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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 16, 2010Franklin County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2010, 1:52 PM CDT for Franklin County, Arkansas. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 2010, 1:52 PM CDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2010, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Franklin County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 16, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 12:00Z on 2010-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 682 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 12:00Z on 2010-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
682 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 16, 12:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 12:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 16, 12:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 16, 1:02 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 16, 1:27 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 16, 1:39 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 16, 1:41 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
141 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010

ARZ011-161915-
MADISON AR-
141 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     SOUTHEASTERN MADISON

AT 141 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST
OF DUTTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...SAINT PAUL...PETTIGREW...BOSTON AND
WITTER.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE
AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS
UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3596 9344 3595 9348 3589 9349 3585 9351
      3581 9350 3577 9351 3577 9352 3578 9380
      3596 9379 3599 9344
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 274DEG 14KT 3585 9370
Special weather statement, May 16, 1:48 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
148 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010

ARZ029-161915-
SEBASTIAN AR-
148 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     SOUTHERN SEBASTIAN

AT 148 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM DAYTON TO 2 MILES EAST OF HARTFORD...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
HARTFORD...HUNTINGTON...MIDLAND...WASHBURN AND MANSFIELD.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THESE
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

LAT...LON 3515 9402 3514 9404 3514 9413 3510 9415
      3507 9423 3501 9422 3500 9423 3500 9444
      3502 9444 3514 9431 3519 9402
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 260DEG 16KT 3512 9423 3503 9434

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 4:44 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSADelaware2 hr
May 16, 5:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee39 min
May 16, 5:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee50 min
May 16, 6:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAAdair, Cherokee117 min
May 16, 12:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah55 min
May 16, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore23 min
May 16, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg75 min
May 16, 6:34 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSABenton116 min
May 16, 7:34 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAWashington116 min
May 16, 1:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford28 min
May 16, 1:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMadison63 min
May 16, 1:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAFranklin66 min
May 16, 1:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMadison34 min
May 16, 1:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian27 min
May 16, 2:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMadison36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2010Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.