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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Apr 29, 2016, 11:59 PM CDT for Franklin County, Arkansas. It was in force for 46 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
- Apr 29, 2016, 11:59 PM CDT (04:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2016, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Franklin County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 316 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1056 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Apr 29, 11:33 PM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 11:33 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 446 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-301030- 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- 446 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016 ...SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. TORNADO. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ONSET...ONGOING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...SIGNIFICANT. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. AREA AT GREATEST RISK...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. INCREASING INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT OUT WEST WILL AID IN A CONTINUING POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH A DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL LOOK TO BE THE MAIN HAZARDS FOR MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND ALSO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A NEARLY STATIONARY WARM FRONT REMAINS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY...GREATER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW FOR AN INCREASED TORNADO POTENTIAL AS WELL AS A LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...MAINLY SOUTH OF A MCALESTER TO POTEAU LINE. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE ALSO FORECAST ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND A HALF INCH TO GREATER THAN ONE INCH ON TOP OF RAINS THAT FELL THIS MORNING WILL HELP TO CREATE POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AS WELL AS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO BE ONGOING ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SATURDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH ACROSS THE REGION. INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL ALLOW FOR AT LEAST A LIMITED SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL TO REMAIN THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO EXIT THE REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES TAPERING OFF WITH THE EXITING FRONT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES QUICKLY RETURN SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE PLAINS. BEHIND THIS NEXT SYSTEM...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE LOOKS TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES WITH MORE QUIET WEATHER FOR THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
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Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Wagoner | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg, Wagoner | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 37 min |
| Apr 29, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, Muskogee | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 9:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 2:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 23 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 70 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:11 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Pushmataha | 36 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.