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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at May 7, 2007, 8:08 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 52 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 7, 2007, 8:08 AM CDT (13:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2007, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Cherokee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -287 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 7, 4:02 AM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 4:02 AM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
402 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007
.DISCUSSION...
AN ACTIVE PERIOD NEXT 36 HOURS. GENERALLY SUB-SEVERE
LINE OF THUNDER..FOR NORTHWEST PORTION OF TULSA AREA
AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...RAINFALL APPROACHING FFG #S
FROM EARLIER ROUND OF CONVECTION. FLOOD WATCH ISSUED.
MAIN STREAM / LARGER RIVERS WILL ALSO RESPOND... AND
MAY NEED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THAT AS WELL LATER TODAY.
EXPECT THUNDER TO PROGRESS FAIR DISTANCE INTO IF NOT
THROUGH CWA BEFORE GIVING WAY TO DIURNAL DEATH. MORE
BOUNDARIES WILL BE SET UP FOR ADDITIONAL CONVECTION
LATE TODAY OR OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. UNSEASONABLY MOIST
ATMOSPHERE / HIGH PWA VALUES WILL LIKELY PROMPT MORE
FLOOD WATCHES... BUT DID NOT WANT TO USE THE SHOTGUN
APPROACH AT THIS TIME IN HOPE THAT LATER MODELS WILL
MORE IN SYNC. GW
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL 83 67 81 62 / 80 90 40 30
FSM 87 68 84 64 / 50 50 50 30
MLC 84 68 80 63 / 60 70 30 50
BVO 80 62 79 60 / 80 80 40 30
FYV 82 66 79 60 / 60 60 50 30
BYV 81 66 78 60 / 50 50 50 30
MKO 83 68 79 63 / 70 70 40 40
MIO 82 66 80 60 / 90 50 50 30
F10 83 68 79 62 / 70 70 40 40
HHW 84 67 81 63 / 50 40 20 40
&&
.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 PM MONDAY FOR OKZ054-OKZ055-OKZ059-
OKZ064.
AR...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...21
LONG TERM....21Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 5:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 555 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007 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- 555 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. DISCUSSION... A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AS THE STORMS PUSH INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING WITH THE STORMS WITH SOME PLACES IN THE TULSA METROPOLITAN AREA HAVING ALREADY RECEIVED 2-3 INCHES OF RAIN. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THE TULSA AREA AND WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING ACROSS OTHER PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY MIDDAY WITH ANOTHER COMPLEX OF STORMS LIKELY TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA BY THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT AND MAY PRODUCE MARGINALLY SEVERE WIND AND HAIL. THE BIGGER THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING AS THE ADDITIONAL RAIN FALLS ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM TO OUR WEST WILL BE VERY SLOW TO MOVE EAST SO THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY. HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE GREATEST THREAT WITH A LESSER THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT... REMAIN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING AND SEVERE WEATHER. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 7, 4:29 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
429 AM CDT MON MAY 07 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0427 AM HAIL DEPEW 35.80N 96.51W
05/07/2007 E0.88 INCH CREEK OK PUBLIC
&&
MEPSpecial weather statement, May 7, 4:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
445 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007
OKZ057-058-060>068-070-071-071045-
CHEROKEE OK-CRAIG OK-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH
OK-MUSKOGEE OK-OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OTTAWA OK-ROGERS OK-TULSA
OK-WAGONER OK-
445 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
OKMULGEE...WAGONER...SOUTHERN ROGERS...DELAWARE...SOUTHERN
CRAIG...OTTAWA...SOUTHERN CREEK...SOUTHEASTERN TULSA AND MAYES
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
NORTHERN MUSKOGEE...CHEROKEE AND OKFUSKEE
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHWESTERN MCINTOSH
AT 445 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF COMMERCE TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CLAREMORE TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HECTORVILLE TO 26 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF PADEN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
A LARGE PORTION OF OKMULGEE...NORTHERN MUSKOGEE...WAGONER...SOUTHERN
ROGERS...DELAWARE...SOUTHERN CRAIG...OTTAWA...SOUTHERN CREEK...
CHEROKEE...OKFUSKEE...NORTHWESTERN MCINTOSH...SOUTHEASTERN TULSA AND
MAYES COUNTIES WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 545 AM CDT.
THESE STORMS 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 3701 9497 3628 9572 3581 9595 3557 9677
3526 9604 3580 9500 3628 9476 3700 9460Special weather statement, May 7, 6:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 15 min |
| May 6, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 31 min |
| May 6, 8:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 53 min |
| May 6, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 65 min |
| May 6, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 28 min |
| May 6, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 48 min |
| May 6, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 29 min |
| May 6, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 51 min |
| May 6, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 48 min |
| May 6, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Pawnee | 56 min |
| May 6, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 54 min |
| May 6, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 59 min |
| May 6, 10:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 25 min |
| May 6, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 67 min |
| May 6, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 48 min |
| May 6, 11:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 41 min |
| May 6, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 48 min |
| May 6, 11:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 35 min |
| May 6, 11:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 26 min |
| May 7, 12:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 44 min |
| May 7, 12:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 40 min |
| May 7, 12:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 34 min |
| May 7, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 52 min |
| May 7, 1:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 27 min |
| May 7, 1:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 40 min |
| May 7, 2:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 41 min |
| May 7, 2:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 50 min |
| May 7, 3:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Creek, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Ottawa and 2 more | 59 min |
| May 7, 3:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 14 more | 24 hr |
| May 7, 3:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 48 min |
| May 7, 4:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Okfuskee and 4 more | 60 min |
| May 7, 5:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 6 hr |
| May 7, 6:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 4 hr |
| May 7, 6:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pushmataha | 61 min |
| May 7, 6:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 56 min |
| May 7, 6:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 35 min |
| May 7, 6:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 37 min |
| May 7, 7:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 4 hr |
| May 7, 8:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 40 min |
| May 7, 8:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 65 min |
| May 7, 10:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 43 min |
| May 7, 12:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 4 hr |
| May 7, 12:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 55 min |
| May 7, 1:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Latimer | 3 hr |
| May 7, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 48 min |
| May 7, 9:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 23 min |
| May 7, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 34 min |
| May 7, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 31 min |
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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.