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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 27, 2014, 11:30 PM CDT for Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 45 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
- Mar 27, 2014, 11:30 PM CDT (04:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2014, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Sebastian County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 12:00 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Midland, 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 543 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1053 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
454
WWUS84 KTSA 280430
SPSTSA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1130 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014
ARZ029-OKZ076-280515-
LE FLORE OK-SEBASTIAN AR-
1130 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
SOUTHERN SEBASTIAN
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EASTERN LE FLORE
AT 1130 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF
SHADY POINT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...POTEAU...SHADY POINT...CAMERON...
PANAMA...ROCK ISLAND...LIBERTY...CROSSROADS...PATTERSON...HARTFORD...
ARKOLA...HUNTINGTON...MIDLAND...DAYTON...WITCHERVILLE AND MANSFIELD.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 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 3508 9416 3507 9423 3499 9422 3496 9425
3495 9429 3494 9434 3504 9472 3522 9465
3514 9413 3513 9413
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 273DEG 35KT 3513 9459
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 9:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 9:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 23 min |
| Mar 27, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 10:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 11:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 2:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 26 min |
| Mar 28, 3:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 1:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 1:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 2:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Wagoner | 32 min |
| Mar 28, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 3:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 26 min |
| Mar 28, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 26 min |
| Mar 28, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 26 min |
| Mar 28, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 32 min |
| Mar 28, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 10:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Madison | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 2:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Franklin | 45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.