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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
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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</html>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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</html>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 9409Special 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 9392The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 5:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 39 min |
| Jul 5, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 39 min |
| Jul 5, 6:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Madison | 50 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.