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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 24, 2024Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at May 24, 2024, 11:21 AM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 9 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 24, 2024, 11:21 AM CDT (16:21 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2024, 11:30 AM CDT
In force: 9 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 40

County Madison County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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: 1608 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -174 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1050 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 270 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 327 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.6

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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 May 24, 10:47 AM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 10:47 AM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 5:03 AM CDT, 6 hours 18 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
503 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-251015-
Adair OK-Benton AR-Carroll AR-Cherokee OK-Choctaw OK-Craig OK-
Crawford AR-Creek OK-Delaware OK-Franklin AR-Haskell OK-Latimer OK-
Le Flore OK-Madison AR-Mayes OK-McIntosh OK-Muskogee OK-Nowata OK-
Okfuskee OK-Okmulgee OK-Osage OK-Ottawa OK-Pawnee OK-Pittsburg OK-
Pushmataha OK-Rogers OK-Sebastian AR-Sequoyah OK-Tulsa OK-Wagoner OK-
Washington OK-Washington AR-
503 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...This Morning...Then Mid Afternoon.

DISCUSSION...
A cold front will move into the area this morning, with scattered
showers and storms possible around or just after sunrise across
northeast Oklahoma. These storms could be severe, with large hail
the main threat. Better storm chances will exist this afternoon
along and ahead of the frontal boundary in eastern Oklahoma and
northwestern Arkansas. A highly unstable airmass and strong shear
would support supercells capable of all hazards, especially large
to significant hail in excess of two inches in diameter. Storms
will move east during the evening into southeast Oklahoma and west
central Arkansas, with a continues severe threat.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Activation of the Regional Spotter Network Likely.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.
SATURDAY...Severe Thunderstorm Potential...High Wind Potential.
SUNDAY...High Wind Potential.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...No Hazards.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Strong storm system will bring storm chances back to the area on
Saturday as storms could develop along a dryline in central
Oklahoma and spread eastward into the eastern Oklahoma during the
evening hours. All severe hazards will be possible, including
large to very large hail and tornadoes. Storms will likely be
isolated to widely scattered as a capping inversion limits
convection along the boundary during the afternoon before the
arrival of stronger forcing. A couple of quiet days are expected
for the remainder of the holiday weekend. Nightly thunderstorm
chances will return by mid week as northwest flow aloft sets up
and chances increase for storm complexes moving into the region
overnight.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 24, 8:57 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
857 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

ARZ001-OKZ063-241445-
Benton AR-Delaware OK-
857 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN BENTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTIES THROUGH 945 AM CDT...

At 857 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near
Colcord, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations in or near the path include...
Bentonville...                    Siloam Springs...
Gentry...                         Decatur...
West Siloam Springs...            Colcord...
Highfill...                       Springtown...
Northwest Arkansas Regional Air...Centerton...
Fairmount...                      Lake Eucha State Park...
Vaughn...                         Gallitin...
Rocky Comfort...                  Cherokee City...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3640 9428 3621 9429 3621 9433 3614 9434
      3614 9438 3619 9476 3637 9475
TIME...MOT...LOC 1357Z 272DEG 25KT 3628 9465

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Local storm report, May 24, 10:43 AM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 24, 10:44 AM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 24, 11:05 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 24, 11:21 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
May 23, 10:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	39 min
May 23, 10:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	36 min
May 23, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	47 min
May 23, 11:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Choctaw	3 hr
May 23, 11:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	28 min
May 23, 11:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	35 min
May 24, 12:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Choctaw	3 hr
May 24, 2:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Choctaw	3 hr
May 24, 2:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	58 min
May 24, 3:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	42 min
May 24, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	29 min
May 24, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	32 min
May 24, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Ottawa	27 min
May 24, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	47 min
May 24, 8:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	48 min
May 24, 10:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	46 min
May 24, 11:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	25 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.