Thunderstorms developed during the early afternoon hours across portions of western Arkansas. Several of these thunderstorms produced damaging wind.
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The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed during the early afternoon hours across portions of western Arkansas. Several of these thunderstorms produced damaging wind.
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 Jul 7, 11:22 AM CST, 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1222 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012 .AVIATION... CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM. FOR THE 18Z TAFS... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECIPITATION CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING. HAVE HANDLED THIS WITH VCTS AND PROB30 GROUPS DUE TO UNCERTAINLY ABOUT COVERAGE AND EXACT LOCATION. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 928 AM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012/ ..UPDATE... DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE KEPT THEMSELVES ALIVE OVERNIGHT AND HAVE INCREASED IN COVERAGE SINCE SUNRISE THIS MORNING. THIS HAS NECESSITATED INCREASING POPS IN THE FORECAST... AS WELL AS SKY COVER. IN ADDITION... HAVE LOWERED FORECAST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES A COUPLE OF DEGREES AREAWIDE... WITH ADDITIONAL LOWERING WHERE THE BULK OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE MORNING HOURS. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 645 AM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012/ AVIATION... CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF THE STORMS. THERE IS SOME CHANCE THAT IFR VISIBILITIES COULD DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IF RAIN DOES FALL AT A TAF SITE. THE BEST CHANCES FOR IFR CONDITIONS APPEARS TO BE IN WESTERN ARKANSAS. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 252 AM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012/ DISCUSSION... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PERSISTED ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A FEW OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS. TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS A GOOD DEAL OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS MAY KEEP TEMPERATURES DOWN A DEGREE OR TWO. HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW THE HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA OF 105 ACROSS THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA BEGINNING TODAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY AS A MID-LEVEL LOW BECOMES ORGANIZED OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. A COLD FRONT WILL ALSO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS THE RIDGE ALOFT BREAKS DOWN AND SHIFTS TO THE WEST ALLOWING A NORTHWESTERLY FLOW TO BECOME ESTABLISHED OVER THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NOTICEABLY COOLER BEHIND THE FRONT MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH A SLOW WARMING TREND TAKING PLACE LATE NEXT WEEK. && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && SHORT TERM...99 LONG TERM....99 AVIATION...06
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 102 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-081000- 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- 102 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON. DANGEROUS HEAT. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. ONSET..ONGOING. FIRE WEATHER DANGER. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... EVEN WITH SOME RAINFALL TODAY... CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WILL CREATE A LIMITED FIRE DANGER. BURN BANS REMAINS IN PLACE FOR A GROWING NUMBER OF COUNTIES. AND DESPITE THE RAINFALL... HOT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. WITH SCATTERED PRECIPITATION IN THE AREA... ADDED HUMIDITY WILL KEEP HEAT INDICES HIGH AS WELL. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. THERE IS A RISK OF DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS WITH ANY OF THE STRONGER STORMS. THIS RISK WILL PEAK DURING MAXIMUM AFTERNOON HEATING AND WILL TAPER OFF INTO THIS EVENING. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA FROM SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO BE SCATTERED ALONG AND AROUND THE FRONT ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. WHILE THE OVERALL PATTERN DOES NOT FAVOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER... AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO NEAR SEVERE LEVELS. BY TUESDAY THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA NEAR THE FRONT. NO HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE LAST HALF OF THE UPCOMING WEEK AS THE FRONT CLEARS THE AREA AND RESULTS IN SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1133 AM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012
OKZ057-071700-
CRAIG OK-
1133 AM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHERN CRAIG
AT 1133 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF
WELCH...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...CENTRALIA...HOLLOW...PYRAMID CORNERS...
CENTRAILIA AND WELCH.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
LAT...LON 3699 9502 3699 9504 3698 9503 3697 9504
3696 9501 3685 9501 3670 9537 3700 9539
3700 9502
TIME...MOT...LOC 1633Z 077DEG 16KT 3694 9510SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
107 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012
ARZ019-020-071830-
CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-
107 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
CRAWFORD
IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
WESTERN FRANKLIN
AT 107 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF
PINEY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...PLEASANT HILL...PINEY...CONCORD...
MULBERRY...MOUNTAINBURG...ALMA...CEDARVILLE...KIBLER...SHIBLEY...
FURRY...DYER...RUDY...LOCKE AND LAKE FORT SMITH.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
LAT...LON 3539 9428 3559 9440 3570 9408 3554 9398
TIME...MOT...LOC 1807Z 063DEG 10KT 3558 9413The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:10 UTC.
9 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorm wind damaged a barn and snapped large tree limbs.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs and power lines on West Deane Street.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs on the southeast side of Fayetteville.
Strong thunderstorm wind damaged a garage door at an auto service station.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large trees.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power poles and lines on Arkansas Highway 22.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs at a campground.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, July 2012
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: 399039, 399040, 399041, 399044, 399045, 399046, 399050, 399053, 399054.