Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2021, 10:21 PM CDT for Madison County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 39 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, 2021, 10:21 PM CDT (03:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 1558 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 972 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted.
765 WUUS54 KTSA 040321 RRA SVRTSA ARC087-143-040400- /O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0075.210504T0321Z-210504T0400Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Tulsa OK 1021 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021 The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... West central Madison County in northwestern Arkansas... Northeastern Washington County in northwestern Arkansas... * Until 1100 PM CDT. * At 1021 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fayetteville, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations in or near the path include... Fayetteville... Springdale... Elkins... Hindsville... Wesley... Johnson... Goshen... Tuttle... Mayfield... This includes Interstate 49 between mile markers 61 and 69. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in Tulsa. && LAT...LON 3605 9423 3615 9420 3618 9382 3595 9384 TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 266DEG 23KT 3609 9414 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$
1 follow-up statement
787 WWUS54 KTSA 040335 SVSTSA Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Tulsa OK 1035 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021 ARC087-143-040400- /O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-210504T0400Z/ Madison AR-Washington AR- 1035 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL MADISON AND NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES... At 1035 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles northwest of Wesley, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations in or near the path include... Fayetteville... Springdale... Elkins... Hindsville... Wesley... Johnson... Goshen... Tuttle... Mayfield... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in Tulsa. && LAT...LON 3603 9416 3615 9415 3618 9382 3595 9384 TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 268DEG 27KT 3609 9396 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 8:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 37 min |
| May 3, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 57 min |
| May 3, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 37 min |
| May 3, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 39 min |
| May 3, 10:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin | 15 min |
| May 3, 10:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 3 hr |
| May 3, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 33 min |
| May 3, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Madison | 48 min |
| May 3, 10:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Washington | 3 hr |
| May 3, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison, Washington | 44 min |
| May 3, 10:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 23 min |
| May 3, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 52 min |
| May 3, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 13 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.