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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 17, 2011Benton County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Oct 17, 2011, 8:25 PM CDT for Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 65 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: Oct 17, 2011, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired: Oct 17, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Benton County, AR

The radar

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The text

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 17, 7:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 17, 7:43 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
743 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

ARZ001-010-OKZ063-069-180130-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-DELAWARE OK-WASHINGTON AR-
743 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     BENTON AND NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHERN ADAIR

AT 743 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELLA VISTA TO SPRINGTOWN TO 4
MILES SOUTH OF NATURAL FALLS STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...BELLA
VISTA...WATTS...HIGHFILL...BENTONVILLE...PEA RIDGE...CAVE SPRINGS...
ROGERS...GARFIELD...GATEWAY...FARMINGTON...LOWELL...TONTITOWN...
FAYETTEVILLE AND SPRINGDALE.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 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 3604 9415 3605 9480 3629 9463 3651 9453
      3650 9387 3647 9387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 258DEG 32KT 3647 9422 3628 9437
          3613 9460

Local storm report, Oct 17, 7:50 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
750 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     HAIL             BRISTOW                 35.83N 96.39W
10/17/2011  E0.75 INCH       CREEK              OK   CO-OP OBSERVER

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PBS

Local storm report, Oct 17, 8:20 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
820 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0806 PM     HAIL             1 SW SKIATOOK           36.36N 96.01W
10/17/2011  E0.75 INCH       OSAGE              OK   BROADCAST MEDIA

            HAIL LASTED FOR SIX MINUTES, BEGINNING ON THE HOUR

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PBS

Special weather statement, Oct 17, 8:25 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
825 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

ARZ001-002-010-011-180230-
BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-MADISON AR-WASHINGTON AR-
825 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     SOUTHERN BENTON...WESTERN CARROLL...NORTHWESTERN MADISON AND
     NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON

AT 825 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTHEAST
OF ELM SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LOWELL...
SPRINGDALE...WAR EAGLE...HOBBS STATE PARK...HINDSVILLE...CLIFTY...
WITHROW SPRINGS STATE PARK AND FORUM.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 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 3635 9362 3610 9363 3614 9430 3632 9430
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 270DEG 26KT 3623 9418

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 17, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	64 min
Oct 17, 7:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	41 min
Oct 17, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	59 min
Oct 17, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	26 min
Oct 17, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	38 min
Oct 17, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Ottawa	39 min
Oct 17, 9:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	59 min
Oct 17, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore	28 min
Oct 17, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw, LeFlore, Pushmataha	46 min
Oct 17, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	44 min
Oct 18, 12:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	30 min
Oct 18, 4:10 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more	12 hr
Oct 17, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	47 min
Oct 17, 9:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	51 min
Oct 17, 10:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll, Madison	40 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Arkansas, 2011 Every 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.