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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 12, 2016Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Oct 12, 2016, 4:13 PM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 17 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
Oct 12, 2016, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Oct 12, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Madison County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 94 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2016-10-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 514 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2016-10-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
514 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
919 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

121 
WWUS84 KTSA 122113
SPSTSA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
413 PM CDT WED OCT 12 2016
 
ARZ011-122130-
MADISON AR-
413 PM CDT WED OCT 12 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY UNTIL
430 PM CDT...

AT 412 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST
OF KINGSTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
MARBLE...                         KINGSTON...

LAT...LON 3603 9361 3614 9361 3614 9355 3613 9355
      3612 9348 3608 9348 3608 9345 3597 9345
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 279DEG 38KT 3608 9348 

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 11, 10:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage36 min
Oct 11, 10:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee24 min
Oct 11, 11:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa32 min
Oct 11, 11:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington25 min
Oct 11, 11:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa32 min
Oct 11, 11:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee39 min
Oct 12, 12:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage46 min
Oct 12, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee40 min
Oct 12, 1:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers42 min
Oct 12, 2:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage37 min
Oct 12, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage31 min
Oct 12, 3:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers29 min
Oct 12, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage30 min
Oct 12, 3:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata, Washington41 min
Oct 12, 3:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers42 min
Oct 12, 6:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa31 min
Oct 12, 7:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata34 min
Oct 12, 8:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa52 min
Oct 12, 8:37 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACraig, Nowata, Ottawa113 min
Oct 12, 12:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa24 min
Oct 12, 12:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers37 min
Oct 12, 1:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Nowata30 min
Oct 12, 2:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Ottawa37 min
Oct 12, 2:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton30 min
Oct 12, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison, Washington36 min
Oct 12, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton34 min
Oct 12, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll45 min
Oct 12, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll26 min
Oct 12, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll30 min

Nearby

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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.