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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 3, 2014Benton County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2014, 6:18 PM CDT for Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 42 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: Apr 3, 2014, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Benton County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 77 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1727 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 417 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 423 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.5
Supercell composite: 15.3

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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 Apr 3, 2:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 2:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
253 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

.DISCUSSION...
TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER/MID 80S HAS ERODED ANY CAP THAT
EXISTED...WITH CONVECTION CURRENTLY DEVELOPING ALONG ADVANCING COLD
FRONT ACROSS NE OK. SBCAPES RUNNING AROUND 3000-4000 J/KG AND
EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR OF 40-50KTS ARE HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS A
TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE. LOCAL MODELS BRING THIS ACTIVITY INTO NW
AROUND 22-23Z...BUT WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON POSSIBLE WARM
SECTOR STORMS ACROSS SE OK AS WELL DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE COLD FRONT
EARLY THIS EVENING AS IT ENTERS SE OK. SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL
COME TO AN END BY LATE EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT FINALLY SURGES
THROUGH THE REGION.

DRIER AND COOLER WEATHER FOR FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AS A RIDGE OF SFC
HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVERHEAD. A LIGHT FREEZE IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY
MORNING IN PARTS OF NW AR...WITH LOW TEMPS FALLING JUST BELOW 32F.

NEXT UPPER SYSTEM IS PROGGED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE IN THE
WEEKEND...WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES INCREASING LATER SUNDAY INTO
SUNDAY NIGHT. HAVE INCREASED POPS SOME...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SRN
HALF OF THE AREA. WILL MAINTAIN THE MENTION OF ISOLATED STORMS FOR
SE OK/WCNTRL AR...ALTHOUGH LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE RETURN WILL BE
MARGINAL GIVEN THE LINGERING RIDGING CONDITIONS ALONG THE GULF.
PERSISTENT NWLY UPPER FLOW WILL KEEP THE COOL WEATHER GOING INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH WARMER WEATHER RETURNING BY WEDNESDAY AS
SOUTH WINDS KICK BACK IN.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   39  61  38  65 /  10   0   0  10
FSM   46  64  38  66 /  80   0   0  10
MLC   44  61  37  66 /  50   0   0  10
BVO   38  61  32  65 /  10   0   0  10
FYV   43  56  31  61 /  80   0   0  10
BYV   44  57  33  61 /  80   0   0  10
MKO   42  60  37  65 /  50   0   0  10
MIO   40  57  34  64 /  60   0   0  10
F10   42  60  37  65 /  10   0   0  10
HHW   47  67  39  66 /  70   0   0  10

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM THURSDAY FOR OKZ064-OKZ065-OKZ066-
     OKZ071-OKZ073.

AR...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...05
LONG TERM....18

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 5:24 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
524 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-041000-
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-
524 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
TORNADO.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...SOUTHEAST OF A JAY TO HENRYETTA LINE.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...CRITICAL.
	AREA...SOUTHEAST OF A GROVE TO OKMULGEE LINE.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

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

DISCUSSION...
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AND AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT THAT EXTENDS FROM NEAR MIAMI TO HENRYETTA AT 5 PM.
THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE EAST AND BUILD SOUTH
ALONG THE FRONT AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. WIND PROFILES ARE
FAVORABLE FOR ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND FALLING HUMIDITY VALUES BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A LIMITED FIRE DANGER
INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK EXPECTED.

