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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 20, 2007Crawford County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2007, 11:34 AM CDT for Crawford County, Arkansas. It was in force for 26 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: Jun 20, 2007, 11:34 AM CDT (16:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Crawford County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:35 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 682 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1067 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.2

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 20, 10:51 AM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 10:51 AM CDT, 43 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1051 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

.DISCUSSION...
MCS IS IN ITS DIEING FORM NOW. UPDATED TO ADJUST POPS.  WILL
DO SO AGAIN AROUND NOON TO GET RID OF MORNING WORDING.  DO
NOT EXPECT MUCH IF ANYTHING AFTER THE CURRENT CONVECTION DIES.
TEMPS WILL NEED BE RE-VISITED.  IF THE CLOUDS THIN ENOUGH
MAY STILL BE ABLE TO REACH HIGHS.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...17
LONG TERM....12

ABBAS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 5:00 AM CDT, 6 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
500 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-211000-
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-
450 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING .

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

DISCUSSION...
A MCS DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT AND MOVED THROUGH A LARGE PART OF
OKLAHOMA AND INTO TEXAS. SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAS REMAINED
QUIET OVERNIGHT BUT THE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE MOVING INTO THIS AREA WHICH HAS SOME OF THE BEST
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES...GREATEST INSTABILITY...BUT
VERY WEAK UPPER SUPPORT. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND COULD PRODUCE ONE TO TWO
INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. RAINFALL
IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY LATE MORNING.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS.
FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS.
MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.
TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
QUIET WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE
THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX BY THURSDAY MORNING. AN UPPER RIDGE BECOMES
ESTABLISHED OVER THE MOUNTAINS KEEPING THE REGION IN A WEST TO
NORTHWEST FLOW AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AT A MINIMUM INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 7:08 AM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
708 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

OKZ053-201300-
CHOCTAW OK-
708 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CHOCTAW

AT 708 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES
SOUTH OF UNGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...HUGO...ORD...GRANT...GAY...
GOODLAND...SAWYER...BOSWELL...UNGER...SOPER...MESSER...KENT...
FALLON...SPEER AND APPLE.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH.

LAT...LON 3391 9592 3379 9567 3414 9514 3414 9584

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 9:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
929 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

OKZ076-201530-
LE FLORE OK-
929 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     LE FLORE

AT 929 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITESBORO TO 33 MILES
SOUTH OF BIG CEDAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...BIG CEDAR...MUSE...
WHITESBORO...HODGEN...SUMMERFIELD...FANSHAWE AND WISTER.

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

LAT...LON 3480 9505 3452 9493 3453 9445 3516 9480

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 10:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1030 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

ARZ029-201615-
SEBASTIAN AR-
1030 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     SOUTHWESTERN SEBASTIAN

AT 1030 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES WEST OF HARTFORD TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PATTERSON...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...PATTERSON...HARTFORD...HACKETT...
GREENWOOD...ARKOLA...MIDLAND...JENSON...EXCELSIOR...BONANZA...JENNY
LIND AND RYE HILL.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH.

LAT...LON 3494 9445 3497 9430 3525 9425 3530 9445

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 10:46 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1046 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

ARZ029-OKZ076-201615-
LE FLORE OK-SEBASTIAN AR-
1046 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     SEBASTIAN

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHEASTERN LE FLORE

AT 1046 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM MANSFIELD TO 4 MILES WEST OF POTEAU...MOVING
NORTH AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS
INCLUDE...POTEAU...SHADY POINT...CAMERON...PANAMA...ROCK ISLAND...
SPIRO...POCOLA...SCULLYVILLE...BRADEN...PATTERSON...CROSSROADS...
MILLTOWN...HARTFORD...HACKETT...GREENWOOD...BARLING...LAVACA...
ARKOLA...HUNTINGTON...MIDLAND...DAYTON...WITCHERVILLE...BURNVILLE...
JENSON...EXCELSIOR...MANSFIELD...BONANZA...JENNY LIND...RYE HILL...
BLOOMER AND CENTRAL CITY.

THESE STORMS 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.

LAT...LON 3498 9420 3497 9474 3530 9464 3538 9409

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 11:10 AM CDT, 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1110 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

ARZ019-020-029-201715-
CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-SEBASTIAN AR-
1110 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     NORTHEASTERN SEBASTIAN AND SOUTHERN FRANKLIN

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD

AT 1110 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES WEST OF MILL CREEK TO BURNVILLE TO 9
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CROSSROADS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...PINEY...
PLEASANT HILL...CROSSROADS...MILLTOWN...MILL CREEK...OZARK...
MULBERRY...CHARLESTON...BRANCH...URSULA...PETER PENDER...VESTA...
MEG...DENNING...CECIL...TONEY...LONELM...CRAVENS...GREENWOOD...
BARLING...LAVACA...DAYTON...WITCHERVILLE...WASHBURN...BURNVILLE...
EXCELSIOR...FORT CHAFFEE...JENNY LIND...RYE HILL...BLOOMER...CENTRAL
CITY...ALMA...KIBLER AND DYER.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3532 9447 3508 9428 3503 9408 3536 9373
      3550 9379 3563 9402

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 11:34 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1134 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

ARZ019-201700-
CRAWFORD AR-
1134 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     CRAWFORD

AT 1134 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTH OF FIGURE FIVE TO CONCORD...MOVING
NORTH AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS
INCLUDE...CONCORD...MOUNTAINBURG...ALMA...CHESTER...SHIBLEY...
FURRY...FIGURE FIVE...RUDY...LOCKE AND MOUNT GAYLER.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3545 9440 3544 9418 3576 9404 3576 9430

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	28 min
Jun 19, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	25 min
Jun 19, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	53 min
Jun 19, 8:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	50 min
Jun 19, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes	61 min
Jun 19, 8:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	23 min
Jun 19, 8:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	25 min
Jun 19, 9:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	39 min
Jun 19, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa, Wagoner	49 min
Jun 19, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Tulsa	64 min
Jun 19, 10:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	47 min
Jun 19, 10:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Tulsa	3 hr
Jun 19, 10:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	31 min
Jun 19, 11:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	51 min
Jun 19, 11:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	Creek, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington	5 hr
Jun 19, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	47 min
Jun 19, 11:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Osage	3 hr
Jun 19, 11:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	32 min
Jun 20, 12:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	39 min
Jun 20, 2:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	40 min
Jun 20, 2:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee	66 min
Jun 20, 3:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	47 min
Jun 20, 4:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	46 min
Jun 20, 5:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	41 min
Jun 20, 5:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	37 min
Jun 20, 7:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	52 min
Jun 20, 9:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	61 min
Jun 20, 9:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	62 min
Jun 20, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	55 min
Jun 19, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	56 min
Jun 20, 4:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	39 min
Jun 20, 5:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	45 min
Jun 20, 10:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	45 min
Jun 20, 10:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	29 min
Jun 20, 11:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin, Sebastian	65 min
Jun 20, 11:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford	53 min
Jun 20, 12:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	60 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Arkansas, 2007 Every special weather statement in 2007

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.