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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jun 16, 2008, 4:39 AM CDT for Latimer County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 81 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 16, 2008, 4:39 AM CDT (09:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2008, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 81 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Latimer County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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 197 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
- 1789 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1894 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 10.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 16, 2:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 2:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
256 AM CDT MON JUN 16 2008
.DISCUSSION...
BUSY OVERNIGHT WITH PLENTY OF STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION...AND
FLASH FLOODING. SOUTH MOVING CONVECTIVE COMPLEX THAT AFFECTED FAR
ERN OK AND NW AR EARLIER HAS DISSIPATED...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL STORMS
THAT DEVELOPED NE OF TULSA OFF AN OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY HAD MERGED
WITH A SOUTHEAST MOVING MCS THAT WAS AFFECTING WESTERN SECTIONS OF
THE FA. THIS COMPLEX WILL CONTINUE A SOUTHEASTERLY MOVEMENT...AND
WILL BEGIN AFFECTING FAR ERN OK AND NW AND WC AR BETWEEN 08Z-10Z.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ZONES MAINLY NORTH OF I-40 UNTIL
12Z. HAVENT QUITE DECIDED WHAT TO DO WITH IT AT THIS TIME AS
LATEST MODEL RUNS OFFER VERY LITTLE HELP REGARDING SHORT TERM QPF
PLACEMENT. HOWEVER IT APPEARS WITH NEW CONVECTION DEVELOPING AND
EXTENSION OF THE FA WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. WILL BASE FIRST PERIOD POPS
OFF OF RADAR TRENDS.
OTHERWISE THE BEAT GOES ON...PESKY NORTHWEST UPPER FLOW...SURFACE
AS WELL AS ELEVATED BOUNDARIES WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED CONVECTIVE
CHANCES FOR MOST OF THIS FORECAST CYCLE. HOPEFULLY BY NEXT
WEEKEND...UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD BACK OVER THE SRN PLAINS...WHICH
WILL CURB RAIN CHANCES BUT INCREASE THE HEAT. WONT GET CARRIED
AWAY WITH POPS...WITH MOST PERIODS FALLING IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY.
TEMPERATURE WISE...WONT STRAY TOO FAR FROM GUIDANCE...AND IF
ANYTHING WILL CONTINUE TO ERR ON THE COOL SIDE GIVEN THE
DIFFICULTY IN DEPICTING AREAS OF RAIN COOLED AIR AND CLOUD COVER.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL 82 66 78 64 / 50 50 50 30
FSM 83 66 78 66 / 70 40 50 30
MLC 92 68 84 65 / 60 50 50 30
BVO 78 63 79 62 / 50 50 50 20
FYV 81 60 78 59 / 60 40 50 20
BYV 80 60 80 59 / 70 40 50 20
MKO 85 66 78 64 / 60 50 50 30
MIO 80 61 81 61 / 50 30 50 20
F10 89 67 82 64 / 50 50 50 30
HHW 95 69 87 66 / 60 50 50 30
&&
.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY FOR OKZ054-OKZ055-OKZ056-
OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-OKZ062-OKZ063-OKZ064-
OKZ066-OKZ067-OKZ068-OKZ069-OKZ070-OKZ072.
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ002-ARZ010-
ARZ011-ARZ019-ARZ020-ARZ029.
&&
SHORT TERM...18
LONG TERM....23In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
333 AM CDT MON JUN 16 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 AM FLASH FLOOD 5 SSW BROKEN ARROW 35.99N 95.82W
06/16/2008 TULSA OK NWS EMPLOYEE
SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED IN SOUTH BROKEN ARROW
&&
SFPSpecial weather statement, Jun 16, 3:52 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
352 AM CDT MON JUN 16 2008
OKZ049-070-072>076-160945-
HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-LE FLORE OK-MUSKOGEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-PUSHMATAHA
OK-SEQUOYAH OK-
352 AM CDT MON JUN 16 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
SOUTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE AND SEQUOYAH
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
HASKELL...NORTHERN LE FLORE...PITTSBURG...NORTHERN PUSHMATAHA
AND LATIMER
AT 352 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM MARBLE CITY TO HAYWOOD...MOVING SOUTH AT 34 MPH.
A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE...SEQUOYAH...HASKELL...
NORTHERN LE FLORE...PITTSBURG...NORTHERN PUSHMATAHA AND LATIMER
COUNTIES WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 445 AM CDT.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 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 3423 9576 3430 9579 3451 9579 3452 9568
3459 9568 3459 9588 3468 9589 3468 9599
3490 9609 3532 9538 3531 9535 3534 9534
3565 9482 3564 9471 3509 9444 3500 9444
TIME...MOT...LOC 0852Z 338DEG 30KT 3555 9478 3486 9596Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:39 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
439 AM CDT MON JUN 16 2008
OKZ049-073-075-076-161100-
LATIMER OK-LE FLORE OK-PITTSBURG OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
439 AM CDT MON JUN 16 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
SOUTHWESTERN LE FLORE...SOUTHERN PITTSBURG...PUSHMATAHA AND
LATIMER
AT 439 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF RED OAK TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF
DAMON TO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BACHE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 28 MPH.
A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHWESTERN LE FLORE...SOUTHERN PITTSBURG...
PUSHMATAHA AND LATIMER COUNTIES WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS
THROUGH 600 AM CDT.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 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 3420 9566 3452 9573 3452 9568 3459 9568
3459 9575 3493 9583 3484 9537 3507 9496
3506 9494 3454 9449 3451 9504 3426 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0939Z 315DEG 24KT 3507 9498 3477 9528
3484 9564The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 55 min |
| Jun 15, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 54 min |
| Jun 15, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Ottawa | 78 min |
| Jun 15, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 80 min |
| Jun 15, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 75 min |
| Jun 15, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 53 min |
| Jun 15, 9:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner | 76 min |
| Jun 15, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah | 54 min |
| Jun 15, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers | 58 min |
| Jun 15, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee, Sequoyah | 66 min |
| Jun 15, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 66 min |
| Jun 15, 11:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 64 min |
| Jun 15, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 94 min |
| Jun 15, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 66 min |
| Jun 15, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 58 min |
| Jun 16, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 95 min |
| Jun 16, 1:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 5 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more | 85 min |
| Jun 16, 2:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 2:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 2:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 3:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 23 min |
| Jun 16, 3:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 3:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Sequoyah | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 5:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 6:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa, Washington | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 7:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Okmulgee, Pawnee and 3 more | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 8:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 4 days |
| Jun 16, 9:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 60 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 1:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata | 12 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 72 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Washington | 12 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 11 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, Pushmataha | 70 min |
| Jun 15, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 65 min |
| Jun 15, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 8:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 8:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton, Madison | 56 min |
| Jun 15, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 37 min |
| Jun 15, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 12:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Polk | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 8:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 48 hr |
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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.