Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2012, 2:49 PM CDT for Benton County, Carroll County, Arkansas. It was in force for 71 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
- May 6, 2012, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 71 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 54 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 1 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
503 WUUS54 KTSA 061949 SVRTSA ARC007-015-062100- /O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0083.120506T1949Z-120506T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 249 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS NORTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 244 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF GATEWAY TO GARFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... QUARTER SIZE HAIL... WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH... * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...BEAVER AND EUREKA SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. PERSONS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. DON'T BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM! && LAT...LON 3632 9382 3643 9402 3651 9392 3650 9360 TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 272DEG 14KT 3656 9383 3644 9398 $$
3 follow-up statements
834 WWUS54 KTSA 062015 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 315 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ARC007-015-062100- /O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120506T2100Z/ BENTON AR-CARROLL AR- 315 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CARROLL AND NORTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTIES... AT 313 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PLEASANT RIDGE TO GATEWAY...WITH ADDTIONAL THUNDERSTORMS 2 MILE NORTHEAST OF EUREAK SPRINGS. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... QUARTER SIZE HAIL... WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH... SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...BUSCH... BEAVER...BEAVER LAKE...OAK HILL...PLEASANT RIDGE AND EUREKA SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. PERSONS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. DON'T BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM! && LAT...LON 3632 9382 3643 9402 3651 9392 3650 9360 TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 272DEG 14KT 3651 9363 3645 9391 $$
837 WWUS54 KTSA 062033 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 333 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ARC007-015-062100- /O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120506T2100Z/ BENTON AR-CARROLL AR- 333 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CARROLL AND EASTERN BENTON COUNTIES... AT 330 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEAVER LAKE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... QUARTER SIZE HAIL... WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH... SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BEAVER LAKE...BEAVER...EUREKA SPRINGS...PLEASANT RIDGE AND OAK HILL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 3650 9378 3650 9360 3632 9382 3638 9393 TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 222DEG 13KT 3635 9386 $$
966 WWUS54 KTSA 062052 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 352 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ARC007-015-062102- /O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120506T2100Z/ BENTON AR-CARROLL AR- 352 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CARROLL AND EASTERN BENTON COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 400 PM CDT... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS BETWEEN BEAVER LAKE AND EUREKA SPRINGS. LAT...LON 3650 9378 3650 9360 3632 9382 3638 9393 TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 222DEG 13KT 3640 9380 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 29 min |
| May 6, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 54 min |
| May 6, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.