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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

January 21, 2018Washington County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jan 21, 2018, 9:48 PM CST for Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jan 21, 2018, 9:48 PM CST (03:48 UTC)
Expired
Jan 21, 2018, 10:15 PM CST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Washington County, AR

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jan 21, 8:52 PM CST, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 8:52 PM CST, 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 21, 5:05 PM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
505 PM CST Sun Jan 21 2018

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-221130-
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-
505 PM CST Sun Jan 21 2018

...Tornado Watch for Western Arkansas and parts of Eastern Oklahoma...

This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.
TORNADO.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA....Along and east of a line from the northwest tip of
            Arkansas to just of Hugo, Oklahoma.
	ONSET...Now through 1am.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Along and east of a line from Miami, Oklahoma to near
           Durant, Oklahoma.
	ONSET...Now through 1am.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Along and east of a line from Miami, Oklahoma to near
           Durant, Oklahoma.
	ONSET...Now through 1am.

FIRE WEATHER DANGER.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Mainly west of a Highway 75 in eastern Oklahoma.
	ONSET...Now through 10pm.

DISCUSSION...
There is some potential for an isolated tornado this evening in
western Arkansas and parts of eastern Oklahoma as thunderstorms
continue to increase and winds aloft become more favorable for
storms.  There is also the risk for a few damaging winds gusts
and isolated reports of hail near quarter size.  The greatest
tornado potential, albeit limited, is expected to be along and
east of a line from Hugo to Fort Smith to Green Forest.  The storms
will shift east and out of the area near or a little after
Midnight.

While storm motions will be fast, training of storms across
the same locations could result in locally excessive rainfall
with some risk of flooding.

Drier air coming in from the west with gusty winds will promote
some enhancement of fire spread in eastern Oklahoma this evening
behind the storms.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Activation of the Regional Spotter Network Likely.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.
MONDAY...Limited Fire Weather Potential.
TUESDAY...No Hazards.
WEDNESDAY...No Hazards.
THURSDAY...No Hazards.
FRIDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...High Wind Potential.
SATURDAY...No Hazards.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Gusty winds behind the cold front will result in some enhancement
of the fire spread potential tomorrow in eastern Oklahoma and
northwest Arkansas.  The higher potential is likely to be in
southeast Oklahoma and west-central Arkansas.

The next weather system to approach the region could result in
some thunderstorm activity on Friday.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 21, 8:48 PM CST, 1 hour before
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Special weather statement, Jan 21, 9:04 PM CST, 44 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 21, 9:25 PM CST, 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 21, 9:36 PM CST, 12 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 21, 9:48 PM CST, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 6:04 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore26 min
Jan 21, 6:34 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore26 min
Jan 21, 6:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore33 min
Jan 21, 7:10 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore35 min
Jan 21, 7:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okmulgee26 min
Jan 21, 7:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore37 min
Jan 21, 7:42 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee33 min
Jan 21, 8:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Wagoner28 min
Jan 21, 8:25 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee35 min
Jan 21, 8:27 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSALeFlore, Pushmataha3 hr
Jan 21, 8:47 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore28 min
Jan 21, 9:36 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore39 min
Jan 21, 10:29 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore31 min
Jan 21, 10:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah23 min
Jan 22, 8:57 AM CSTWind AdvisoryTSACreek, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee and 6 more9 hr
Jan 21, 6:02 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford28 min
Jan 21, 6:41 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian34 min
Jan 21, 6:58 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAFranklin, Sebastian32 min
Jan 21, 7:26 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAFranklin34 min
Jan 21, 7:58 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAFranklin32 min
Jan 21, 8:08 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton37 min
Jan 21, 8:21 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMadison24 min
Jan 21, 9:04 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAFranklin26 min
Jan 21, 9:25 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAFranklin20 min
Jan 21, 9:35 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMadison25 min
Jan 21, 9:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll, Madison47 min
Jan 21, 10:18 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll27 min
Jan 21, 10:56 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford, Franklin34 min
Jan 21, 11:25 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll, Madison35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.