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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 5, 2008Franklin County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2008, 6:08 PM CDT for Franklin County, Arkansas. It was in force for 52 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
Jul 5, 2008, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Franklin County, AR

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 Jul 5, 3:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 4:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
454 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-061000-
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-
443 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
EVENING EAST OF HIGHWAY 75 IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND OVER
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. INSTABILITY OVER THE
REGION WILL SUPPORT A THREAT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH
SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR PLANS SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT TO ISOLATED STORMS AND FIND SHELTER IF LIGHTNING
DEVELOPS.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS.
MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.
TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING A FEW DAYS OF QUIET WEATHER BEFORE THE
NEXT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION DURING THE MIDDLE
OF THE WEEK...BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. A RETURN TO HOT
AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 5:51 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
551 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008

ARZ019-020-029-052330-
CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-SEBASTIAN AR-
551 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     NORTHEASTERN SEBASTIAN AND WESTERN FRANKLIN

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD

AT 551 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES
WEST OF MULBERRY...REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...PLEASANT HILL
...PINEY...MULBERRY...CECIL...ALMA AND DYER.

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

LAT...LON 3563 9403 3543 9393 3538 9418 3554 9426
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 256DEG 8KT 3550 9409
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:08 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
608 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008

ARZ020-060000-
FRANKLIN AR-
608 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     SOUTHERN FRANKLIN

AT 608 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PETER PENDER...REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...CHARLESTON...BRANCH...
PETER PENDER...MEG AND CECIL.

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

LAT...LON 3539 9380 3532 9380 3531 9381 3531 9390
      3529 9391 3527 9404 3546 9403 3547 9378
      3539 9378
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 270DEG 10KT 3537 9392

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 7:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll41 min
Jul 5, 5:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford39 min
Jul 5, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAFranklin44 min
Jul 5, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin39 min
Jul 5, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMadison50 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.