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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 31, 2011Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2011, 3:59 PM CDT for Madison 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

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 31, 2011, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2011, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Madison County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 30, 5:42 PM CDT, 22 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 5:42 PM CDT, 22 hours 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
542 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011

.AVIATION...
CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM.

ONGOING TSRA HAS THE BEST CHANCE TO DIRECTLY AFFECT THE XNA
TERMINAL FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...WITH STORMS REMAINING
NEARBY THE RVS AND FYV TERMINALS. STORMS SHOULD FADE WITH THE LOSS
OF DAYTIME HEATING AND BE GONE BY 02Z. STORM COVERAGE TOMORROW
SHOULD BE LESS THAN TODAY...AND MOSTLY CONFINED TO HIGHER TERRAIN
AREAS. HAVE INCLUDED A CB MENTION AT THE AR TERMINALS...WITH JUST
SCT DIURNAL CU AT THE OK TERMINALS FROM LATE MORNING ON.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 259 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011/

DISCUSSION...
WELL ABOVE NORMAL HEAT CONTINUES TO PLAGUE THE REGION TODAY. AS
THEY HAVE FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS... SCATTERED AFTERNOON
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS A PORTION OF
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL
DISSIPATE DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME
HEATING.

HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN A BIT OVER THE AREA BY
TOMORROW. THIS WILL SUPPRESS SHOWER ACTIVITY FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS
WHILE RAISING TEMPERATURES ANOTHER COUPLE OF DEGREES OR SO DURING THE
AFTERNOON.

THERE CONTINUES TO BE NO REAL RELIEF FROM THE HEATWAVE APPARENT IN
COMPUTER MODELS. IT DOES APPEAR THAT THERE WILL BE ENOUGH WEAKENING
OF THE UPPER RIDGE TO ALLOW A WEAK COLD FRONT TO APPROACH THE
NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE FORECAST AREA ON THURSDAY. THIS COULD
MEAN AN INCREASE IN SCATTERED SHOWER ACTIVITY... BUT STILL HAVE
ONLY BEEN ABLE TO JUSTIFY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIP FOR ONLY THE
NORTHEASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MONDAY FOR OKZ049-OKZ053-
     OKZ054-OKZ055-OKZ056-OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-
     OKZ062-OKZ063-OKZ064-OKZ065-OKZ066-OKZ067-OKZ068-OKZ070-
     OKZ071-OKZ072-OKZ073-OKZ074-OKZ075-OKZ076.

     EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 9 PM FRIDAY FOR OKZ049-
     OKZ053-OKZ054-OKZ055-OKZ056-OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-
     OKZ061-OKZ062-OKZ063-OKZ064-OKZ065-OKZ066-OKZ067-OKZ068-
     OKZ069-OKZ070-OKZ071-OKZ072-OKZ073-OKZ074-OKZ075-OKZ076.

     HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM MONDAY FOR OKZ069.

AR...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 9 PM FRIDAY FOR ARZ001-
     ARZ002-ARZ010-ARZ011-ARZ019-ARZ020-ARZ029.

     HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM MONDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ002-ARZ010-ARZ011.

     EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MONDAY FOR ARZ019-ARZ020-
     ARZ029.

&&

AVIATION...22

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 4:59 PM CDT, 23 hours 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
Jul 30, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware	44 min
Jul 31, 3:58 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Watch	TSA	Adair	9 days
Jul 31, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	45 min
Jul 31, 5:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	51 min
Jul 31, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	46 min
Jul 31, 2:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	33 min
Jul 31, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	45 min
Jul 31, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	27 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.