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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 10, 2015Carroll County, Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2015, 12:17 PM CDT for Carroll County, Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2015, 12:17 PM CDT (17:17 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2015, 12:54 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 9:28 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 82 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2015-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2015-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1931 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 10, 11:45 AM CDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 11:45 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1145 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

...UPDATE...

.DISCUSSION...
A FEW MORE UPDATES TO THE FORECAST TO ADJUST POPS FOR EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. ALSO LOWERED MAX TEMPERATURES SEVERAL DEGREES...ESPECIALLY
OVER WEST CENTRAL AR AND SOUTHEAST OK WHERE PRECIPITATION AND
LINGERING CLOUDS SHOULD HOLD TEMPS DOWN.

APPEARS THAT CONVECTION COULD BEGIN BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON
ALONG THE COLD FRONT AND MOVE TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. SOME WEAK
CONVECTION INITIATING SOUTH OF ICT AT THIS TIME. IF THIS CONTINUES
TO DEVELOP...MAY NEED TO RAISE POPS FOR PORTIONS OF OSAGE AND PAWNEE
COUNTIES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   77  52  71  49 /  80  60  10  10
FSM   78  62  78  54 / 100  90  30  10
MLC   77  60  73  51 /  80  80  10  10
BVO   79  53  69  42 /  70  40  10  10
FYV   74  59  71  44 / 100  90  20  10
BYV   76  60  72  48 / 100  90  30  10
MKO   76  54  71  50 /  80  80  10  10
MIO   76  54  69  45 / 100  70  10  10
F10   76  55  71  51 /  80  80  10  10
HHW   78  62  77  54 / 100  80  40  10

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY FOR OKZ049-OKZ053-OKZ054-
     OKZ055-OKZ056-OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-OKZ062-
     OKZ063-OKZ064-OKZ065-OKZ066-OKZ067-OKZ068-OKZ069-OKZ070-
     OKZ071-OKZ072-OKZ073-OKZ074-OKZ075-OKZ076.

AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ002-ARZ010-
     ARZ011-ARZ019-ARZ020-ARZ029.

&&

SHORT TERM...02
LONG TERM....99
Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 10:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1020 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-111015-
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-
1020 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

...FLASH FLOODING AND SEVERE WEATHER THREATS CONTINUE TODAY...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
TORNADO.
	RISK...LIMITED.
        AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS.
        ONSET...ONGOING.

        AREA AT GREATEST RISK...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL
                                ARKANSAS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE TODAY...AS
MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT PARTS OF
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SEVERE
STORM POTENTIAL WILL EXIST...WITH THREATS INCLUDING HAIL TO THE SIZE
OF GOLF BALLS...WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

A NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS ONGOING ACROSS
EASTERN OKLAHOMA...AND WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND
EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 75 CORRIDOR THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. AN ISOLATED
TORNADO THREAT WILL EXIST IN ADVANCE OF THIS LINE...ESPECIALLY NEAR
A RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARY JUST SOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY
REGION.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO
DESTABLIZE ENOUGH BEHIND THE MORNING STORMS TO RESULT IN SEVERE
STORM POTENTIAL...INCLUDING A TORNADO THREAT...WITH THESE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING STORMS.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING MONDAY MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF FAR
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS...BEFORE THE DRIER AIR
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT FULLY MOVES INTO THAT PORTION OF THE REGION.
MOST OF MONDAY AND TUESDAY SHOULD BE DRY.

THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO
WEDNESDAY AS MOISTURE RETURNS NORTHWARD. AT LEAST LOW CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK
AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND...BUT THE OVERALL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD
REMAIN LIMITED AT BEST.

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

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah46 min
May 9, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah45 min
May 9, 7:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah6 hr
May 9, 9:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAPushmataha71 hr
May 9, 9:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer38 min
May 9, 10:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALatimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg6 hr
May 9, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer45 min
May 9, 10:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore115 min
May 9, 11:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore6 hr
May 9, 11:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg50 min
May 9, 11:12 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore5 days
May 9, 11:12 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore63 hr
May 9, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg45 min
May 10, 12:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell40 min
May 10, 12:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah4 hr
May 10, 12:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer, Sequoyah56 min
May 10, 1:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah48 min
May 10, 1:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah3 hr
May 10, 4:27 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah6 hr
May 10, 4:57 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah6 hr
May 10, 5:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSASequoyah20 hr
May 10, 7:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee66 min
May 10, 8:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee6 hr
May 10, 8:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa6 hr
May 10, 8:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg53 min
May 10, 8:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg and 1 more6 hr
May 10, 8:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha60 min
May 10, 8:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAChoctaw55 hr
May 10, 8:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOkmulgee6 days
May 10, 9:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee, Tulsa44 min
May 10, 9:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner50 min
May 10, 9:19 AM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg26 min
May 10, 9:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee and 3 more65 min
May 10, 9:32 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSAOttawa45 hr
May 10, 9:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner4 hr
May 10, 9:43 AM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore32 min
May 10, 9:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner59 min
May 10, 9:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee and 1 more6 hr
May 10, 9:52 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee71 hr
May 10, 10:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, LeFlore, Sequoyah48 min
May 10, 10:51 AM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore24 min
May 10, 11:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa72 min
May 10, 12:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg107 min
May 10, 1:21 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACreek, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 5 more24 hr
May 10, 2:52 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee and 1 more24 hr
May 10, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg35 min
May 10, 5:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha6 hr
May 10, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha46 min
May 10, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPushmataha35 min
May 10, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg, Pushmataha39 min
May 10, 6:52 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha38 min
May 9, 8:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington9 hr
May 10, 12:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian44 min
May 10, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin29 min
May 10, 4:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACrawford, Sebastian59 hr
May 10, 5:27 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington6 hr
May 10, 8:11 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACrawford, Franklin37 hr
May 10, 8:19 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAFranklin, Johnson, Logan3 days
May 10, 11:01 AM CDTTornado WarningTSASebastian14 min
May 10, 11:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Sebastian62 min
May 10, 11:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison48 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.