Isolated thunderstorms developed during the early evening of the 6th, along an outflow boundary that stretched across southwestern Missouri and northwestern Arkansas. One of the stronger storms produced damaging wind gusts in Benton County.
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Isolated thunderstorms developed during the early evening of the 6th, along an outflow boundary that stretched across southwestern Missouri and northwestern Arkansas. One of the stronger storms produced damaging wind gusts in Benton County.
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 Jun 6, 3:06 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 406 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2015 .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED CONVECTION IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL DISSIPATE BY SUNSET. SUNDAY WILL BE ANOTHER HOT AND HUMID DAY WITH INCREASING SOUTH WINDS AS THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE AREA REMAINS IN CONTROL. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL FLATTEN AND RETROGRADE EARLY THIS WEEK WITH WEAK UPPER TROUGHING TAKING HOLD OVER OUR AREA. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SAG SOUTH INTO THE AREA MONDAY BEFORE STALLING AND WASHING OUT. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS THIS FRONT MAKES ITS WAY INTO THE AREA...WITH AT LEAST LOW RAIN CHANCES THEN CONTINUING FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT HAS BEEN ADVERTISED FOR NEXT WEEKEND IS NOT LOOKING SO POTENT ON THE LATEST MODEL RUNS. DEPENDING ON THE STRENGTH OF THIS FRONT...AN UPTICK IN SHOWER AND STORM ACTIVITY MAY BE SEEN AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEKEND. STAYED CLOSE TO GUIDANCE TEMPPERATURES THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TUL 74 93 72 88 / 0 0 30 30 FSM 72 93 72 90 / 0 0 10 20 MLC 68 92 71 89 / 0 0 10 20 BVO 66 93 70 87 / 0 10 40 40 FYV 65 89 68 85 / 10 0 20 40 BYV 63 90 70 84 / 10 10 20 40 MKO 66 91 71 89 / 0 0 20 30 MIO 69 91 70 86 / 0 10 40 50 F10 68 91 70 89 / 0 0 10 20 HHW 68 91 70 90 / 0 0 10 20 && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && SHORT TERM...20 LONG TERM....05 PLATE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 502 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2015 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-071045- 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- 502 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2015 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. DANGEROUS HEAT. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS IN RESPONSE TO DAYTIME HEATING AND A SURFACE BOUNDARY SAGGING SOUTHWESTWARD INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SOME GUSTY WINDS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THIS SURFACE BOUNDARY...WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN COMMON ACROSS THE REGION. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO PUSH INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS MONDAY AND REMAIN OVER THE REGION TUESDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO RETURN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE FOR THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE PLAINS. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
600 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2015
ARZ001-062330-
BENTON AR-
600 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
CENTRAL BENTON
AT 600 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF
BENTONVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...BENTONVILLE...ROGERS...LOWELL...
HEALING SPRINGS...CAVE SPRINGS...MONTE NE AND CENTERTON.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE
THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.
LAT...LON 3623 9403 3622 9428 3640 9433 3643 9411
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 351DEG 10KT 3633 9420The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:16 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The AWOS unit at the Bentonville Municipal Airport measured 64 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
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