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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 13, 2021Benton County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2021, 4:03 PM CDT for Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 42 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2021, 4:03 PM CDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2021, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Benton County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 13, 4:20 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 Ssw Bentonville, AR1 TO 2 FOOT DIAMETER TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Aug 13, 4:55 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGBentonville, ARLARGE LIMBS DOWN IN NORTH BENTONVILLE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 2021-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 592 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2021-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
592 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
904 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

120 
WUUS54 KTSA 132103
SVRTSA
ARC007-132145-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0145.210813T2103Z-210813T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
403 PM CDT Fri Aug 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Benton County in northwestern Arkansas...

* Until 445 PM CDT.

* At 403 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bentonville,
  moving east at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations in or near the path include...
  Rogers...                         Bentonville...
  Bella Vista...                    Lowell...
  Pea Ridge...                      Centerton...
  Avoca...                          Larue...
  Hill Top...                       Walnut Hill...
  Monte Ne...                       

This includes Interstate 49 between mile markers 79 and 93.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3624 9397 3624 9401 3622 9401 3631 9429
      3648 9424 3646 9389
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 281DEG 8KT 3638 9419 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 2:16 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryTSA4 hr
Aug 13, 3:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton50 min
Aug 13, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Carroll, Madison, Washington50 min
Aug 13, 5:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSABenton3 hr
Aug 13, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll, Madison, Washington47 min
Aug 13, 5:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSABenton3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.