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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 27, 2017, 5:12 AM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 33 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 27, 2017, 5:12 AM CDT (10:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2017, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Madison County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 1463 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 27, 3:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 3:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 27, 3:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
321 AM CDT MON MAR 27 2017
ARZ001-010-OKZ063-069-270845-
Benton AR-Washington AR-Adair OK-Delaware OK-
321 AM CDT MON MAR 27 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BENTON...
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHWESTERN
ADAIR COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM CDT...
At 321 AM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over West Siloam
Springs, moving northeast at 50 mph.
Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations in or near the path include...
Siloam Springs... Gentry...
Tontitown... Decatur...
West Siloam Springs... Highfill...
Watts... Springtown...
Lake Francis... Fairmount...
Ballard... Gallitin...
Rocky Comfort... Natural Falls State Park...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3639 9439 3617 9424 3600 9474 3612 9480
3616 9480 3616 9482
TIME...MOT...LOC 0821Z 243DEG 45KT 3619 9459Special weather statement, Mar 27, 3:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 33 min |
| Mar 26, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 32 min |
| Mar 26, 7:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 23 min |
| Mar 26, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 8:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 25 min |
| Mar 26, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 29 min |
| Mar 26, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 40 min |
| Mar 26, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 35 min |
| Mar 26, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 9:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 35 min |
| Mar 26, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 9:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 32 min |
| Mar 26, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 40 min |
| Mar 26, 9:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 35 min |
| Mar 26, 10:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 43 min |
| Mar 26, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 33 min |
| Mar 26, 10:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 32 min |
| Mar 26, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 25 min |
| Mar 26, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 11:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage, Washington | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 12:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Washington | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 12:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers, Washington | 26 min |
| Mar 27, 1:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Ottawa, Rogers | 24 min |
| Mar 27, 1:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 2:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 2:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 23 min |
| Mar 26, 10:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian, Washington | 67 min |
| Mar 26, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Sebastian | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 10:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Madison | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 3:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 24 min |
| Mar 27, 3:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 4:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 30 min |
| Mar 27, 4:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 29 min |
| Mar 27, 5:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 34 min |
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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.