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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 27, 2021Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 27, 2021, 7:21 PM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 24 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
Mar 27, 2021, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Madison County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2021-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 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 2021-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -85 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1300 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

751 
WWUS84 KTSA 280021
SPSTSA

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
721 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021
 
ARZ010-011-019-020-280045-
Madison AR-Washington AR-Franklin AR-Crawford AR-
721 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MADISON...
NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

At 721 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 4 miles east of Brentwood to 6 miles southeast of
Winslow. Movement was northeast at 45 mph.

Pea to dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible 
with these storms.

Locations in or near the path include...
St. Paul...                       Cass...
Saint Paul...                     Japton...
Witter...                         Aurora...
Georgetown...                     Dutton...
Wyola...                          Bidville...
Delaney...                        Arnett...
Hicks...                          Brashears...
Crosses...                        Patrick...
Combs...                          Locke...
Mount Gayler...                   Durham...

LAT...LON 3569 9370 3566 9410 3593 9407 3611 9364
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 240DEG 40KT 3584 9402 3575 9404 

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Lacy

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 1:51 PM CDTFire Weather WatchTSACraig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa and 4 more13 hr
Mar 28, 1:52 PM CDTWind AdvisoryTSACraig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa and 4 more30 hr

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.