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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 27, 2011Crawford County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Apr 27, 2011, 7:52 AM CDT for Crawford County, Arkansas. It was in force for 23 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
Apr 27, 2011, 7:52 AM CDT (12:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2011, 8:15 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Crawford County, AR

The radar

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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 Apr 27, 6:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 6:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 5:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
505 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-281000-
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-
505 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

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...PRIMARILY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 44.
	ONSET...MID MORNING.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EXTREME EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...MID MORNING.

SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...ALL EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...AFTERNOON.

DISCUSSION...
THE CORE OF AN UPPER STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS ACROSS THE AREA
DURING THE MORNING HOURS...POSSIBLY PRODUCING SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS.  IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS DO DEVELOP...THERE
WILL BE RISK FOR LARGE HAIL WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.
THE HIGHEST INSTABILITIES WILL RESIDE ACROSS FAR EASTERN
OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...WHERE SEVERE WEATHER
CHANCES INCREASE SLIGHTLY.  THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER
WILL END BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM SHIFTS
EAST OF THE AREA.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS.
FRIDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON FRIDAY AHEAD OF THE
NEXT COLD FRONT...WHICH WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA SATURDAY.
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MAY STALL ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY
NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...BEFORE SHIFTING FURTHER EAST BY MONDAY.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE IN VICINITY OF THE
STALLED FRONT...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER ALONG
WITH AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. THE MAGNITUDE AND LOCATION OF
THE HEAVIEST RAINS REMAINS UNCERTAIN...HOWEVER ANOTHER
ROUND OF FLOODING MAY DEVELOP WITH THIS SYSTEM.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 27, 7:52 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw33 min
Apr 26, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw51 min
Apr 26, 11:51 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 11 more12 hr
Apr 27, 7:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Muskogee22 min
Apr 27, 12:00 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 5 more48 hr
Apr 27, 12:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Delaware4 hr
Apr 26, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll14 min
Apr 27, 8:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford34 min
Apr 27, 8:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington28 min
Apr 27, 8:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Washington28 min
Apr 27, 8:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMadison42 min
Apr 27, 8:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAFranklin35 min
Apr 27, 9:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll51 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Arkansas, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011

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.