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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 16, 20084 counties in Oklahoma

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2008-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1720 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2008-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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 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....05

In 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 9718
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:05 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOttawa55 min
Jun 15, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningTSADelaware, Ottawa54 min
Jun 15, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Ottawa78 min
Jun 15, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware80 min
Jun 15, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Mayes75 min
Jun 15, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware53 min
Jun 15, 9:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes35 min
Jun 15, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner76 min
Jun 15, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Sequoyah54 min
Jun 15, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah46 min
Jun 15, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers58 min
Jun 15, 10:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, Sequoyah66 min
Jun 15, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore66 min
Jun 15, 11:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers6 hr
Jun 15, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers64 min
Jun 15, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee94 min
Jun 15, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore66 min
Jun 15, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers61 min
Jun 16, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers58 min
Jun 16, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington95 min
Jun 16, 1:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee5 hr
Jun 16, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers45 min
Jun 16, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more85 min
Jun 16, 2:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington4 hr
Jun 16, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee, Tulsa31 min
Jun 16, 2:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMayes, Rogers, Wagoner4 hr
Jun 16, 2:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Muskogee, Okmulgee56 min
Jun 16, 2:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee, Sequoyah59 min
Jun 16, 3:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek23 min
Jun 16, 3:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee3 hr
Jun 16, 3:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee33 min
Jun 16, 3:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Sequoyah53 min
Jun 16, 4:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer, Pushmataha81 min
Jun 16, 5:10 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACraig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers6 hr
Jun 16, 5:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSARogers, Tulsa3 hr
Jun 16, 5:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha66 min
Jun 16, 6:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa, Washington66 min
Jun 16, 7:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Okmulgee, Pawnee and 3 more61 min
Jun 16, 8:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAMuskogee4 days
Jun 16, 9:00 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSARogers, Tulsa60 hr
Jun 16, 1:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage, Pawnee66 min
Jun 16, 1:57 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSANowata12 hr
Jun 16, 2:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa6 hr
Jun 16, 2:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACreek72 hr
Jun 16, 2:46 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAWashington12 hr
Jun 16, 2:54 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa11 hr
Jun 16, 2:54 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSATulsa6 hr
Jun 16, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh57 min
Jun 16, 5:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw, Latimer, Pushmataha70 min
Jun 15, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll65 min
Jun 15, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll33 min
Jun 15, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton28 min
Jun 15, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll, Madison41 min
Jun 15, 8:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll31 min
Jun 15, 8:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton, Madison56 min
Jun 15, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison38 min
Jun 15, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison, Washington38 min
Jun 15, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington41 min
Jun 15, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington37 min
Jun 15, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Sebastian34 min
Jun 16, 12:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Sebastian3 hr
Jun 16, 12:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPolk47 min
Jun 16, 8:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACrawford, Sebastian48 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.