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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at May 8, 2014, 3:14 PM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 31 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
- May 8, 2014, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2014, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Madison County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -334 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1115 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 8, 3:02 PM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 3:02 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1250 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-091000- 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- 1250 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014 ...A FEW SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TORNADO. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...MAINLY NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ONSET...THIS EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. SIGNIFICANT WINDS. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... A LARGE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER HAS LIMITED INSTABILITY...ALTHOUGH FAVORABLE WINDS ALOFT MAY SUPPORT A FEW SEVERE STORMS THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT IN KANSAS AND DRYLINE ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD IMPACT PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING ISOLATED TORNADOES...WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ROUND OF STORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK LIKELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...VERY HIGH FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...VERY HIGH FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL. TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. WEDNESDAY...VERY HIGH FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FRIDAY WITH A CONTINUED THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. FORECAST UNCERTAINTY INCREASES CONSIDERABLY BY THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH LOW CHANCES FOR STORMS WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE BEST CHANCES LOOK TO BE IN THE SUNDAY NIGHT TO MONDAY NIGHT TIMEFRAME...WITH SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 8, 11:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1137 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2014
OKZ070-072-074-076-081715-
HASKELL OK-LE FLORE OK-MUSKOGEE OK-SEQUOYAH OK-
1137 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EASTERN HASKELL AND NORTHERN LE FLORE
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
SOUTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE AND SEQUOYAH
AT 1138 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF KANIMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...STIGLER...KEOTA...KANIMA...TAMAHA...
SALLISAW...GANS...MC KEY...VIAN...BRUSHY...MARBLE CITY...BOX...LAKE
TENKILLER STATE PARK AND BRUSHY LAKE STATE PARK.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 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 3564 9505 3552 9450 3509 9504 3523 9519
TIME...MOT...LOC 1638Z 212DEG 42KT 3528 9503Special weather statement, May 8, 1:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
103 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014
ARZ020-029-081845-
FRANKLIN AR-SEBASTIAN AR-
103 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND SEBASTIAN
AT 103 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF HARTFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...LIBERTY...CROSSROADS...MILLTOWN...
PATTERSON...HARTFORD...GREENWOOD...ARKOLA...HUNTINGTON...MIDLAND...
DAYTON...WITCHERVILLE...WASHBURN...BURNVILLE...EXCELSIOR...
MANSFIELD...FORT CHAFFEE...BLOOMER AND CENTRAL CITY.
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 3523 9393 3522 9402 3513 9404 3514 9413
3510 9414 3507 9423 3498 9423 3495 9431
3495 9436 3493 9444 3501 9445 3511 9444
3535 9422 3526 9391
TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 226DEG 30KT 3502 9440Special weather statement, May 8, 3:14 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 10:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 56 min |
| May 8, 12:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 32 min |
| May 8, 1:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington | 62 min |
| May 8, 2:12 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | TSA | 108 min | |
| May 8, 11:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Sequoyah | 38 min |
| May 8, 2:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | LeFlore, Pushmataha, Sequoyah | 88 min |
| May 8, 6:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Choctaw, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| May 8, 1:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 42 min |
| May 8, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Madison | 29 min |
| May 8, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 37 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.