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

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT INTO
FRIDAY WITH COOLER CONDITIONS. ANOTHER STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
WILL MOVE OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
ON SUNDAY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ON TUESDAY...BEHIND THE DEPARTING
SYSTEM...WILL AGAIN CREATE AN INCREASED FIRE DANGER THREAT.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 5:51 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
551 PM CDT THU APR 03 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0548 PM     HAIL             PEA RIDGE               36.45N 94.11W
04/03/2014  E1.00 INCH       BENTON             AR   AMATEUR RADIO

            NORTHWEST SIDE OF PEA RIDGE

&&

JDS

Local storm report, Apr 3, 5:52 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
552 PM CDT THU APR 03 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0552 PM     HAIL             CHECOTAH                35.47N 95.52W
04/03/2014  E1.75 INCH       MCINTOSH           OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

JDS

Local storm report, Apr 3, 5:54 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
554 PM CDT THU APR 03 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0530 PM     HAIL             MUSKOGEE                35.75N 95.37W
04/03/2014  E2.50 INCH       MUSKOGEE           OK   STORM CHASER

            SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT WITH PICTURE.

&&

JDS

Local storm report, Apr 3, 5:59 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
559 PM CDT THU APR 03 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0556 PM     HAIL             TAHLEQUAH               35.92N 94.97W
04/03/2014  E1.00 INCH       CHEROKEE           OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL COVERING GROUND.

&&

JDS

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:03 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
603 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

ARZ001-032330-
BENTON AR-
603 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     EASTERN BENTON

AT 603 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES NORTH OF GARFIELD TO 3 MILES EAST OF CAVE
SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WALNUT HILL...ROCKY COMFORT...BLAND...HILL
TOP...ROGERS...PEA RIDGE...GATEWAY...HEALING SPRINGS...CAVE
SPRINGS...MONTE NE...LARUE...AVOCA...GARFIELD AND BEAVER LAKE.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE
THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3633 9387 3623 9432 3650 9407 3651 9388
      3650 9387 3639 9387 3639 9388 3638 9389
      3638 9388 3637 9387
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 271DEG 36KT 3648 9396 3627 9415

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:18 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
618 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

ARZ001-002-010-011-040000-
BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-MADISON AR-WASHINGTON AR-
618 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     BENTON...NORTHWESTERN CARROLL...NORTHWESTERN MADISON AND
     NORTHERN WASHINGTON

AT 618 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM GATEWAY TO 2 MILES EAST OF SPRINGDALE TO CINCINNATI...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS 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 3611 9366 3596 9453 3617 9455 3651 9403
      3650 9359
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 256DEG 20KT 3648 9391 3619 9408
          3603 9448

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	24 min
Apr 2, 10:07 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	TSA	Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg and 2 more	5 hr
Apr 3, 3:29 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	TSA	Creek, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg	12 hr
Apr 3, 7:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	46 min
Apr 3, 7:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	53 min
Apr 3, 8:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore	45 min
Apr 3, 8:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	27 min
Apr 3, 8:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	32 min
Apr 3, 9:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	45 min
Apr 3, 9:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	42 min
Apr 3, 10:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	29 min
Apr 3, 10:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	44 min
Apr 3, 12:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	32 min
Apr 3, 1:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	32 min
Apr 3, 2:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	24 min
Apr 3, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	60 min
Apr 3, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	35 min
Apr 3, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	25 min
Apr 3, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	43 min
Apr 3, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	50 min
Apr 3, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	23 min
Apr 3, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	47 min
Apr 3, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes	42 min
Apr 3, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	25 min
Apr 3, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	28 min
Apr 3, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee	38 min
Apr 3, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	63 min
Apr 3, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	59 min
Apr 3, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	29 min
Apr 3, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	39 min
Apr 3, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee	52 min
Apr 3, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh	46 min
Apr 3, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	39 min
Apr 3, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee	41 min
Apr 3, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee	45 min
Apr 3, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	45 min
Apr 3, 6:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	23 min
Apr 3, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee	50 min
Apr 3, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah	43 min
Apr 3, 9:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	33 min
Apr 3, 9:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	41 min
Apr 3, 10:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Franklin, Madison	45 min
Apr 3, 10:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	25 min
Apr 3, 10:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford, Franklin	33 min
Apr 3, 11:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	26 min
Apr 3, 11:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll, Madison	47 min
Apr 3, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton	65 min
Apr 3, 6:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	27 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.