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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 21, 2022Carroll County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Apr 21, 2022, 1:13 AM CDT for Carroll 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: Apr 21, 2022, 1:13 AM CDT (06:13 UTC)
Expired: Apr 21, 2022, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 50

County Carroll County, AR

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 625 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 600 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 21, 12:47 AM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 12:47 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 21, 12:56 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 21, 12:27 AM CDT, 46 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1227 AM CDT Thu Apr 21 2022

ARZ002-011-210615-
Carroll AR-Madison AR-
1227 AM CDT Thu Apr 21 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Madison
and Carroll Counties through 115 AM CDT...

At 1227 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near
Eureka Springs, moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
         around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects
         is possible.

Locations in or near the path include...
Berryville...                     Eureka Springs...
Green Forest...                   Carrollton...
Rudd...                           Osage...
Urbanette...                      Rule...
Grandview...                      Rockhouse...
Dryfork...                        Cabanal...
Metalton...                       Connor...
Coin...                           Pleasant Ridge...
Denver...                         Oak Hill...
Delmar...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3612 9337 3612 9348 3609 9348 3608 9345
      3606 9345 3636 9384 3650 9371 3650 9366
      3641 9330 3622 9330
TIME...MOT...LOC 0527Z 306DEG 23KT 3639 9370

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Local storm report, Apr 21, 12:31 AM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1231 AM CDT THU APR 21 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1218 AM     HAIL             EUREKA SPRINGS          36.40N 93.74W
04/21/2022  U0.75 INCH       CARROLL            AR   PUBLIC

            REPORT FROM MPING: DIME (0.75 IN.).

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Special weather statement, Apr 21, 1:13 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 20, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Benton, Carroll	49 min
Apr 21, 12:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	48 min
Apr 21, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll	22 min
Apr 21, 1:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	47 min

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Sources

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