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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 544, NWS Tulsa, OK

December 27, 2008Franklin County, Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 27, 2008, 11:53 AM CST for Franklin County, Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 27, 2008, 11:53 AM CST (17:53 UTC)
Expired: Dec 27, 2008, 12:30 PM CST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 27, 6:35 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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: 627 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 428 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 370 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.7
Supercell composite: 7.3

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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 Dec 27, 11:28 AM CST, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 11:28 AM CST, 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1128 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

.DISCUSSION...

&&

.AVIATION...
A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS PASSED KFYV AND
KXNA THE LAST FEW HOURS.  THE LINE WAS MOVING THROUGH KFSM AT
THIS TIME. THE BACK EDGE OF THE RAIN WAS NOT TOO FAR BEHIND.
HOWEVER...IFR TO MVFR CIGS WILL FOLLOW THE PASSAGE OF THE
STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH THE LINE OF STORMS FORMED ALONG.
THE CLOUDS SHOULD DECREASE FROM THE WEST AS THE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING HOURS PROGRESS. STRONG GUSTY WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

&&

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

SHORT TERM...17
LONG TERM....18
AVIATION...17

Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 4:48 AM CST, 7 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
448 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-281100-
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-
500 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

...SQUALL LINE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION
TODAY...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
TORNADO.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
ONSET...ONGOING.

AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.

AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

FLASH FLOOD.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...FAR EAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.

AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

HEAVY RAIN.
RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
AREA...EAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.

AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.

FIRE WEATHER DANGER.
RISK...LIMITED..SPREADINDEX=40.
AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
ONSET...THIS MORNING.

AREA AT GREATEST RISK...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WAS PUSHING INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING.
A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD
FRONT. VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO
FEED THE THUNDERSTORMS AS THIS SQUALL LINE MOVES EAST ACROSS THE
REGION THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS
ALONG WITH VERY INTENSE LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.

MOVEMENT OF THE SQUALL LINE WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND THIS WILL
MOVE IT ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON.

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO BEING PRODUCED BUT HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL
LIKELY IN FAR EAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WHERE HIGHER
AVAILABLE MOISTURE IS IN PLACE.

STRONG SHEAR IS NEAR THIS FRONT AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM.

DRY AIR PUSHING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL CAUSE LOW
HUMIDITY AND A PERIOD OF INCREASE FIRE BEHAVIOR IN SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION LIKELY NEEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE ALONG WITH A DRIER AIR MASS WILL MOVE INTO THE
REGION BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND BRING SEVERAL DAYS OF QUIET
WEATHER.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 27, 9:50 AM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
950 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

OKZ049-073-075-271630-
LATIMER OK-PITTSBURG OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
950 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHEASTERN PITTSBURG...NORTHWESTERN PUSHMATAHA AND LATIMER

AT 950 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES WEST OF DAMON TO 5 MILES WEST OF
STANLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...YANUSH...HIGGINS...BENGAL...
DAMON...PANOLA...RED OAK...CLAYTON...STANLEY...TUSKAHOMA...
KIAMICHI...ALBION AND SARDIS.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 2 PM CST.

LAT...LON 3439 9577 3452 9571 3452 9568 3458 9568
      3479 9557 3507 9493 3495 9497 3495 9500
      3486 9501 3486 9505 3477 9505 3460 9513
TIME...MOT...LOC 1550Z 244DEG 20KT 3487 9534 3453 9553

Special weather statement, Dec 27, 10:02 AM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1002 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

OKZ049-053-271645-
CHOCTAW OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
1002 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CHOCTAW AND SOUTHWESTERN PUSHMATAHA

AT 1002 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM DARWIN TO 16 MILES SOUTH OF BOSWELL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE
STORMS INCLUDE...HUGO...ORD...GRANT...GAY...GOODLAND...SAWYER...
BOSWELL...UNGER...SOPER...MESSER...KENT...FALLON...SPEER...APPLE...
ANTLERS...DELA...RATTAN...MOYERS...FINLEY...KOSOMA...SNOW...OLETA...
DARWIN AND KELLOND.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 2 PM CST.

