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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2014, 5:07 PM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 23 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
- Jul 8, 2014, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2014, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Madison County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 347 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
- 1296 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1067 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 1 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 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 Jul 8, 3:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 3:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 332 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014 .DISCUSSION... A WEAK COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO SLOWLY PUSH SOUTHWARD WITH THE WIND SHIFT CURRENTLY NEAR A MCALESTER TO FAYETTEVILLE LINE...WITH THE SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR LAGGING FURTHER NORTH. RECENTLY A DENSE CU FIELD HAS DEVELOPED NEAR THE WIND SHIFT HOWEVER FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW A SUBSTANTIAL WARM LAYER ALOFT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO LIMIT ANY STORM POTENTIAL. SHOULD A FEW STORMS DEVELOP...STRONG INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP NEARER THE ELEVATED FRONTAL ZONE TONIGHT...WITH ALL CONVECTION PUSHING FURTHER SOUTHWARD NEARER THE RED RIVER TOMORROW. THE FRONTAL ZONE WILL BECOME ORIENTED MORE NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AS IT RETURNS NORTHWARD WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. GOOD POTENTIAL AN MCS ORIGINATES ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS AND PUSHES SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THIS SCENARIO WOULD BE THE BEST SHOT OF PRECIP FOR MOST LOCATIONS. OVERALL TEMPS WILL BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS THOUGH HUMIDITIES WILL MAKE HEAT INDEX VALUES NOTICEABLE. FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY LOOK HOT. UPPER HIGH CENTERS VERY NEAR THE AREA AND FORECAST DEWPOINTS FALL OFF SLIGHTLY ESPECIALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 75. URBAN AREAS WILL ALSO MAINTAIN VERY WARM LOW TEMPS. RELIEF IS LIKELY TO ARRIVE TOWARD THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK. WHILE THE GFS HAS TURNED LESS BULLISH...THIS FORECAST WILL RETAIN THE TREND CLOSER TO THE ECMWF SOLUTION AND BRING NOTICEABLY COOLER TEMPS AND INCREASE PRECIP CHANCES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TUL 69 91 70 91 / 10 10 30 20 FSM 72 91 71 89 / 30 10 30 30 MLC 74 90 72 92 / 20 20 20 10 BVO 65 90 66 89 / 0 10 40 30 FYV 63 86 66 85 / 20 10 20 30 BYV 64 85 65 85 / 20 10 0 30 MKO 69 90 70 90 / 20 10 30 20 MIO 65 88 65 88 / 0 0 20 40 F10 71 90 70 92 / 30 10 30 10 HHW 75 93 73 94 / 10 30 10 10 && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && LONG TERM....07
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 1:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:07 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
507 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014
ARZ011-082230-
MADISON AR-
507 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
EASTERN MADISON
AT 507 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST
OF WITTER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...RED STAR...WEATHERS...KINGSTON AND
WITTER.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME 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 3594 9348 3593 9348 3592 9350 3588 9350
3586 9352 3594 9371 3609 9366 3605 9344
3597 9345
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 288DEG 15KT 3599 9364The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 3:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 52 min |
| Jul 8, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 5:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Madison | 117 min |
| Jul 8, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Madison | 67 min |
| Jul 8, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Madison | 26 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.