MOISTURE PLUME. WILL DROP OR LIMIT POPS THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN FOCUS HIGHEST POPS ALONG THE RED RIVER LATER TONIGHT. UPDATE WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && SHORT TERM FORECASTER ID= 6 LONG TERM FORECASTER ID= 18
Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 1:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 120 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-021000- 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- 120 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006 ...SEVERE WEATHER IS LIKELY OVERNIGHT... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... A STATIONARY FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. STRONG ELEVATED INSTABILITY WAS LOCATED ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY. WITH THE LOW LEVEL JET KICKING IN...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS. SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL KEEP THUNDERSTORM CHANCES IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. CONDITIONS FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH STRONG INSTABILITY EXPECTED TO BE PRESENT...A SURFACE BOUNDARY DRAPED OVER THE AREA...A DRYLINE SETTING UP TO THE WEST AND A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING ACROSS THE AREA IN A VERY PROGRESSIVE PATTERN. SPECIFIC DETAILS OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ARE DIFFICULT TO PIN DOWN AT THIS TIME...RIGHT NOW THE BEST CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER APPEAR TO BE DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT... LATER FORECASTS SHOULD BE CLOSELY MONITORED FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEEK AS DETAILS BECOME MORE SPECIFIC. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 2, 12:34 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1234 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006
OKZ065-020600-
OKFUSKEE OK-
1234 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
OKFUSKEE
AT 1234 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES NORTHEAST OF PADEN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...CASTLE...PADEN...BOLEY...
MASON...OKFUSKEE AND WELTY.
A LARGE PORTION OF OKFUSKEE COUNTY WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS
THROUGH 100 AM CDT.
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, May 2, 12:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1237 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006
OKZ074-020615-
HASKELL OK-
1237 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
HASKELL
AT 1237 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ENTERPRISE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MCCURTAIN...STIGLER...
LEQUIRE...LEWISVILLE...KINTA...MC CURTAIN...ENTERPRISE...
WHITEFIELD...KEOTA AND KANIMA.
A LARGE PORTION OF HASKELL COUNTY WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS
THROUGH 115 AM CDT.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH.Special weather statement, May 2, 12:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1248 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006
OKZ066-070-071-020645-
MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-
1248 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
MUSKOGEE
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
OKMULGEE
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
MCINTOSH
AT 1248 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
GRAYSON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
PORTIONS OF MUSKOGEE...OKMULGEE AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 145 AM CDT.
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
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.Special weather statement, May 2, 1:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
136 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006
OKZ063-069-020700-
ADAIR OK-DELAWARE OK-
136 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
DELAWARE AND ADAIR
AT 136 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
SOUTH OF TWIN OAKS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...BALLARD...WATTS...LEACH...TWIN
OAKS...KANSAS...COLCORD AND WEST SILOAM SPRINGS.
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF DELAWARE AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ADAIR
COUNTIES WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 200 AM CDT.
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
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.Local storm report, May 2, 1:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
145 AM CDT TUE MAY 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0124 AM HAIL BEGGS 35.74N 96.07W
05/02/2006 E1.50 INCH OKMULGEE OK EMERGENCY MNGR
0124 AM HAIL 1 S MORRIS 35.59N 95.86W
05/02/2006 E1.50 INCH OKMULGEE OK EMERGENCY MNGR
0140 AM HAIL STIGLER 35.25N 95.12W
05/02/2006 E1.25 INCH HASKELL OK EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
SAASpecial weather statement, May 2, 2:23 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
223 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006
ARZ019-029-020800-
CRAWFORD AR-SEBASTIAN AR-
223 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
CRAWFORD
IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
SEBASTIAN
AT 223 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
FORT SMITH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED IN FORT
SMITH WITH THIS STORM. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS
STORM INCLUDE...MILL CREEK...CONCORD...URSULA...FORT SMITH...
BARLING...LAVACA...CENTRAL CITY...VAN BUREN...ALMA...KIBLER...
SHIBLEY...FURRY AND DYER.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 34 min |
| May 2, 4:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.