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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Tulsa, OK

September 21, 2021Washington County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2021, 2:11 AM CDT for Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 32 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
Sep 21, 2021, 2:11 AM CDT (07:11 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 2021, 2:43 AM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Washington County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 00:00Z on 2021-09-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 842 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 00:00Z on 2021-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
842 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1973 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

601 
WUUS54 KTSA 210711
SVRTSA
ARC143-210800-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0153.210921T0711Z-210921T0800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
211 AM CDT Tue Sep 21 2021

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Washington County in northwestern Arkansas...

* Until 300 AM CDT.

* At 211 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lincoln,
  moving east at 20 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...
  Prairie Grove...                  West Fork...
  Lincoln...                        Greenland...
  Strickler...                      Cincinnati...
  Blackburn...                      Prairie Grove Battlefield
  State...
  Walnut Grove...                   Clyde...
  Rhea...                           Canehill...
  Hogeye...                         Summers...
  Morrow...                         Viney Grove...

This includes Interstate 49 between mile markers 49 and 56.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3580 9420 3587 9451 3598 9453 3605 9451
      3598 9414
TIME...MOT...LOC 0711Z 282DEG 19KT 3595 9445 

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

$$
1 follow-up statement
101 
WWUS54 KTSA 210743
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
243 AM CDT Tue Sep 21 2021

ARC143-210752-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0153.000000T0000Z-210921T0800Z/
Washington AR-
243 AM CDT Tue Sep 21 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However heavy rain is
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3580 9420 3587 9451 3598 9453 3605 9451
      3598 9414
TIME...MOT...LOC 0740Z 282DEG 19KT 3591 9425 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 20, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton46 min
Sep 21, 12:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton33 min
Sep 21, 12:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton, Carroll44 min
Sep 21, 1:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington43 min
Sep 21, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Washington46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.