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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

September 6, 2012Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Sep 6, 2012, 2:30 PM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 30 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: Sep 6, 2012, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired: Sep 6, 2012, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Madison County, AR

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 Sep 6, 2:12 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 2:12 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
212 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012

...UPDATE...

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK BOUNDARY REMAINED OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...
ACCOUNTING FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER
PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. WILL SEND A
QUICK AFTERNOON UPDATE TO ADJUST POPS BASED ON CURRENT RADAR
TRENDS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   77 100  55  79 /  10  60  20   0
FSM   75 103  62  81 /  30  30  60   0
MLC   73 104  60  80 /  10  30  40   0
BVO   71  93  54  80 /  20  60  10   0
FYV   69  98  53  76 /  30  60  60   0
BYV   74  97  53  75 /  30  60  60   0
MKO   73 101  57  79 /  10  50  30   0
MIO   72  92  54  77 /  20  60  20   0
F10   71 100  58  79 /  10  30  30  10
HHW   75 103  65  82 /  10  10  40   0

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 7 PM THURSDAY FOR OKZ053.

     HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM THURSDAY FOR OKZ049-OKZ066-OKZ070-
     OKZ071-OKZ073-OKZ074-OKZ075-OKZ076.

AR...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 7 PM THURSDAY FOR ARZ029.

&&

SHORT TERM...20
LONG TERM....99

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 6, 12:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1251 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-070600-
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-
1251 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012

...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INCREASE FRIDAY ALONG AN APPROACHES COLD FRONT...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...MAINLY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

DANGEROUS HEAT.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

FIRE WEATHER DANGER.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
        ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED SHOWERS...WITH AN OCCASIONAL RUMBLE OF THUNDER CONTINUE
ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO THE AFTERNOON...BUT IS EXPECTED
TO DISSIPATE AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. A COLD FRONT MOVING
THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS MAY TRIGGER ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND
STORMS...MAINLY TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FAR
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A FEW STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT IS EXPECTED AGAIN ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA...WITH
AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES TOPPING OUT AROUND 105 DEGREES IN PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.
TUESDAY...VERY HIGH FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE FRIDAY AND INTO FRIDAY NIGHT
ALONG A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL SWEEP EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ALONG THE BOUNDARY. GUSTY WINDS AHEAD...AND BEHIND THE FRONT WILL
INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER AS WELL.

MUCH COOLER WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND.

SOUTHERLY WINDS AND WARMING TEMPERATURES RETURN DURING THE MIDDLE
PART OF NEXT WEEK...WHICH WILL ONCE AGAIN RAISE FIRE WEATHER
CONCERNS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 6, 2:30 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
230 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012

ARZ011-062000-
MADISON AR-
230 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     NORTHERN MADISON

AT 231 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES WEST OF
GEORGETOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...HARMONY...GEORGETOWN...HUNTSVILLE...
AURORA...WESLEY...HINDSVILLE AND JAPTON.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM
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 3588 9386 3593 9395 3604 9395 3622 9382
      3606 9358
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 215DEG 3KT 3599 9387

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 6, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	31 min
Sep 6, 3:40 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Creek, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee and 6 more	27 hr
Sep 6, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	31 min
Sep 6, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner	24 min
Sep 6, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	44 min
Sep 6, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	41 min
Sep 6, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	27 min
Sep 6, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll	46 min
Sep 6, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll	25 min
Sep 6, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	37 min
Sep 6, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford, Sebastian	44 min
Sep 6, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	37 min
Sep 6, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	49 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.