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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Tulsa, OK

September 14, 2008Carroll County, Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this high wind warning at Sep 14, 2008, 4:00 AM CDT for Carroll County, Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 14, 2008, 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 2008, 7:19 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 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 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 2008-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1139 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2008-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 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
1139 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

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

000 
WWUS74 KTSA 140900
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
400 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008

ARZ019-020-141600-
/O.CAN.KTSA.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080914T1200Z/
/O.CON.KTSA.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-080914T1600Z/
CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON
400 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN ARKANSAS...
CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN.

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN ARKANSAS...
CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON THROUGH THE MORNING
HOURS AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION IKE MOVES EASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN
MISSOURI. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY MID MORNING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.



$$

ARZ029-OKZ049-053-076-141000-
/O.CAN.KTSA.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080914T1200Z/
SEBASTIAN-PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-LE FLORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SMITH...ANTLERS...CLAYTON...HUGO...
POTEAU
400 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN ARKANSAS...
SEBASTIAN.

IN OKLAHOMA...
PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...LE FLORE.


WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON THROUGH THE MORNING
HOURS...HOWEVER THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED.
THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.



$$

OKZ060>075-141000-
/O.CAN.KTSA.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-080914T1200Z/
TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-
LATIMER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...
BRISTOW...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...
MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA...SALLISAW...MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON
400 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN OKLAHOMA...
TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...
WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH...
PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER.

WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON THROUGH THE MORNING
HOURS...HOWEVER THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED.
THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

ARZ002-011-141600-
/O.UPG.KTSA.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-080914T1600Z/
/O.NEW.KTSA.HW.W.0003.080914T0900Z-080914T1600Z/
CARROLL-MADISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERRYVILLE...EUREKA SPRINGS...
HUNTSVILLE
400 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN ARKANSAS...
CARROLL...MADISON.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE OCCURRING AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION
IKE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED
AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID MORNING
HOURS UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.


$$

ARZ001-010-141600-
/O.CON.KTSA.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-080914T1600Z/
BENTON-WASHINGTON AR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...FAYETTEVILLE...
SPRINGDALE
400 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN ARKANSAS...
BENTON...WASHINGTON.

WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID MORNING
HOURS AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION IKE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. THE
STRONGEST WINDS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED...HOWEVER GUSTY CONDITIONS
WILL CONTINUE AND MAY HAMPER EFFORTS TO RETURN POWER TO SOME LOCATIONS.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS74 KTSA 141219
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
719 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008


ARZ002-011-141330-
/O.CAN.KTSA.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080914T1600Z/
CARROLL-MADISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERRYVILLE...EUREKA SPRINGS...
HUNTSVILLE
719 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN ARKANSAS...
CARROLL...MADISON.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION IKE HAS RAPIDLY PULLED OFF TO THE NORTHEAST 
THIS MORNING...AND AS A RESULT WIND SPEEDS AND CORRESPONDING
GUSTS HAVE DROPPED BELOW WARNING CRITERIA. A COLD FRONT MAKING ITS
WAY ACROSS THE REGION WILL BRING A PERIOD OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS
TO THE AREA...HOWEVER WINDS GUSTS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL NOT
APPROACH WARNING CRITERIA.


$$

ARZ001-010-019-020-141330-
/O.CAN.KTSA.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-080914T1600Z/
BENTON-WASHINGTON AR-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...FAYETTEVILLE...
SPRINGDALE...VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON
719 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN ARKANSAS...
BENTON...WASHINGTON...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION IKE HAS RAPIDLY PULLED OFF TO THE NORTHEAST 
THIS MORNING...AND AS A RESULT WIND SPEEDS AND CORRESPONDING
GUSTS HAVE DROPPED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. A COLD FRONT
MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS THE REGION WILL BRING A PERIOD OF GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS TO THE AREA...HOWEVER WINDS GUSTS BEHIND THE FRONT
WILL NOT REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian43 min
Sep 13, 10:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSABenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more4 hr
Sep 14, 1:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAWashington5 hr
Sep 14, 1:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford, Franklin, Sebastian74 min

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Arkansas, 2008Every high wind warning in 2008

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.