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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 2020, 5:44 PM CDT for Crawford County, Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2020, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2020, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Sebastian County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 12, 2:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 2:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
214 PM CDT Sun Apr 12 2020
.DISCUSSION...
Convection continues to expand this afternoon ahead of strong cold
front which has pushed into NE OK early this afternoon. Conditions
remain supportive of severe weather potential this afternoon
through early evening ahead of the surging cold front. The
highest conditional environment remains across SE OK and possibly
into west central AR before the front passes. Transient
supercells with a large hail / wind potential will be the greatest
concern with a lower, yet non zero, chance for tornadoes. Strong
post frontal winds will gradually relax overnight and sufficient
clearing is expected to allow a light freeze across portions of NE
OK / far NW AR.
Unseasonably cold temperatures will prevail Monday through Tuesday
with a light freeze possible both Monday and Tuesday nights, with
the most favorable cold sfc pattern likely Tuesday morning.
Confidence continues to increase in a band of light precip
expanding along mid level frontal forcing Monday night through
Tuesday morning. Fcst will retain a rain / snow mix as any
thickening mid level cloud cover will likely keep sfc temps in the
mid to upper 30s, however reports of snowflakes early Tuesday are
likely.
Temps begin to moderate by late week and likely return to near
normal by next weekend. Extended data have differing solutions on
extent of light precip with either a weak late week front and/or
return warm advection precip. Either way low precip chances are
warranted into next weekend.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL 31 49 35 49 / 10 10 30 30
FSM 34 53 39 52 / 70 10 20 20
MLC 33 51 36 51 / 10 10 20 30
BVO 31 49 33 49 / 10 20 20 20
FYV 30 49 33 48 / 80 10 20 20
BYV 30 49 33 48 / 80 10 20 20
MKO 32 49 35 48 / 20 10 30 30
MIO 30 48 33 49 / 30 20 20 20
F10 32 49 35 47 / 0 10 30 30
HHW 36 54 38 55 / 10 0 0 10
&&
.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...Freeze Warning from midnight tonight to 9 AM CDT Monday for
OKZ054>070.
Wind Advisory until 11 PM CDT this evening for OKZ054>074.
AR...Freeze Warning from midnight tonight to 9 AM CDT Monday for
ARZ001-002-010-011.
Wind Advisory until 11 PM CDT this evening for ARZ001-010.
&&
LONG TERM....07Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 12, 4:50 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Tulsa OK 450 PM CDT Sun Apr 12 2020 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-131030- 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- 450 PM CDT Sun Apr 12 2020 This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as much of Eastern Oklahoma. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. TORNADO. RISK...Limited. AREA...Far Southeast Oklahoma. ONSET...Ongoing...ending by 8 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...Elevated. AREA...Northwest Arkansas through Southeast Oklahoma. ONSET...Ongoing...ending by 8 PM. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...Limited. AREA...Northwest Arkansas through Southeast Oklahoma. ONSET...Ongoing...ending by mid evening. SIGNIFICANT WINDS. RISK...Elevated. AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas. ONSET...Ongoing...diminishing by late evening. DISCUSSION... A line of strong to occasionally severe storms is ongoing from far northwest Arkansas through southeast Oklahoma. Periodic large hail and locally damaging winds remain the primary severe weather hazards with these storms as they continue eastward through the mid evening hours. A limited tornadic threat will continue across far southeast Oklahoma through mid evening. The storms are ahead of strong cold front which is quickly sweeping eastward, with winds behind the front gusting 35 to around 50 mph through the evening hours. Winds will gradually subside overnight. Locally heavy rainfall is ongoing within the line of storms and soils remain saturated across much of the area. This may lead to isolated areas of rapid onset flash flooding. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... Activation of the Regional Spotter Network Possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. MONDAY through FRIDAY...No Hazards. SATURDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... Below normal temperatures will prevail most of the upcoming week, with thunderstorm chances returning next weekend. weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.
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Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 51 min |
| Apr 11, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 29 min |
| Apr 11, 11:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 39 min |
| Apr 11, 11:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 36 min |
| Apr 11, 11:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Tulsa | 2 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:34 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 13 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 12, 8:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 44 min |
| Apr 12, 8:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 49 hr |
| Apr 12, 8:09 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee | 49 hr |
| Apr 12, 9:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 33 min |
| Apr 12, 1:19 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes and 10 more | 20 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 36 min |
| Apr 12, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 23 min |
| Apr 12, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 26 min |
| Apr 12, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 27 min |
| Apr 12, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 42 min |
| Apr 12, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 34 min |
| Apr 12, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 67 min |
| Apr 12, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Latimer | 65 min |
| Apr 12, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 24 min |
| Apr 12, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg | 11 min |
| Apr 12, 4:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 3 hr |
| Apr 12, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 30 min |
| Apr 12, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 29 min |
| Apr 12, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 30 min |
| Apr 12, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 32 min |
| Apr 12, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian, Washington | 42 min |
| Apr 12, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 27 min |
| Apr 12, 6:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Carroll | 2 hr |
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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.