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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Tulsa, OK

January 12, 2006Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas; Adair County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 12, 2006, 7:53 PM CST for Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas; Adair County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 67 min. 3 reports 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: Jan 12, 2006, 7:53 PM CST (01:53 UTC)
Expired: Jan 12, 2006, 9:00 PM CST
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Benton County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jan 12, 7:55 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	Bentonville, AR
Jan 12, 8:08 PM CST	HAIL 0.88	Westville, OK
Jan 12, 8:10 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	Cincinnati, 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
Jan 12, 6:53 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1244 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 268 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 130153
SVRTSA
ARC007-143-OKC001-130300-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0006.060113T0153Z-060113T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
753 PM CST THU JAN 12 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 900 PM CST

* AT 751 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL
  AND WINDS TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM WATTS TO 5 MILES NORTH OF CHRISTIE TO 9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF CHRISTIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CHRISTIE...
  SPRINGTOWN...WESTVILLE...CINCINNATI...BARON...HIGHFILL...BELLA
  VISTA...LINCOLN...CAVE SPRINGS...BENTONVILLE...TONTITOWN...PRAIRIE
  GROVE...FARMINGTON...PEA RIDGE...LOWELL...ROGERS...SPRINGDALE...
  GARFIELD AND GATEWAY.

STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.

LAT...LON 3618 9455 3604 9471 3588 9482 3581 9443
      3649 9385 3648 9422

$$

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 130212
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
811 PM CST THU JAN 12 2006

ARC007-143-OKC001-130300-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060113T0300Z/
BENTON AR-WASHINGTON AR-ADAIR OK-
811 PM CST THU JAN 12 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR
ADAIR...WASHINGTON AND BENTON COUNTIES...

AT 808 PM CST...WESTVILLE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NICKEL SIZE 
HAIL IN WESTVILLE.

AT 808 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL
AND WINDS TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES SOUTH OF BENTONVILLE TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF 
GALLITIN TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARIETTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PEA RIDGE...
WEDINGTON...ODELL...SUMMERS...MORROW...CAVE SPRINGS...AVOCA...
CANEHILL...CLYDE...STRICKLER...LINCOLN...SAVOY...RHEA...HILL TOP...
ELM SPRINGS...ROGERS...VINEY GROVE...HOGEYE...PRAIRIE GROVE...
HARMON...TONTITOWN...WEST FORK...WALNUT GROVE...GATEWAY...GARFIELD...
GREENLAND...FARMINGTON...WHEELER...WALNUT HILL...FAYETTEVILLE...
LOWELL...JOHNSON...SHADY GROVE...MONTE NE...SPRINGDALE...SONORA...WAR
EAGLE...LARUE...LOOKOUT...BLAND AND BEAVER LAKE.

STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.

LAT...LON 3617 9448 3603 9462 3575 9479 3577 9428
      3624 9388 3649 9385 3648 9414

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 130245
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
845 PM CST THU JAN 12 2006

OKC001-130255-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060113T0300Z/
ADAIR OK-
845 PM CST THU JAN 12 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ADAIR COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA AND THUS 
THE WARNING FOR ADAIR COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3622 9419 3604 9435 3577 9446 3577 9419
      3624 9388 3649 9385 3647 9397

$$

ARC007-143-130300-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060113T0300Z/
BENTON AR-WASHINGTON AR-
845 PM CST THU JAN 12 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR
WASHINGTON AND BENTON COUNTIES...

AT 842 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND
WINDS TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 4 MILES NORTH OF BEAVER LAKE TO 2 MILES EAST OF SPRINGDALE TO 3 
MILES WEST OF STRICKLER...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...STRICKLER...
SONORA...WAR EAGLE...GREENLAND...LOOKOUT...WEST FORK...WOOLSEY...
GOSHEN...BLACKBURN AND BLACK OAK.

STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.

LAT...LON 3622 9419 3604 9435 3577 9446 3577 9419
      3624 9388 3649 9385 3647 9397

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 130258
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
858 PM CST THU JAN 12 2006

ARC007-143-130308-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060113T0300Z/
BENTON AR-WASHINGTON AR-
858 PM CST THU JAN 12 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WASHINGTON AND BENTON COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 900 PM CST...

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS... 
THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM.

LAT...LON 3622 9419 3604 9435 3577 9446 3577 9419
      3624 9388 3649 9385 3647 9397

$$

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 Jan 12, 7:02 PM CST, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 7:02 PM CST, 51 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
702 PM CST THU JAN 12 2006

.DISCUSSION...
UPDATED FORECAST WILL INCLUDE INCREASING POPS ACROSS NORTHERN
LOCATIONS AND INCLUDING WORDING FOR TORNADO WATCH.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY FOR OKZ049-OKZ053-OKZ054-
     OKZ055-OKZ056-OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-OKZ062-
     OKZ063-OKZ064-OKZ065-OKZ066-OKZ067-OKZ068-OKZ069-OKZ070-
     OKZ071-OKZ072-OKZ073-OKZ074-OKZ075.

AR...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM FORECASTER ID= 5
LONG TERM FORECASTER ID= 07

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 6:00 PM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
600 PM CST THU JAN 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-
600 PM CST THU JAN 12 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
FIRE WEATHER DANGER.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 AND WEST OF
	HIGHWAY 75.

TORNADO.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

SIGNIFICANT WINDS (NON THUNDERSTORM).
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ONGOING WITH GUSTY WINDS AND
VERY LOW HUMIDITIES.  THESE CONDITIONS WILL EASE SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT...
THOUGH WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN 10 TO 20 MPH.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE ALSO PRESENT ACROSS FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA
INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS EVENING...ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING
COLD FRONT.  FAVORABLE WIND FIELDS ALOFT AND ADEQUATE INSTABILITY WILL
SUPPORT A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THE STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL PROVIDE
A RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL.  ADDITIONALLY...A LOW
TORNADIC RISK IS PRESENT PRIMARILY WITHIN THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY WHERE
MORE FAVORABLE WIND PROFILES WILL EXIST.  THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED TO END AFTER MIDNIGHT...AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
FRIDAY...HIGH FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY...HIGH FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM / WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...BUT
COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL PROVIDE SLIGHTLY HIGHER HUMIDITY. SOUTHERLY
WINDS WILL AGAIN INCREASE ON SATURDAY CAUSING FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO WORSEN.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON
SUNDAY. AS A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPS SUNDAY NIGHT...ELEVATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA. THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD
NORTHEAST INTO WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS DURING THE DAY...WITH A SLIGHT
OF A WINTRY MIX ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.
LATEST DATA INDICATES THAT THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WITH THIS SYSTEM
MAY AGAIN DEVELOP JUST EAST OF THE AREA...FURTHER AGGRAVATING ONGOING
DROUGHT CONDITIONS.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
ACTIVE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 12, 5:18 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
518 PM CST THU JAN 12 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     SNOW             BURBANK                 36.69N 96.73W
01/10/2006  4.0 INCH         OSAGE              OK   PUBLIC

&&

NMK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 12, 8:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Sebastian	64 min
Jan 12, 9:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Franklin	49 min
Jan 12, 7:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	35 min
Jan 12, 7:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee	41 min
Jan 12, 7:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	41 min
Jan 12, 7:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell	26 min
Jan 12, 8:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pushmataha	56 min
Jan 12, 8:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	54 min
Jan 12, 8:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	49 min
Jan 12, 8:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	41 min
Jan 12, 8:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2006 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.