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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 8, 2016Franklin County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 8, 2016, 2:52 PM CST for Franklin County, Arkansas. It was in force for 38 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: Mar 8, 2016, 2:52 PM CST (20:52 UTC)
Expired: Mar 8, 2016, 3:30 PM CST
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Franklin County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 344 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 344 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 8, 11:23 AM CST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 11:23 AM CST, 3 hours 29 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Tulsa OK
1123 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

.AVIATION...
CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM/KROG.
Widespread rain and scattered thunder will prevail for much of the period
across all sites. Break in rain to occur from west to east tonight
as the region will be in between systems. LIFR vsbys and cigs are
possible in between systems/rain free areas tonight as winds
become light while abundant surface moisture remains in place.
Rain and thunder chances increase from south to north late in the
period as another system approaches. IFR cigs and MVFR/IFR vsbys
to prevail where rain occurs.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 952 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016/

DISCUSSION...
The flash flood watch has been made effective immediately...and
also has been expanded further west based on previous rainfall
amounts across parts of eastern Oklahoma and latest radar trends.
Next round of rain and thunder moving into parts of eastern
Oklahoma as of mid morning and will continue to overspread most of
the area during the day. Pop and QPF are only other first period elements
that have been updated at this time. Rest of forecast left as is.

A break in rainfall is anticipated tonight across the area...with
next round to impact the region from the south late tonight and
continuing into Wednesday.

Updated FFA/ZFP/PFM/AFM already sent.

TSA Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
OK...Flash Flood Watch through Thursday afternoon for OKZ049-053-
     060>063-065>076.

AR...Flash Flood Watch through Thursday afternoon for ARZ001-002-010-
     011-019-020-029.

SHORT TERM...23

&&

.TSA Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
OK...Flash Flood Watch through Thursday afternoon for OKZ049-053-
     060>063-065>076.

AR...Flash Flood Watch through Thursday afternoon for ARZ001-002-010-
     011-019-020-029.

&&

AVIATION...23

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 2:46 PM CST, 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 8, 10:29 AM CST, 4 hours 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1029 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

OKZ049-053-081715-
PUSHMATAHA OK-CHOCTAW OK-
1029 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHOCTAW AND SOUTHWESTERN
PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 AM CST...

AT 1028 AM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTH OF BOKCHITO TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
HONEY GROVE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
HUGO...                           ANTLERS...
BOSWELL...                        SAWYER...
SOPER...                          MESSER...
KENT...                           GOODLAND...
HUGO LAKE STATE PARK...           GRANT...
SPEER...                          GAY...
ORD...                            UNGER...
FALLON...                         FROGVILLE...
HUSKEY...

LAT...LON 3387 9550 3389 9551 3388 9554 3393 9556
      3394 9560 3389 9569 3390 9575 3387 9577
      3387 9584 3395 9594 3412 9594 3415 9598
      3416 9578 3434 9577 3394 9525 3390 9525
      3389 9526 3390 9526 3391 9527 3387 9529
TIME...MOT...LOC 1628Z 227DEG 39KT 3395 9611 3368 9584

Special weather statement, Mar 8, 11:06 AM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1106 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

OKZ049-073-075-081745-
PUSHMATAHA OK-PITTSBURG OK-LATIMER OK-
1106 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN PITTSBURG...SOUTHWESTERN
LATIMER AND NORTHWESTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 AM CST...

AT 1105 AM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTH OF ASHLAND TO 2 MILES NORTH OF MOYERS...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
MCALESTER...                      CLAYTON...
HARTSHORNE...                     KREBS...
KIOWA...                          SAVANNA...
ALDERSON...                       ASHLAND...
KOSOMA...                         YANUSH...
BLANCO...                         MOYERS...
HAYWOOD...                        HIGGINS...
DUNBAR...                         TUSKAHOMA...
STANLEY...                        CLAYTON LAKE STATE PARK...
HAILEYVILLE...                    PITTSBURG...

LAT...LON 3440 9578 3450 9578 3451 9567 3459 9567
      3459 9588 3468 9589 3468 9609 3480 9609
      3513 9575 3460 9517 3429 9566
TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 232DEG 37KT 3473 9605 3436 9567

Special weather statement, Mar 8, 11:08 AM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1108 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

OKZ049-053-081800-
PUSHMATAHA OK-CHOCTAW OK-
1108 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CHOCTAW AND SOUTHEASTERN
PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES UNTIL NOON CST...

AT 1108 AM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES WEST OF MESSER TO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
GOODLAND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
HUGO...                           FORT TOWSON...
SAWYER...                         RATTAN...
HUGO LAKE STATE PARK...           MESSER...
RAYMOND GARY STATE PARK...        CLOUDY...
OLETA...                          GRANT...
SPEER...                          CORINNE...
APPLE...                          SOBOL...
ORD...                            SWINK...
FALLON...                         FROGVILLE...
HUSKEY...

LAT...LON 3387 9545 3389 9546 3387 9550 3410 9561
      3447 9513 3432 9505 3425 9505 3424 9515
      3394 9516 3396 9523 3394 9525 3389 9526
      3390 9526 3391 9527 3388 9528 3387 9529
      3389 9533 3387 9534
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 230DEG 40KT 3407 9554 3384 9543

Special weather statement, Mar 8, 2:52 PM CST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 7, 9:32 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa	43 min
Mar 7, 10:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	48 min
Mar 7, 10:24 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Creek, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers and 3 more	21 min
Mar 7, 11:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Ottawa, Washington	40 min
Mar 8, 12:50 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	40 min
Mar 8, 7:48 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair	36 hr
Mar 8, 7:53 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee	36 hr
Mar 8, 9:10 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	3 days
Mar 8, 10:29 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	46 min
Mar 8, 11:06 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	39 min
Mar 8, 11:08 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	52 min
Mar 8, 11:43 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg	2 hr
Mar 8, 1:10 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair	54 hr
Mar 8, 1:10 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	4 days
Mar 8, 1:42 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	52 hr
Mar 8, 2:11 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Pushmataha	44 hr
Mar 8, 9:13 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Crawford, Franklin	51 hr

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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.