Alert archive / Arkansas / Special Weather Statements in 2016
Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2016, 11:41 AM CDT for Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 34 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
- Jul 8, 2016, 11:41 AM CDT (16:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2016, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Benton County, AR
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 1814 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1253 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted.
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>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 Jul 8, 10:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 10:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 7:32 AM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
732 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-091000-
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-
732 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
...SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL THIS MORNING... AND AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...MOST OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA...ALL OF NORTHWEST
AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING THROUGH MID MORNING...AND AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
FLASH FLOOD.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON.
HEAVY RAIN.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.
DANGEROUS HEAT.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON.
DISCUSSION... ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ONGOING THIS MORNING
ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...MAINLY TO THE NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE
44. ONE OR TWO STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
STRAIGHTLINE WINDS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. ONGOING STORMS ACROSS
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL DIMINISH BETWEEN MID AND LATE MORNING.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON. LEFTOVER BOUNDARIES FROM MORNING CONVECTION MAY
CONTRIBUTE TO DEVELOPMENT...HOWEVER MOST AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACTIVITY WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. AMPLE INSTABILITY WILL BE IN PLACE BY
AFTERNOON AND WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER.
STORMS WILL POSE AN ELEVATED RISK FOR DAMAGING DOWNBURST
WINDS...AND TO A LESSER EXTENT LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO
POSSIBLE WITH SLOWER MOVING STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOODING. STORM CHANCES WILL REMAIN ONGOING
OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL LIKELY BEGIN
DIMINISHING LATE IN THE EVENING AS DAYTIME HEATING IS LOST.
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL SEE HOT
CONDITIONS AGAIN TODAY AS THESE AREAS WILL REMAIN AWAY FROM
THE HIGHEST THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE AND THICKER CLOUD COVER.
AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES WILL BE
COMMON.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK LIKELY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL REMAIN ONGOING INTO SATURDAY...WITH
LOWER CHANCES SUNDAY AS FOCUS FOR STORMS BEGINS TO LIFT AWAY FROM
THE REGION. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING IS FORECAST TO BUILD BACK OVER THE
PLAINS NEXT WEEK...WHICH WILL BRING VERY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS
BACK TO THE AREA WITH LITTLE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS.
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 8, 9:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Special weather statement, Jul 8, 10:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Special weather statement, Jul 8, 10:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, Jul 8, 11:32 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Special weather statement, Jul 8, 11:41 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 6:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 7:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 7:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 7:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 8:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Osage, Pawnee | 56 min |
| Jul 8, 8:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 8:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 25 min |
| Jul 8, 8:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 8:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 55 min |
| Jul 8, 8:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 9:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 9:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 43 min |
| Jul 8, 9:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 10:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 10:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 38 min |
| Jul 8, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 12:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 42 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Arkansas, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016
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.