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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Tulsa, OK

September 26, 2012Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 2012, 9:15 PM CDT for Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 13 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 26, 2012, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2012, 9:28 PM CDT
In force
13 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Benton County, AR, Washington County, AR

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 26, 9:15 PM CDTHAIL 1Bentonville, AR

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 65 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2012-09-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 440 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2012-09-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
440 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
903 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

177 
WUUS54 KTSA 270215
SVRTSA
ARC007-143-270245-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0271.120927T0215Z-120927T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
915 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
  NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 911 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BENTONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
  WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ROGERS...LOWELL AND WAR EAGLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 3617 9394 3631 9433 3648 9426 3639 9388
      3638 9389 3638 9388 3637 9387 3634 9387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 290DEG 17KT 3636 9418

$$
1 follow-up statement
458 
WWUS54 KTSA 270228
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
928 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012

ARC007-143-270238-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-120927T0245Z/
BENTON AR-WASHINGTON AR-
928 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND
EASTERN BENTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3617 9394 3631 9433 3648 9426 3639 9388
      3638 9389 3638 9388 3637 9387 3634 9387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 290DEG 17KT 3634 9411

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton55 min
Sep 27, 3:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSASebastian2 hr
Sep 27, 6:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMadison47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.