Alert archive / Arkansas / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Oct 15, 2021, 5:21 AM CDT for Crawford County, Franklin County, Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 39 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
- Oct 15, 2021, 5:21 AM CDT (10:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 15, 2021, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:20 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 5:23 AM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Ene Winslow, AR | EF1 - MOBILE HOME DESTROYED, TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. |
| Oct 15, 5:39 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Brashears, AR | DOWNED TREES ACROSS HIGHWAY 23 PARTIALLY BLOCKING THE ROAD BETWEEN E FLY GAP RD. AND THE MADISON COUNTY LINE. AVERAGE DIAMETER WAS AROUND 10 INCHES. 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 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 513 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
132
WWUS84 KTSA 151021
SPSTSA
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
521 AM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ072-151100-
Sebastian AR-Carroll AR-Madison AR-Benton AR-Washington AR-
Franklin AR-Crawford AR-Sequoyah OK-
521 AM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of east central Benton,
Madison, Franklin, Crawford, southeastern Carroll, northern
Sebastian, eastern Washington and southeastern Sequoyah Counties
through 600 AM CDT...
At 520 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a
line extending from near Springdale to 8 miles east of Winslow to 2
miles south of Muldrow. Movement was east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations in or near the path include...
Fort Smith... Fayetteville...
Springdale... Van Buren...
Ozark... Charleston...
Huntsville... Cedarville...
Mountainburg... Lowell...
Alma... Barling...
Muldrow... Roland...
Elkins... Bethel Heights...
Lavaca... Arkoma...
Mulberry... Dyer...
This includes the following highways,
Interstate 40 in Arkansas between mile markers 0 and 42.
Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 318 and 328.
Interstate 540 between mile markers 1 and 13.
Interstate 49 between mile markers 22 and 34, and between mile
markers 76 and 77.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3612 9348 3597 9345 3588 9352 3576 9352
3577 9370 3537 9372 3537 9375 3542 9380
3531 9381 3532 9392 3527 9392 3530 9444
3538 9443 3537 9449 3530 9449 3534 9471
3576 9405 3625 9418 3630 9330 3612 9330
TIME...MOT...LOC 1020Z 270DEG 49KT 3619 9410 3577 9399 3537 9462
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 10:27 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 5 hr |
| Oct 15, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 49 min |
| Oct 15, 1:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 46 min |
| Oct 15, 2:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 49 min |
| Oct 15, 2:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 46 min |
| Oct 15, 2:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Osage, Tulsa | 3 hr |
| Oct 15, 2:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 39 min |
| Oct 15, 3:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 47 min |
| Oct 15, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Wagoner | 46 min |
| Oct 15, 3:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 118 min |
| Oct 15, 3:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 52 min |
| Oct 15, 4:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 43 min |
| Oct 15, 4:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 55 min |
| Oct 15, 7:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 2 hr |
| Oct 15, 5:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison | 26 min |
| Oct 15, 6:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.