Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 8, 2008, 2:17 AM CST for Benton County, Carroll County, Arkansas. It was in force for 58 min. 5 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 8, 2008, 2:17 AM CST (08:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2008, 3:15 AM CST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 2:20 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Pea Ridge, AR | 2 MOBILE HOMES DESTORYED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 4 PERSONS HAD TO BE EXTRICATED FROM DEBRIS. |
| Jan 8, 2:20 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Rogers, AR | SHINGLES BLOWN OFF ROOF. PRIVACY FENCE BLOWN OVER. |
| Jan 8, 2:25 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Busch, AR | TREE BLOWN DOWN |
| Jan 8, 2:25 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Nw Busch, AR | |
| Jan 8, 2:30 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Garfield, AR | NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED BY WIND. MOBILE HOME OVERTURNED BY WIND AND OTHER STRUCTURE DAMAGE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 7, 7:48 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 765 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KTSA 080817
SVRTSA
ARC007-015-080915-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0013.080108T0817Z-080108T0915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
217 AM CST TUE JAN 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 315 AM CST
* AT 212 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS TO
70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PEA
RIDGE TO BENTONVILLE TO 6 MILES WEST OF CAVE SPRINGS...MOVING EAST
AT 55 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
TO 60 MPH IN THE SULPHUR SPRINGS AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...CAVE
SPRINGS...ROGERS...GARFIELD...GATEWAY...LOWELL...BEAVER...EUREKA
SPRINGS...GRANDVIEW...URBANETTE...BERRYVILLE AND OAK GROVE.
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...BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
LAT...LON 3650 9329 3648 9328 3638 9328 3636 9330
3630 9379 3630 9386 3629 9387 3622 9440
3637 9423 3650 9418
TIME...MOT...LOC 0817Z 265DEG 48KT 3651 9406 3638 9409
3626 9426
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KTSA 080909
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
309 AM CST TUE JAN 8 2008
ARC007-015-080919-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080108T0915Z/
CARROLL AR-BENTON AR-
309 AM CST TUE JAN 8 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN BENTON AND NORTHERN
CARROLL COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 315 AM CST...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM.
LAT...LON 3650 9329 3648 9328 3638 9328 3636 9330
3630 9379 3630 9386 3629 9387 3622 9440
3637 9423 3650 9418
TIME...MOT...LOC 0909Z 265DEG 48KT 3657 9320 3644 9323
3632 9340
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 7:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 31 min |
| Jan 7, 7:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 48 min |
| Jan 7, 8:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 66 min |
| Jan 7, 8:24 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jan 7, 8:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 66 min |
| Jan 7, 9:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 63 min |
| Jan 7, 10:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 60 min |
| Jan 7, 11:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 35 min |
| Jan 8, 12:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 19 min |
| Jan 8, 1:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 60 min |
| Jan 8, 2:11 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:58 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 32 min |
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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.