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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 24, 2016Crawford County, Washington County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at May 24, 2016, 9:46 PM CDT for Crawford County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 29 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: May 24, 2016, 9:46 PM CDT (02:46 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Crawford County, AR, Washington County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 123 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: 194 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -332 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 943 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.8

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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 May 24, 9:37 PM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 9:37 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Tulsa OK
937 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...UPDATE...

.DISCUSSION...
Small but long-lived cluster of thunderstorms is
currently moving across the OK/AR border...impacting
parts of Washington and Crawford counties. This activity
has been weakening over the past hour or so...but still
could be capable of producing some gusty winds.

Also watching new elevated development across parts of
central OK...evidently being aided by 35-40kt southerly
low-level jet.HRRR takes this activity east and northeast
overnight...impacting parts of east central and southeast
OK. Hail and possibly some strong winds will be the main
threat from this activity.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   67  87  72  85 /  50  40  20  30
FSM   69  85  71  84 /  60  20  20  30
MLC   71  83  73  82 /  50  20  20  30
BVO   67  86  70  84 /  50  40  20  30
FYV   67  81  70  81 /  80  40  20  30
BYV   66  83  69  83 /  30  40  20  30
MKO   66  84  70  83 /  40  20  20  30
MIO   67  84  71  84 /  50  40  20  30
F10   67  84  71  83 /  50  20  20  30
HHW   70  85  72  82 /  50  20  20  30

&&

.TSA Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...18

Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 5:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
500 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-251000-
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-
500 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

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

.DAY ONE...LATE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

TORNADO.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...MAINLY EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN STILLWATER AND TULSA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AND DEVELOP SOUTHEAST INTO
EASTERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. INSTABILITY AND SHEAR ARE
SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

A LIMITED TORNADO THREAT WILL EXIST AS WELL...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY
STORM THAT INTERACTS WITH THE WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY CURRENTLY
DRAPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ALONG THE DRY LINE WELL TO OUR
WEST MAY EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA LATER TONIGHT.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
DAILY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND.
INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN HIGH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...SUPPORTING
PERIODIC CHANCES FOR AT LEAST ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...THE
FOCUS FOR MORE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN WEST AND
NORTH OF THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY...RAISING THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 6:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
645 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0634 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 W HECTORVILLE         35.84N 96.00W
05/24/2016  M66 MPH          OKMULGEE           OK   MESONET

&&

KAH

Local storm report, May 24, 6:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
658 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MOUNDS                  35.88N 96.06W
05/24/2016                   CREEK              OK   PUBLIC

            LARGE TREE LIMB DOWNED. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.

&&

KAH

Special weather statement, May 24, 7:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
726 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

OKZ066-067-070-071-250115-
MUSKOGEE OK-MCINTOSH OK-WAGONER OK-OKMULGEE OK-
726 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN OKMULGEE...NORTHERN
MCINTOSH...SOUTH CENTRAL WAGONER AND NORTHERN MUSKOGEE COUNTIES UNTIL
815 PM CDT...

AT 726 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF BOYNTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
MUSKOGEE...                       OKMULGEE...
FORT GIBSON...                    CHECOTAH...
HASKELL...                        MORRIS...
SCHULTER...                       OKTAHA...
TAFT...                           BOYNTON...
GRAYSON...                        COUNCIL HILL...
RENTIESVILLE...                   HOFFMAN...
STIDHAM...                        BALD HILL...
LAKE EUFAULA STATE PARK...        KEEFETON...
WAINWRIGHT...                     SUMMIT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 244 AND
268.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3557 9612 3581 9574 3580 9514 3528 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 295DEG 25KT 3561 9570

Local storm report, May 24, 7:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
757 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0530 PM     TORNADO          5 NW BRISTOW            35.88N 96.45W
05/24/2016                   CREEK              OK   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREE AND BUILDING DAMAGE ASSOCIATED
            WITH A STRONG ROTATIONAL VELOCITY SIGNATURE ON RADAR.
            VERY LIKELY A TORNADO. SOME INJURIES REPORTED. DAMAGE
            REPORTS RECEIVED FROM NUMEROUS SOURCES...INCLUDING LOCAL
            FIRE AND RESCUE...BROADCAST MEDIA...AND PUBLIC VIA SOCIAL
            MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.

