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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2011, 2:19 PM CDT for Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 26 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
- Aug 8, 2011, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2011, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Benton County, AR
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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 Aug 8, 12:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 12:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
219 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011
ARZ001-081945-
BENTON AR-
219 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
BENTON
AT 220 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF BENTONVILLE TO 2 MILES NORTH OF
HIGHFILL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WALNUT HILL...ROCKY COMFORT...
BENTONVILLE...ROGERS...LOWELL...PEA RIDGE...HEALING SPRINGS...
SPRINGTOWN...HIGHFILL...CAVE SPRINGS...VAUGHN...CENTERTON AND AVOCA.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE
THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.
LAT...LON 3621 9420 3625 9445 3647 9417 3641 9390
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 270DEG 19KT 3641 9414 3629 9435The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 3:36 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TSA | Creek, Mayes, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pawnee and 4 more | 18 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 61 min |
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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.