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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Tulsa, OK

January 13, 2024Carroll County, Madison County, Washington County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this winter storm warning at Jan 13, 2024, 1:09 PM CST for Carroll County, Madison County, Washington County, Arkansas. It took effect at Jan 14, 2024, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 13, 2024, 1:09 PM CST (19:09 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 14, 2024, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 14, 2024, 8:45 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2024-01-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2024-01-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1043 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 13, 11:26 AM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 11:26 AM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 13, 6:27 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryTSACraig, Nowata, Ottawa, Pawnee, Washington6 hr
Jan 13, 1:09 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryTSAAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more46 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Arkansas, 2024Winter Storm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2024Every winter storm warning in 2024

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.