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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 8, 2012Washington County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2012, 12:21 PM CDT for Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 39 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, 2012, 12:21 PM CDT (17:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Washington County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 12:00Z on 2012-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 145 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 12:00Z on 2012-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 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
145 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-243 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2303 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-26 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.

733 
WWUS84 KTSA 081721
SPSTSA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1221 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

ARZ001-010-081800-
BENTON AR-WASHINGTON AR-
1221 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     EXTREME SOUTHWEST BENTON AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON

AT 1219 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EXTREME
SOUTHWEST BENTON COUNTY AND NORTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY MOVING
EAST AROUND 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE 
STORMS INCLUDE...WALNUT GROVE...HARMON...LAKE FRANCIS...WEST 
FORK...LINCOLN...PRAIRIE GROVE...FARMINGTON...HOGEYE...CLYDE... 
CANEHILL...SUMMERS...RHEA...VINEY GROVE...CINCINNATI... 
WEDINGTON...SAVOY...WHEELER AND PRAIRIE GROVE BATTLEFIELD STATE PARK.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

LAT...LON 3591 9452 3617 9456 3618 9420 3584 9417
TIME...MOT...LOC 1719Z 291DEG 9KT 3614 9446

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee24 min
Aug 7, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee33 min
Aug 8, 1:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes40 min
Aug 8, 1:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer32 min
Aug 8, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha20 min
Aug 8, 2:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore38 min
Aug 8, 2:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore34 min
Aug 8, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore48 min
Aug 8, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore24 min
Aug 8, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer37 min
Aug 8, 2:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah47 min
Aug 8, 2:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALeFlore3 hr
Aug 8, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore47 min
Aug 8, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell46 min
Aug 8, 4:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell37 min
Aug 8, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell40 min
Aug 8, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig32 min
Aug 8, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer, Pittsburg35 min
Aug 8, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh42 min
Aug 8, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Ottawa56 min
Aug 8, 5:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa41 min
Aug 8, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg56 min
Aug 8, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha37 min
Aug 8, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg51 min
Aug 8, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware46 min
Aug 8, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg42 min
Aug 8, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha40 min
Aug 8, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg50 min
Aug 8, 6:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAPittsburg85 min
Aug 8, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha30 min
Aug 8, 10:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton37 min
Aug 8, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison46 min
Aug 8, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington52 min
Aug 8, 1:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAFranklin25 min
Aug 8, 2:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian26 min
Aug 8, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin, Sebastian21 min
Aug 8, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.