An isolated severe thunderstorm occurred in Benton County during the afternoon.
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The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
An isolated severe thunderstorm occurred in Benton County during the afternoon.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Aug 30, 2:00 PM CST, 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 300 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008 .DISCUSSION... MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS OVER THE REGION WITH AFTERNOON HEATING FIRING THE EXPECTED ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES ARE RUNNING SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN FRIDAY BUT STILL NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMALS FOR THE END OF AUGUST. THE ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY AROUND SUNSET AND HAVE NOT INCLUDED THEM IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR ALONG WITH RIDGING AT SURFACE AND ALOFT OVER THE AREA WILL DIMINISH THE POSSIBILITY OF DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS BUT WILL NOT COMPLETELY PREVENT THEM FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH THE SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCES ON MONDAY. ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO GUSTAV. WITH THE HURRICANE RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING THIS MORNING EXPECT IT TO DIMINISH SLIGHTLY AS IT CROSSES CUBA AND INTO THE GULF WHERE THE VERY WARM WATERS OF THE SOUTHERN GULF WILL AID IN A RAPID RECOVERY AND FURTHER INTENSIFICATION. MODELS ARE BECOMING MORE CONSISTENT IN BRINGING THE STORM ASHORE IN THE NORTHERN GULF WITH LOUISIANA OR POSSIBLY THE FAR NORTHEAST COAST OF TEXAS BECOMING THE MOST LIKELY AREA...AND THE SLOWING REMAINS PUSHING INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. MODELS STILL IN DISAGREEMENT ON WHAT HAPPENS TO THE REMAINS OF THE STORM AFTER LANDFALL. IT IS LIKELY THAT IT WILL SLOW AND HOPEFULLY WEAKEN IN THE SLIGHTLY COOLER WATERS OF THE NORTHERN GULF WITH SOME MODELS BRINGING THE REMAINS TO A NEAR STANDSTILL OVER THE AREA OF NORTHEAST TEXAS... NORTHWEST LOUISIANA SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. I PREFER THE MORE PROGRESSIVE SOLUTION THAT INDICATE THE REMAINS WILL SLOWLY TURN NORTH AND THEN NORTHEAST BUT WOULD MOVE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS WHILE THIS WOULD NOT BRING HURRICANE CONDITIONS TO THE FORECAST AREA...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND PERIODS OF STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR THE SLOWLY MOVING REMNANT LOW WOULD CAUSE A SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENT OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY TIME FRAME. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BE ALSO PUSHING SOUTHWARD AT MID WEAK TO FURTHER CONFUSE THE ISSUE AND BETWEEN THE TROUGH AND SURFACE BOUNDARY ALONG WITH THE REMAINS OF GUSTAV...EXPECT PLENTY OF CLOUDS AND RAIN THROUGH THIS PERIOD. TEMPERATURES THROUGH TUESDAY WILL BE NEAR NORMAL BUT BELOW NORMAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK DUE TO CLOUDS AND RAIN. HAVE INCREASE RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND POPS MAINLY SOUTHEAST THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA BUT DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE TRACK AND TIMING OF BOTH THE TROPICAL SYSTEM AND THE COLD FRONT...HAVE HAD TO HOLD ONTO POPS INTO NEXT WEEKEND TO COVER THE POSSIBILITY OF THE REMAINS BECOMING NEARLY STATIONARY IN THE REGION. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TUL 72 91 72 92 / 20 10 10 10 FSM 70 93 71 93 / 20 10 10 20 MLC 71 93 70 93 / 20 10 10 10 BVO 66 91 66 91 / 20 10 10 10 FYV 64 89 64 89 / 20 10 10 20 BYV 64 88 65 88 / 10 0 10 20 MKO 70 91 69 93 / 20 10 10 10 MIO 65 90 67 92 / 20 10 10 10 F10 70 91 70 92 / 20 10 10 10 HHW 71 93 71 93 / 20 10 10 20 && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && SHORT TERM...14 LONG TERM....15
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 112 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-311000- 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- 110 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...MID AFTERNOON. DANGEROUS HEAT. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON. DISCUSSION... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY AGAIN DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH ISOLATED... THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL MOVE SLOWLY AND MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A STORM OR TWO COULD BRIEFLY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL DISSIPATE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS. MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MAY BE IN OUR GENERAL VICINITY TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE PRECISE STORM TRACK WILL DICTATE WHERE HEAVY...LIKELY FLOODING...RAIN WILL OCCUR. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT... AT THIS TIME UNCERTAINTIES EXIST IN THE PROJECTED TRACK OF GUSTAV. BY LATE SUNDAY OR EARLY MONDAY WE SHOULD HAVE A GOOD IDEA IF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL HAVE A HEAVY TROPICAL RAIN EVENT. CLOSE MONITORING OF THE LATEST FORECAST IS STRONGLY SUGGESTED. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
228 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008
OKZ059-064-302000-
CREEK OK-PAWNEE OK-
228 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHWESTERN CREEK AND PAWNEE
AT 228 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
SOUTH OF TERLTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 4 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...JENNINGS...TERLTON...SILVER
CITY AND MANNFORD.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.
LAT...LON 3627 9652 3619 9632 3604 9642 3613 9661
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 211DEG 3KT 3615 9647The Tulsa radar (KINX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:12 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs and a power line.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, August 2008
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 132707.