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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jun 16, 2008, 3:18 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 57 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, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2008, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Creek County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 1720 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 687 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 499 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 22.3
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 Jun 16, 10:59 AM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 10:59 AM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1059 AM CDT MON JUN 16 2008
.DISCUSSION...
THE STRONGER CONVECTION HAS BECOME MORE WIDELY SCATTERED BUT
WILL KEEP THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AS 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN ACROSS A GOOD PART OF IT AND ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN
WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS. WITH LESS ECHOES HAVE CHOSEN TO CARRY
SCATTERED COVERAGE IN THE ZONES. TEMPERATURES WILL BE HELD
IN CHECK BY THE CLOUDS AND RAIN. GOING TEMPS LOOK O.K. FOR
NOW.
&&
.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM MONDAY FOR OKZ054-OKZ055-OKZ056-
OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-OKZ062-OKZ063-OKZ064-
OKZ066-OKZ067-OKZ068-OKZ069-OKZ070-OKZ072.
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM MONDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ002-ARZ010-
ARZ011-ARZ019-ARZ020-ARZ029.
&&
SHORT TERM...17
LONG TERM....05In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 1:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
154 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2008
OKZ054-055-059-162000-
OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-WASHINGTON OK-
154 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WASHINGTON...CENTRAL OSAGE AND PAWNEE
AT 154 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES WEST OF FORAKER TO 23 MILES WEST OF
PAWNEE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 28 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...PAWHUSKA...SHIDLER...HOMINY...
WYNONA...FAIRFAX...BARNSDALL...PERSHING...TALLANT...NELAGONEY...
BURBANK...OKESA...APPERSON...WEBB CITY...PEARSONIA...FORAKER...
PAWNEE...JENNINGS...HALLETT...MARAMEC...BLACKBURN...SKEDEE...
CLEVELAND AND RALSTON.
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 3662 9706 3676 9687 3679 9676 3685 9676
3695 9662 3668 9590 3617 9659 3616 9677
3618 9683 3625 9683 3625 9692 3633 9692
3635 9703 3651 9704 3656 9690 3659 9690
3660 9693 3658 9701 3661 9706
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 295DEG 25KT 3685 9660 3641 9718Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:18 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The 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, 4:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer, Pushmataha | 81 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, 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.