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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 27, 2007Haskell County, Latimer County, LeFlore County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jun 27, 2007, 9:53 PM CDT for Haskell County, Latimer County, LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 67 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 27, 2007, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2007, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 224 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: 792 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 796 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 27, 9:14 PM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 9:14 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 12:50 PM CDT, 9 hours 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1250 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-281000-
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-
1250 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007

...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

DISCUSSION...
A STUBBORN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EFFICIENT RAIN MAKERS AS A TROPICAL
AIRMASS REMAINS ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE REGION. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH THE GROUND
SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS...THESE RAIN AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY
CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. THEREFORE...A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA
AND EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THE UPPER LOW WILL MOVE LITTLE DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AND
A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA
AND THE NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. CONDITIONS
WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY
RAINFALL AT LEAST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.  AS THE WEEKEND
APPROACHES THE UPPER LEVEL FEATURE WILL BECOME WEAKER AND EVENTUALLY
BECOME NON-EXISTENT.  THE FRONT WILL ALSO WASH AWAY.  DUE TO
AMPLE MOISTURE...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL REMAIN IN THE
FORECAST INTO NEXT WEEK.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR
THE POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOODING IN THEIR COUNTIES AND CITIES.

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INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 9:02 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 9:53 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 7:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	68 min
Jun 27, 8:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	3 hr
Jun 27, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	58 min
Jun 28, 2:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	46 min
Jun 28, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee, Wagoner	56 min
Jun 28, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	66 min
Jun 28, 5:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	4 hr
Jun 28, 6:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	46 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Oklahoma, 2007 Every special weather statement in 2007

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.