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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 25, 2015Crawford County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 25, 2015, 3:07 PM CDT for Crawford County, Arkansas. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 2015, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2015, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Crawford County, AR

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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 Mar 25, 12:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 12:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 1:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
120 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-261000-
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-
120 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015

...SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING
ALONG WITH THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
TORNADO.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...LATE AFTERNOON.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...LATE AFTERNOON.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...LATE AFTERNOON.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...LATE AFTERNOON.

SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...THIS EVENING.

FIRE WEATHER DANGER.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON NEAR OR JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44
CORRIDOR IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A
TORNADO OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THESE INTIIAL
STORMS WILL ALSO BE SLOW MOVING...RESULTING IN LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING.

BY EARLY THIS EVENING...THE STORMS WILL CONGEAL INTO A MORE SOLID
LINE OF STORMS THAT WILL THEN PROGRESS SOUTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
WILL TRANSITION TO DAMAGING WINDS DURING THIS TIME FRAME. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS THIS EVENING.

NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT FOLLOWING
THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. WIND GUSTS MAY EXCEED 40 MILES AN
HOUR AT TIMES ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THURSDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
WARM WEATHER AND MOISTURE RETURN OVER THE WEEKEND WILL AGAIN SET
THE STAGE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AS A COLD FRONT TRAVERSES THE REGION
MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 25, 3:07 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
307 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015

ARZ019-020-029-OKZ072-076-252030-
CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-LE FLORE OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-
307 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     CRAWFORD

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     WESTERN FRANKLIN AND NORTHWESTERN SEBASTIAN

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHEASTERN LE FLORE

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHEASTERN SEQUOYAH

AT 307 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF
ROLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. RESIDENTS
IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3576 9406 3557 9391 3531 9448 3547 9460
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 238DEG 39KT 3544 9444

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell29 min
Mar 24, 8:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer45 min
Mar 24, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore41 min
Mar 24, 8:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha34 min
Mar 24, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg, Pushmataha45 min
Mar 24, 9:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore30 min
Mar 24, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha47 min
Mar 24, 9:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha27 min
Mar 24, 10:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha37 min
Mar 24, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha28 min
Mar 25, 2:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes and 7 more25 hr
Mar 25, 2:38 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAAdair45 hr
Mar 25, 2:38 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACherokee3 days
Mar 25, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek25 min
Mar 25, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair36 min
Mar 25, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek45 min
Mar 25, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Pawnee40 min
Mar 25, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Delaware50 min
Mar 25, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee45 min
Mar 25, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee41 min
Mar 25, 4:07 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee, Delaware33 hr
Mar 25, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Tulsa50 min
Mar 25, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage47 min
Mar 25, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee39 min
Mar 25, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Osage, Washington50 min
Mar 25, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner20 min
Mar 25, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington42 min
Mar 25, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa32 min
Mar 25, 5:22 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa38 min
Mar 25, 5:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee3 hr
Mar 25, 5:39 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatTSACreek, Osage, Tulsa36 min
Mar 25, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington48 min
Mar 25, 5:45 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatTSAOsage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner30 min
Mar 25, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Creek, Mayes, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers and 3 more59 min
Mar 25, 6:04 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatTSACreek, Mayes, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner26 min
Mar 25, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Ottawa32 min
Mar 25, 6:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa4 hr
Mar 25, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMayes, Rogers, Wagoner31 min
Mar 25, 6:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTSADelaware, Mayes27 min
Mar 25, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMayes, Rogers25 min
Mar 25, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers and 2 more49 min
Mar 25, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner32 min
Mar 24, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian45 min
Mar 24, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian44 min
Mar 25, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington49 min
Mar 25, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin, Madison63 min
Mar 25, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison, Washington54 min
Mar 25, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Washington59 min
Mar 25, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison15 min
Mar 25, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton, Carroll, Madison, Washington24 min
Mar 25, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton25 min
Mar 25, 5:14 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton, Carroll, Madison46 min
Mar 25, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Carroll37 min
Mar 25, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton48 min
Mar 25, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll32 min
Mar 25, 6:04 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACarroll41 min
Mar 25, 6:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSABenton, Carroll4 hr
Mar 25, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll68 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.