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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

November 8, 2011Franklin County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Nov 8, 2011, 11:30 AM CST for Franklin County, Arkansas. It was in force for 45 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: Nov 8, 2011, 11:30 AM CST (17:30 UTC)
Expired: Nov 8, 2011, 12:15 PM CST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Franklin County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -281 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Nov 8, 10:47 AM CST, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 8, 10:47 AM CST, 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 8, 11:09 AM CST, 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1109 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-091100-
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-
1109 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011

...SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
TORNADO.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

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

DISCUSSION...
A SEVERE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS FAR
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS THROUGH EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
REMAIN POSSIBLE ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SQUALL LINE. HEAVY
RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS LINE OF STORMS.

LATER THIS AFTERNOON...A COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO PUSH ACROSS
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND EVENTUALLY INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS BY EARLY
EVENING. THE POSSIBILITY OF STORMS REDEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT
APPEARS LESS THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT AS THE ATMOSPHERE HAS
STABILIZED. SHOULD ENOUGH DESTABILIZATION OCCUR...ANY STORMS THAT
DEVELOP ON THE FRONT WOULD LIKELY BE SEVERE AS A STRONG UPPER
LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE CLOSER BY THAT TIME.

AS THE LOW MOVES OVERHEAD...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP DURING
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BUT THESE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND
BRINGING A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 8, 9:31 AM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
931 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011

OKZ072-074>076-081615-
HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-LE FLORE OK-SEQUOYAH OK-
931 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     EASTERN HASKELL...NORTHWESTERN LE FLORE AND NORTHEASTERN LATIMER

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     CENTRAL SEQUOYAH

AT 931 AM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF STIGLER TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
RED OAK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
STIGLER...LEQUIRE...RED OAK...TAMAHA...MCCURTAIN...FANSHAWE...
KEOTA...BRUSHY LAKE STATE PARK...BOKOSHE...SALLISAW...BRUSHY...
GANS...POTEAU AND PANAMA.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THESE
STORMS 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 3483 9512 3535 9515 3536 9514 3537 9516
      3539 9511 3544 9507 3564 9463 3502 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 1531Z 239DEG 48KT 3539 9514 3490 9513

Local storm report, Nov 8, 9:55 AM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
955 AM CST TUE NOV 08 2011

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

0945 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LEQUIRE                 35.10N 95.11W
11/08/2011                   HASKELL            OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HOUSE HEAVILY DAMAGED

&&

MAT

Special weather statement, Nov 8, 10:10 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1010 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011

OKZ049-074>076-081645-
HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-LE FLORE OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
1010 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHERN HASKELL...WESTERN LE FLORE...NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA
     AND EASTERN LATIMER

AT 1010 AM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM PANOLA TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIAMICHI...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
ALBION...RED OAK...BENGAL...TALIHINA...TALIMENA STATE PARK...
WHITESBORO...FANSHAWE...MUSE AND LAKE WISTER STATE PARK.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THESE
STORMS 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 3514 9481 3458 9465 3449 9527 3504 9532
TIME...MOT...LOC 1610Z 242DEG 40KT 3496 9518 3463 9516

Special weather statement, Nov 8, 10:51 AM CST, 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1051 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011

ARZ020-029-OKZ076-081745-
FRANKLIN AR-LE FLORE OK-SEBASTIAN AR-
1051 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN SEBASTIAN

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     LE FLORE

AT 1051 AM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF CAMERON TO 6 MILES WEST OF MUSE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
POTEAU...MUSE...CAMERON...HOWE...BIG CEDAR...HEAVENER...HEAVENER
RUNESTONE STATE PARK...HACKETT...EXCELSIOR...MIDLAND...HARTFORD...
GREENWOOD...HUNTINGTON...BURNVILLE...MANSFIELD...FORT CHAFFEE AND
WASHBURN.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. 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 3522 9393 3522 9402 3513 9404 3514 9413
      3510 9414 3507 9423 3497 9422 3496 9424
      3494 9434 3495 9436 3492 9444 3460 9445
      3461 9490 3522 9457 3529 9391
TIME...MOT...LOC 1651Z 246DEG 35KT 3516 9459 3472 9484

Local storm report, Nov 8, 11:27 AM CST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1127 AM CST TUE NOV 08 2011

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

1015 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MULDROW                 35.41N 94.60W
11/08/2011                   SEQUOYAH           OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROOF OFF ONE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS...NUMEROUS TREES
            DOWN...ONE BARN DESTROYED.

&&

MAT

Special weather statement, Nov 8, 11:30 AM CST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1130 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011

ARZ011-020-081815-
FRANKLIN AR-MADISON AR-
1130 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     EASTERN FRANKLIN

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     SOUTHERN MADISON

AT 1131 AM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTH OF COMBS TO BRANCH...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE...WITTER...ALTUS...DENNING...PETTIGREW AND BOSTON.

THESE STORMS 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 3587 9352 3577 9351 3576 9369 3538 9370
      3536 9375 3540 9380 3531 9382 3532 9390
      3529 9391 3528 9400 3593 9386 3599 9345
TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 264DEG 27KT 3588 9377 3531 9387

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 7, 6:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	49 min
Nov 7, 7:03 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	42 min
Nov 7, 8:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	63 min
Nov 7, 9:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	59 min
Nov 7, 9:48 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	27 min
Nov 7, 10:31 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	3 hr
Nov 7, 10:42 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers	63 min
Nov 7, 10:59 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek	3 hr
Nov 7, 11:37 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Tulsa, Washington	3 hr
Nov 8, 12:06 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	54 min
Nov 8, 1:06 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee	54 min
Nov 8, 1:52 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee	53 min
Nov 8, 1:55 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	65 min
Nov 8, 2:59 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	61 min
Nov 8, 3:20 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh and 11 more	9 hr
Nov 8, 8:17 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	43 min
Nov 8, 8:53 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee	3 hr
Nov 8, 8:58 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	47 min
Nov 8, 9:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Sequoyah	44 min
Nov 8, 10:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	43 min
Nov 8, 10:10 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	35 min
Nov 8, 10:22 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	23 min
Nov 8, 10:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	33 min
Nov 8, 10:51 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	54 min
Nov 8, 11:00 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Pushmataha	30 min
Nov 8, 11:29 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	LeFlore	37 min
Nov 8, 12:19 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	41 min
Nov 8, 12:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	31 min
Nov 8, 12:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	33 min
Nov 8, 1:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Pushmataha	36 min
Nov 8, 1:37 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair	23 hr
Nov 8, 1:37 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	41 hr
Nov 8, 1:42 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	6 hr
Nov 8, 10:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington	47 min
Nov 8, 2:02 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Benton, Washington	2 hr
Nov 8, 3:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Madison, Washington	12 min
Nov 8, 4:28 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Crawford, Sebastian	6 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.