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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 12, 2008Benton County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2008, 7:39 PM CDT for Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 36 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 12, 2008, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2008, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Benton County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 84 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: 513 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 4.4

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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 Jul 12, 6:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 6:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
630 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008

.AVIATION...
COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NEAR KTUL TO JUST NORTH OF KFYV AT 23Z
WITH SCATTERED CONVECTION CONTINUING ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
BOUNDARY. THESES STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD EAST ALONG FRONT
AFTER 00Z AS FRONT MOVES SLOWLY SOUTH. BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER CELLS. ADDITIONAL MORE ORGANIZED COMPLEX OF
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TO IMPACT MAINLY TUL/RVS
AND FYV/XNA TAF SITES AFTER 06Z WITH MVFR AND LOCAL IFR
CONDITIONS. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT FARTHER SOUTH ALONG FRONT
LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORE UNCERTAIN...THEREFORE WILL ONLY
CARRY PROB30 AT FSM/MLC 09-12Z AND VCTS THEREAFTER. CONDITIONS
WILL IMPROVE AFTER 12Z.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 334 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008/

DISCUSSION...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH..EXPANDED EAST INTO NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS FOR TONIGHT. THE COOL FRONTAL BOUNDARY
WILL PROGESS SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT.  EXPECT A CAP
FAILURE BY LATE AFTERNOON.  INITIAL STORMS WILL
PRESENT A SEVERE POTENTIAL HOWEVER PRECIPITABLE
WATER VALUES GREATER THAN 2.0 AND NEAR 2.25 FOR
A FEW LOCATIONS...ANTICIPATE FAIRLY RAPID LARGE
MCS DEVELOPMENT. AREAS NORTHWEST OF KCQB - KFYV
SEEM MOST VULNERABLE..WHERE ABRFC GRIDDED FLASH
FLOOD GUIDANCE IS LOWEST..AND CONVECTION THREAT
HIGHEST. H7 DEW POINT TROPICAL. RAIN PRODUCTION
SHOULD NEAR MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY.

EXACTLY WHERE THE NORTH EDGE PRECIPITATION WILL
BE AT DAWN SUNDAY IS IN QUESTION. GFS SPEED TOO
QUICK SO RAISED POPS SOUTH I40. A DRY NORTHWEST
FLOW SHOULD PUSH FRONT  FAR ENOUGH SOUTH BEFORE
WASHING OUT.. TO KEEP OUR AREA DRY SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY.  H500 TURNING MORE SUMMER-LIKE
WITH MOST ACTION WELL NORTH FOR REST OF THE NEW
WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   67  86  64  90 /  90  10   0   0
FSM   72  87  64  91 /  50  40  10   0
MLC   72  86  65  91 /  40  30  10   0
BVO   63  86  56  90 /  90  10   0   0
FYV   65  83  56  86 /  80  30   0   0
BYV   64  82  58  84 /  80  20   0   0
MKO   67  84  64  90 /  70  30  10   0
MIO   64  86  59  87 / 100  10   0   0
F10   67  84  64  90 /  60  30  10   0
HHW   74  88  66  90 /  20  40  20   0

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM SUNDAY FOR OKZ054-OKZ055-OKZ056-
     OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-OKZ062-OKZ063-OKZ064-
     OKZ067-OKZ068-OKZ069.

AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM SUNDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ002-ARZ010-
     ARZ011.

&&

SHORT TERM...14
LONG TERM....18
AVIATION...14

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 4:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
455 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-131000-
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-
455 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUG THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH
FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
TONIGHT...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...THIS EVENING.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...THIS EVENING.

DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM WESTERN OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE ATMOSPHERE SOUTH OF THE FRONT HAS
BECOME UNSTABLE...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED FROM
WEST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...WITH A
FEW STRONG TO SEVERE CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. THE STRONG
INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH 30-40 KNOTS OF WESTERLY MID-LEVEL WINDS
SUGGEST THAT DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT
THROUGH THE MID TO LATE EVENING.

