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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 20, 2007Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2007, 4:44 AM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 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: Jun 20, 2007, 4:44 AM CDT (09:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2007, 5:30 AM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Pittsburg County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 4566 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1071 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

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 Jun 20, 3:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 3:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 10:34 PM CDT, 6 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1034 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-201000-
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-
1034 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN
OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING IN THE VICINITY OF A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY
THAT EXTENDS FROM NEAR STILLWATER OKLAHOMA AND FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS.
THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION REMAINS RATHER UNSTABLE WITH CAPE
VALUES AROUND 3000 J/KG IN AREAS THAT HAVE NOT ALREADY EXPERIENCED
THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE THE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO
DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING...A LARGE THUNDERSTORM
COMPLEX CURRENTLY ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHERN KANSAS
WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS DURING
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG
TO SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH THE PRIMARY
RISKS. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN OVERNIGHT WITH AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS.
FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS.
MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE REGION WEDNESDAY
MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD AGAIN DEVELOP WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON ALONG ANY OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER FROM THE
OVERNIGHT STORMS.

AFTER WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL
TAKE CONTROL OF THE WEATHER.  DRY AND VERY WARM WEATHER IS
EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL
INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 12:51 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1251 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

OKZ065-066-200630-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-
1251 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHERN OKMULGEE

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     OKFUSKEE

AT 1251 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF OKFUSKEE TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF
BOLEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...OKEMAH...WELEETKA...CLEARVIEW...
PHAROAH...CASTLE...BOLEY...MASON...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...HENRYETTA...
BRYANT...DEWAR...HOFFMAN...GRAYSON...SCHULTER AND WILSON.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

LAT...LON 3554 9584 3548 9584 3547 9588 3541 9588
      3539 9596 3533 9598 3530 9612 3530 9631
      3539 9643 3545 9643 3548 9652 3564 9632
      3564 9619 3576 9614

Local storm report, Jun 20, 1:41 AM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
141 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0135 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 N PAWHUSKA            36.68N 96.34W
06/20/2007                   OSAGE              OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER OVER HIGHWAY 60 FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WAS BLOCKED BY
            WATER AND DEBRIS

0135 AM     FLASH FLOOD      FORAKER                 36.87N 96.57W
06/20/2007                   OSAGE              OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS ROADS BLOCKED BY HIGH WATER AND DEBRIS IN THE
            AREA.

&&

MEB

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 2:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
235 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

OKZ058-200815-
OTTAWA OK-
235 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHERN OTTAWA

AT 235 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
WEST OF MIAMI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MIAMI...COMMERCE...NARCISSA...
OTTAWA...QUAPAW...CARDIN AND PICHER.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH.

LAT...LON 3688 9502 3676 9500 3680 9480 3700 9461
      3699 9500

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 2:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
239 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

OKZ065-066-070-071-200845-
MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-
239 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHERN OKMULGEE

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     MUSKOGEE AND EASTERN OKFUSKEE

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     MCINTOSH

AT 239 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TAFT TO BEARDEN...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE
STORMS
INCLUDE...OKEMAH...CLEARVIEW...OKMULGEE...HENRYETTA...BRYANT...DEWAR.
..HOFFMAN...GRAYSON...SCHULTER...MORRIS...ERAM...EUFAULA...CHEC
OTAH...HANNA...VERNON...RAIFORD...VIVIAN...STIDHAM...ONAPA...PIER
CE...HITCHITA...RENTIESVILLE...MUSKOGEE...COUNCIL
HILL...WARNER...OKTAHA...KEEFETON...WAINWRIGHT...BOYNTON...SUMMIT...J
AMESVILLE...TAFT AND WILSON.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND
PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN.

LAT...LON 3577 9567 3543 9646 3528 9643 3531 9598
      3517 9595 3527 9557 3534 9534 3551 9515
      3579 9536

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:58 AM CDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 4:44 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
444 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

OKZ073-201030-
PITTSBURG OK-
444 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     PITTSBURG

AT 444 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANOLA TO SAVANNA...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE
STORMS INCLUDE...MCALESTER...KIOWA...PITTSBURG...BLANCO...SAVANNA...
HARTSHORNE...HAILEYVILLE...DOW...HAYWOOD...BACHE...ALDERSON...
KREBS...BLOCKER...CROWDER...INDIANOLA AND CANADIAN.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3517 9596 3470 9596 3468 9552 3525 9551

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	28 min
Jun 19, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	25 min
Jun 19, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	53 min
Jun 19, 8:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	50 min
Jun 19, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes	61 min
Jun 19, 8:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	23 min
Jun 19, 8:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	25 min
Jun 19, 9:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	39 min
Jun 19, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa, Wagoner	49 min
Jun 19, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Tulsa	64 min
Jun 19, 10:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	47 min
Jun 19, 10:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Tulsa	3 hr
Jun 19, 10:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	31 min
Jun 19, 11:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	51 min
Jun 19, 11:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	Creek, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington	5 hr
Jun 19, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	47 min
Jun 19, 11:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Osage	3 hr
Jun 19, 11:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	32 min
Jun 20, 12:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	39 min
Jun 20, 2:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	40 min
Jun 20, 2:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee	66 min
Jun 20, 3:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	47 min
Jun 20, 5:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	41 min
Jun 20, 5:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	37 min
Jun 20, 7:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	52 min
Jun 20, 9:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	61 min
Jun 20, 9:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	62 min
Jun 20, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	55 min
Jun 19, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	56 min
Jun 20, 4:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	39 min
Jun 20, 5:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	45 min
Jun 20, 10:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	45 min
Jun 20, 10:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	29 min
Jun 20, 11:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin, Sebastian	65 min
Jun 20, 11:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	26 min
Jun 20, 11:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford	53 min
Jun 20, 12:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	60 min

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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.