LAT...LON 3393 9593 3417 9584 3417 9579 3433 9578
      3454 9529 3390 9533 3389 9552 3388 9555
      3393 9556 3394 9560 3391 9562 3389 9569
      3390 9575 3387 9579
TIME...MOT...LOC 1602Z 245DEG 43KT 3425 9573 3381 9586

Local storm report, Dec 27, 10:08 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1008 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

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

0710 AM     TSTM WND DMG     OWASSO                  36.27N 95.85W
12/27/2008                   TULSA              OK   PUBLIC

            LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN

&&

MAT

Special weather statement, Dec 27, 10:16 AM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1016 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-069-072-074>076-271715-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHOCTAW OK-CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN
AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-PUSHMATAHA
OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-WASHINGTON AR-
1016 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

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

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     WASHINGTON...SOUTHERN CARROLL...CRAWFORD...BENTON AND MADISON

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     SEBASTIAN AND FRANKLIN

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHEASTERN ADAIR

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     SEQUOYAH

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     EASTERN HASKELL...LE FLORE...CHOCTAW...PUSHMATAHA AND LATIMER

AT 1016 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF ROGERS TO RHEA TO SALLISAW TO 5
MILES WEST OF BENGAL TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UNGER...MOVING EAST AT
50 MPH.

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 3394 9558 3389 9586 3492 9536 3546 9502
      3565 9480 3646 9437 3613 9333 3612 9346
      3577 9351 3576 9368 3539 9369 3539 9379
      3514 9403 3507 9423 3496 9423 3492 9444
      3451 9445 3450 9504 3394 9515 3386 9534
TIME...MOT...LOC 1616Z 257DEG 42KT 3649 9401 3603 9432
          3547 9470 3486 9509 3398 9568

Local storm report, Dec 27, 10:19 AM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1019 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

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

0735 AM     TSTM WND DMG     7 SW HASKELL            35.75N 95.76W
12/27/2008                   OKMULGEE           OK   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            BARN DESTROYED

&&

MAT

Special weather statement, Dec 27, 11:16 AM CST, 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1116 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

ARZ002-011-020-271800-
CARROLL AR-FRANKLIN AR-MADISON AR-
1116 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     EASTERN CARROLL AND MADISON

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     FRANKLIN

AT 1116 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM OAK GROVE TO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF VESTA...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.

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 3612 9346 3601 9344 3577 9351 3576 9368
      3539 9369 3539 9379 3532 9380 3531 9391
      3523 9391 3521 9405 3544 9407 3558 9402
      3558 9408 3565 9408 3575 9389 3576 9396
      3589 9394 3650 9345 3650 9330 3613 9328
TIME...MOT...LOC 1716Z 255DEG 39KT 3647 9337 3546 9419

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 27, 3:34 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	56 min
Dec 27, 4:29 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	46 min
Dec 27, 5:04 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	41 min
Dec 27, 5:44 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Washington	46 min
Dec 27, 6:21 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Creek, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers and 2 more	54 min
Dec 27, 6:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	36 min
Dec 27, 6:58 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	2 hr
Dec 27, 7:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	40 min
Dec 27, 7:21 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	24 min
Dec 27, 7:23 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	37 min
Dec 27, 7:39 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Wagoner	18 min
Dec 27, 7:46 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa	59 min
Dec 27, 7:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Wagoner	38 min
Dec 27, 8:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	31 min
Dec 27, 8:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa	41 min
Dec 27, 8:46 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	59 min
Dec 27, 8:50 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	25 min
Dec 27, 9:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg	43 min
Dec 27, 9:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah	50 min
Dec 27, 9:34 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	41 min
Dec 27, 9:50 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	40 min
Dec 27, 10:02 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	43 min
Dec 27, 10:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha and 1 more	59 min
Dec 27, 10:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	56 min
Dec 27, 10:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	53 min
Dec 27, 11:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll, Franklin, Madison	44 min
Dec 27, 11:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Franklin	47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.