THE SEVERE THREAT WILL TRANSITION MORE TOWARDS A HEAVY RAIN AND
FLASH FLOOD THREAT OVERNIGHT. A MOIST ATMOSPHERE WILL LEAD TO
EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS...MAKING HEAVY RAINFALL A
CONCERN WITH THE SLOW MOVING FRONT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE GREATEST ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...WHERE
SOILS ARE VERY MOIST FROM RECENT RAINS. THE GREATEST RISK OF FLASH
FLOODING WILL BE NORTH OF A BRISTOW...WAGONER...WITTER LINE. REFER
TO THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH /OKCFFATSA/ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

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

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
THE AREA ON SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF THE
FORECAST AREA. A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AS THE FRONT
TRIES TO LIFT BACK NORTH AS A WEAK BOUNDARY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BUILD INTO THE REGION DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK WITH
DECREASING RAIN CHANCES.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 12, 6:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
611 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008

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

0500 PM     HAIL             E OOLOGAH               36.45N 95.71W
07/12/2008  E0.88 INCH       ROGERS             OK   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL JUST EAST OF OOLOGAH

&&

DMJ

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 6:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
633 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008

OKZ055>057-061-130000-
CRAIG OK-NOWATA OK-ROGERS OK-WASHINGTON OK-
633 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

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

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHERN ROGERS...CRAIG...NOWATA AND WASHINGTON

AT 633 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF DELAWARE TO 7 MILES WEST OF
TALALA...MOVING EAST AT 28 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...NOWATA...DELAWARE...LENAPAH...WATOVA...NEW
ALLUWE...TALALA...CHELSEA...WHITE OAK...CENTRALIA...HOLLOW...PYRAMID
CORNERS...CENTRAILIA AND WELCH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 40 MPH.

LAT...LON 3690 9508 3653 9524 3648 9590 3690 9565
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 266DEG 24KT 3680 9561 3651 9582

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 7:03 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
703 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008

OKZ056-057-061-062-130100-
CRAIG OK-MAYES OK-NOWATA OK-ROGERS OK-
703 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHERN ROGERS...SOUTHERN CRAIG...SOUTHEASTERN NOWATA AND
     WESTERN MAYES

AT 703 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW ALLUWE TO 2 MILES SOUTH
OF OOLOGAH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 23 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...NEW ALLUWE...CLAREMORE...FOYIL...
OOLOGAH...BUSHYHEAD...CHELSEA...VINITA...BIG CABIN...WHITE OAK...
PRYOR...ADAIR AND PENSACOLA.

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 3659 9501 3618 9533 3639 9581 3675 9544
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 297DEG 20KT 3667 9541 3641 9569

Local storm report, Jul 12, 7:14 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
714 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008

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

0550 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 N PRYOR               36.37N 95.32W
07/12/2008  M65 MPH          MAYES              OK   BROADCAST MEDIA

            MEASURED 65 MPH WIND GUST ON SITE AT ROCKLAHOMA CONCERT
            JUST NORTH OF PRYOR. TWO TEMPORARY STAGES COLAPSED AND
            BLOWN OVER.

&&

DMJ

Local storm report, Jul 12, 7:24 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
724 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008

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

0632 PM     TSTM WND GST     S LOCUST GROVE          36.20N 95.17W
07/12/2008  E70 MPH          MAYES              OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ESTIMATED 65 TO 70 MPH WIND GUST 2 MILES NORTH OF THE
            INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 412 AND 82.

&&

DMJ

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 7:39 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
739 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008

ARZ001-010-OKZ063-069-130115-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-DELAWARE OK-WASHINGTON AR-
739 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND BENTON

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHERN ADAIR

AT 739 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EXTREME EASTERN OKLAHOMA...
MOVING EAST ABOUT 20 MPH.

A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHERN WASHINGTON...MUCH OF
BENTON...SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHERN ADAIR
COUNTIES WILL BE AFFECTED BY THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 815 PM CDT.

STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 40 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE
THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3617 9390 3610 9394 3600 9394 3601 9480
      3645 9460 3644 9386
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 277DEG 15KT 3624 9439

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 7:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	57 min
Jul 12, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	62 min
Jul 12, 9:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	59 min
Jul 12, 9:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	35 min
Jul 12, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	44 min
Jul 12, 10:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	40 min
Jul 12, 10:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	24 min
Jul 12, 11:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	39 min
Jul 13, 1:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Rogers	6 hr
Jul 12, 7:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	2 hr
Jul 12, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison, Washington	62 min
Jul 12, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison, Washington	67 min
Jul 12, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll, Madison	59 min
Jul 12, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison	32 min
Jul 12, 10:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	113 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Arkansas, 2008 Every special weather statement in 2008

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.