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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 14, 2010Carroll County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2010, 9:14 AM CDT for Carroll County, Arkansas. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: May 14, 2010, 9:14 AM CDT (14:14 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2010, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Carroll County, AR

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 14, 6:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 6:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 5:03 AM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED TRANSMISSION TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
503 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-151000-
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-
503 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

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

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THIS MORNING...GENERALLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF A STATIONARY FRONT THAT STRETCHED FROM WEST
CENTRAL ARKANSAS INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND INTO NORTHERN TEXAS. A
20 TO 30 KNOT SOUTHERLY LOW-LEVEL JET COMBINED WITH MODEST ELEVATED
INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT A FEW STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE MORNING HOURS...WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE
MAIN THREAT.

WITH THE STATIONARY BOUNDARY IN PLACE...IMPULSES IN THE
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TRAINING
OF STORMS IS LIKELY...WHICH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL
AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 44. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...WITH A SLOW MOVING UPPER SYSTEM EVENTUALLY PASSING THROUGH
THE REGION BY LATE SUNDAY. EXPECT PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL OF
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL.

EARLY NEXT WEEK SHOULD BE MOSTLY DRY...WITH INCREASING CHANCES OF
MAINLY NIGHTTIME THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS NORTHWESTERLY
UPPER FLOW BECOMES ESTABLISHED.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 14, 6:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 14, 6:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 14, 7:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 14, 8:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 14, 8:16 AM CDT, 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 14, 8:45 AM CDT, 29 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 1:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	42 min
May 14, 3:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	64 min
May 14, 4:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	50 min
May 14, 4:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Okfuskee	3 hr
May 14, 4:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	56 min
May 14, 4:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Okmulgee	61 min
May 14, 6:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner	50 min
May 14, 6:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	55 min
May 14, 6:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh	57 min
May 14, 7:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	31 min
May 14, 8:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	49 min
May 14, 9:34 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee	29 hr
May 14, 3:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	36 min
May 14, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	48 min
May 14, 4:12 PM CDT	Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more	35 hr
May 14, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	23 min
May 14, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	44 min
May 14, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	29 min
May 14, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	33 min
May 14, 8:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	44 min
May 14, 8:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	30 min
May 14, 8:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Benton	2 hr
May 14, 9:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	28 min
May 14, 9:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	32 min
May 14, 9:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington	54 min
May 14, 10:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	27 min
May 14, 10:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	29 min
May 14, 10:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	27 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2010 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.