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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 3, 2018Carroll County, Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at May 3, 2018, 1:07 AM CDT for Carroll County, Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 53 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 3, 2018, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2018, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 99 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: 1170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 5.6

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The text

As transmitted.

753 
WWUS84 KTSA 030607
SPSTSA

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
107 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2018
 
ARZ001-002-010-011-030700-
Carroll AR-Madison AR-Benton AR-Washington AR-
107 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN BENTON...MADISON...
CARROLL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT...

At 107 AM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Gateway to 6 miles southeast of Winslow. Movement was
east at 35 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations in or near the path include...
Fayetteville...                   Berryville...
Huntsville...                     Eureka Springs...
Green Forest...                   Elkins...
Garfield...                       Gateway...
St. Paul...                       Beaver...
Hindsville...                     Wesley...
Carrollton...                     Rudd...
Saint Paul...                     Forum...
Aurora...                         Hobbs State Park...
Clifty...                         Boston...

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT for
northwestern and west central Arkansas.

LAT...LON 3612 9348 3608 9348 3608 9345 3597 9345
      3595 9349 3593 9349 3592 9351 3588 9351
      3588 9352 3576 9352 3577 9409 3650 9400
      3650 9330 3612 9330
TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 263DEG 33KT 3649 9394 3573 9406 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 9:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	38 min
May 2, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee	46 min
May 2, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	54 min
May 2, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	31 min
May 2, 10:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	48 min
May 2, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington	65 min
May 2, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 3 more	62 min
May 2, 10:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	43 min
May 2, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Rogers, Washington	47 min
May 2, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Muskogee	43 min
May 2, 11:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	52 min
May 2, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	48 min
May 2, 11:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	43 min
May 2, 11:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	56 min
May 2, 11:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	41 min
May 3, 12:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Sequoyah	41 min
May 3, 3:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa	49 min
May 3, 4:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	62 min
May 3, 5:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee	42 min
May 3, 5:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	38 min
May 3, 6:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	43 min
May 3, 6:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	33 min
May 3, 9:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	39 min
May 3, 9:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	31 min
May 3, 9:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 3 more	3 hr
May 3, 9:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	33 min
May 3, 9:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	32 min
May 3, 9:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee, Wagoner	37 min
May 3, 10:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, McIntosh, Mayes and 4 more	3 hr
May 3, 10:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	32 min
May 3, 10:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Delaware	3 hr
May 3, 10:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	24 min
May 3, 11:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	23 min
May 3, 11:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	60 min
May 3, 11:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	28 min
May 3, 12:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	59 min
May 3, 2:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	30 hr
May 3, 2:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	35 hr
May 3, 2:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	46 hr
May 3, 2:28 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	16 hr
May 3, 6:17 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Sequoyah	14 hr
May 3, 12:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Washington	53 min
May 3, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	43 min
May 3, 1:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	45 min
May 3, 1:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	46 min
May 3, 6:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll, Madison, Washington	65 min
May 3, 12:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	48 min
May 3, 1:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	36 min
May 3, 1:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Franklin	26 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.