&&

KAH

Special weather statement, May 24, 7:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
758 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

OKZ067-068-070>072-074-250145-
MUSKOGEE OK-MCINTOSH OK-HASKELL OK-WAGONER OK-CHEROKEE OK-
SEQUOYAH OK-
758 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN SEQUOYAH...
NORTHEASTERN MCINTOSH...SOUTHERN CHEROKEE...SOUTHEASTERN WAGONER...
MUSKOGEE AND NORTHERN HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 757 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTH OF OKAY TO 4 MILES EAST OF MUSKOGEE TO 6
MILES NORTHEAST OF EUFAULA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
MUSKOGEE...                       TAHLEQUAH...
WAGONER...                        FORT GIBSON...
CHECOTAH...                       WARNER...
VIAN...                           GORE...
PORUM...                          OKAY...
WEBBERS FALLS...                  HULBERT...
OKTAHA...                         BRAGGS...
TAMAHA...                         RENTIESVILLE...
TULLAHASSEE...                    SEQUOYAH STATE PARK...
LAKE TENKILLER STATE PARK...      BRIARTOWN...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 263 AND
299.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3590 9491 3570 9482 3529 9499 3530 9560
      3573 9548 3596 9543
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 270DEG 31KT 3590 9534 3572 9529 3533 9549

Special weather statement, May 24, 9:46 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
946 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

ARZ010-011-019-020-OKZ069-250315-
WASHINGTON AR-CRAWFORD AR-MADISON AR-FRANKLIN AR-ADAIR OK-
946 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MADISON...
NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN...NORTHERN CRAWFORD...WASHINGTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...

AT 946 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF FARMINGTON TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PRAIRIE GROVE TO NEAR DEVILS DEN STATE PARK TO 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SHORT. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
FAYETTEVILLE...                   SPRINGDALE...
CEDARVILLE...                     MOUNTAINBURG...
NATURAL DAM...                    FARMINGTON...
PRAIRIE GROVE...                  ELKINS...
WEST FORK...                      LINCOLN...
GREENLAND...                      WINSLOW...
CHESTER...                        WESLEY...
BLACKBURN...                      LEE CREEK...
DEVILS DEN STATE PARK...          LAKE FORT SMITH...
FERN...                           STRICKLER...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 27 AND 69.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3558 9392 3558 9446 3564 9447 3564 9450
      3596 9453 3610 9448 3610 9439 3611 9439
      3618 9395 3595 9381 3577 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 265DEG 41KT 3605 9436 3593 9428 3575 9424 3560
9445

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee	49 min
May 24, 7:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee	47 min
May 24, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah	31 min
May 24, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah	49 min
May 24, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah	33 min
May 24, 10:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	48 min
May 24, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	44 min
May 24, 10:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	39 min
May 24, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	48 min
May 24, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	47 min
May 24, 11:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	45 min
May 24, 11:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	44 min
May 24, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	45 min
May 24, 11:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek	4 hr
May 25, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	47 min
May 25, 12:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Atoka	36 min
May 25, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa	47 min
May 25, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	45 min
May 25, 12:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa	4 hr
May 25, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	50 min
May 25, 1:34 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	26 min
May 25, 1:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Creek	27 hr
May 25, 1:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Wagoner	4 hr
May 25, 1:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg, Pushmataha	53 min
May 25, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee	46 min
May 25, 2:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	51 min
May 25, 2:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee	3 hr
May 25, 2:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah	65 min
May 25, 3:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	4 hr
May 25, 3:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	55 min
May 25, 3:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	51 min
May 25, 3:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	44 min
May 25, 3:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	36 hr
May 25, 4:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	44 min
May 25, 6:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	34 min
May 25, 6:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	36 hr
May 25, 6:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata and 6 more	3 hr
May 25, 7:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	3 hr
May 25, 8:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Creek, Tulsa, Wagoner	3 hr
May 25, 8:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	4 days
May 25, 8:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	30 hr
May 25, 8:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Sequoyah and 2 more	2 hr
May 25, 10:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	30 hr
May 25, 2:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	47 hr
May 25, 2:46 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee	66 hr
May 25, 2:46 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	22 hr
May 25, 4:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	44 min
May 25, 4:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	35 min
May 25, 4:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Sebastian	41 min
May 25, 8:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	59 min
May 25, 8:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Crawford, Washington	48 min
May 25, 9:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	41 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.