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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2013, 2:31 PM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 29 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 9, 2013, 2:31 PM CDT (19:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2013, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Madison County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 699 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Aug 9, 12:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 12:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1211 PM CDT FRI AUG 9 2013 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-101000- 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- 1211 PM CDT FRI AUG 9 2013 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. ONSET...MID AFTERNOON. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. DANGEROUS HEAT. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ONSET...EARLY AFTERNOON. DISCUSSION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN TWO MAIN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...NEAR A BOUNDARY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND INTO WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...AND NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING THIS MORNING...AND WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST BY EARLY AFTERNOON. A LIMITED RISK OF DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL WILL EXIST WITH STORMS THAT DEVELOP ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...DUE TO HIGH INSTABILITY IN THIS REGION. THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE PRIMARILY IN TO EARLY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING. A CONTINUED FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL EXIST WITH THE STORMS NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER...ESPECIALLY IF STORMS DEVELOP AS FAR EAST AS FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. SOILS REMAIN SATURATED IN PARTS OF BENTON AND CARROLL COUNTIES AND COULD FLOOD QUICKLY IN A MODERATE OR HEAVY DOWNPOUR. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX COULD DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING OVERNIGHT...WITH A SMALL RISK OF STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS. FINALLY...AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA TODAY. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEEKEND...AND THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. SEVERAL WEAK COLD FRONTS WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION...AND REMAIN A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO...THE WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL SUPPORT REPEATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...AS HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN LOCATED ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES. A FEW HOT AND HUMID AFTERNOONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH COOLER WEATHER PREVAILING FOR THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 9, 12:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1222 PM CDT FRI AUG 09 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM TSTM WND DMG KINTA 35.12N 95.24W
08/08/2013 HASKELL OK PUBLIC
SMALL TREE DOWN ALONG WITH TREE LIMBS OF 1-2 INCH IN
DIAMETER. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.
0550 PM TSTM WND DMG PANAMA 35.17N 94.67W
08/08/2013 LE FLORE OK LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE FELL ON HOUSE AND A TREE FELL NEXT TO HOUSE TAKING
DOWN POWER LINES. PARTS OF TOWN WAS WITHOUT POWER FOR
FOUR HOURS.
0703 PM TSTM WND DMG DENNING 35.43N 93.76W
08/08/2013 FRANKLIN AR EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER LINES DOWN IN DENNING
0720 PM TSTM WND DMG CHARLESTON 35.30N 94.04W
08/08/2013 FRANKLIN AR EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER LINES DOWN ON SOUTH RATTLESNAKE ROAD IN CHARLESTON
0157 AM TSTM WND DMG DEPEW 35.80N 96.51W
08/09/2013 CREEK OK LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN IN CITY LIMITS OF
DEPEW.
0136 AM TSTM WND DMG DRUMRIGHT 35.99N 96.60W
08/09/2013 CREEK OK LAW ENFORCEMENT
1 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN IN DRUMRIGHT
0158 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 W MANNFORD 36.13N 96.44W
08/09/2013 CREEK OK STORM CHASER
DAMAGE TO A HOUSE WEST OF MANNFORD
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DMJLocal storm report, Aug 9, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
100 PM CDT FRI AUG 09 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0158 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 W MANNFORD 36.13N 96.44W
08/09/2013 CREEK OK STORM CHASER
SHINGLE AND SIDING DAMAGE TO TWO MOBLIE HOMES AND ROOF
DAMAGE TO A BARN
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DMJSpecial weather statement, Aug 9, 2:31 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
231 PM CDT FRI AUG 9 2013
ARZ011-092000-
MADISON AR-
231 PM CDT FRI AUG 9 2013
...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
EASTERN MADISON
AT 231 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF KINGSTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...WEATHERS AND KINGSTON.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
LAT...LON 3596 9346 3594 9362 3609 9368 3611 9347
3610 9347 3609 9347 3608 9346 3598 9344
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 261DEG 20KT 3602 9352The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Pawnee | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 1:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington | 63 min |
| Aug 9, 2:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 117 min |
| Aug 9, 2:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 56 min |
| Aug 9, 3:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 40 min |
| Aug 9, 4:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 5:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Haskell | 88 min |
| Aug 9, 5:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 9:05 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Muskogee | 4 days |
| Aug 9, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 47 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.