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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 28, 2008Benton County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2008, 3:53 AM CDT for Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 67 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 28, 2008, 3:53 AM CDT (08:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2008, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Benton County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 2008-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1977 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2008-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1977 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
967 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
7.7

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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 28, 2:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 2:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 9:39 PM CDT, 6 hours 14 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:58 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:53 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 5:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee55 min
Jun 28, 8:29 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee2 hr
Jun 28, 10:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa56 min
Jun 28, 10:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig40 min
Jun 28, 10:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Ottawa33 min
Jun 28, 11:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata47 min
Jun 28, 1:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh51 min
Jun 28, 2:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore53 min
Jun 28, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg57 min
Jun 28, 2:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Pittsburg4 hr
Jun 28, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg59 min
Jun 28, 3:16 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAPittsburg3 hr
Jun 28, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha53 min
Jun 28, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg63 min
Jun 28, 4:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer56 min
Jun 28, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore55 min
Jun 28, 4:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha3 hr
Jun 28, 5:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha39 min
Jun 28, 5:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha39 min
Jun 28, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha62 min
Jun 28, 2:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll32 min
Jun 28, 5:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll54 min
Jun 28, 11:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton51 min
Jun 28, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian58 min

Nearby

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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.