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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 20, 2008Choctaw County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2008, 1:22 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 38 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, 2008, 1:22 PM CDT (18:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2008, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Choctaw County, OK

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, 11:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 11:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1108 AM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008

.DISCUSSION...
OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX CONTINUES TO
DIVE TO THE SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. THIS
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE REGION
OR DISSIPATE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE
THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES THAT LIE ACROSS THE AREA.
SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG
TO SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO AROUND 60 MPH POSSIBLE.

HAVE MADE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO
THE TEMP..POP AND WX GRIDS FOR THIS
AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...FORECAST IS
ON TRACK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   88  66  86  64 /  20  10  20  20
FSM   87  67  85  64 /  60  10  10  10
MLC   89  65  85  62 /  60   0  10  10
BVO   86  62  86  61 /  20  10  20  20
FYV   82  59  81  58 /  40  10  10  10
BYV   82  62  81  59 /  50  10  10  10
MKO   86  65  84  63 /  30  10  10  10
MIO   86  62  86  61 /  20  10  10  20
F10   88  65  84  62 /  20  10  20  20
HHW   90  66  87  62 /  60  10  10  10

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...10
LONG TERM....15

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 12:50 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 11:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1139 AM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008

OKZ049-053-201730-
CHOCTAW OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
1139 AM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     EASTERN CHOCTAW AND SOUTHERN PUSHMATAHA

AT 1139 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
CORINNE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...FROGVILLE...SAWYER...FORT TOWSON...
SWINK...SOBOL...HUSKEY...CORINNE AND OLETA.

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

LAT...LON 3420 9539 3420 9518 3410 9514 3394 9514
      3393 9515 3396 9523 3393 9525 3390 9525
      3388 9531 3389 9532 3387 9533 3386 9536
TIME...MOT...LOC 1639Z 348DEG 17KT 3416 9528

Local storm report, Jun 20, 11:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1148 AM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008

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

0157 AM     HAIL             PYRAMID CORNERS         36.80N 95.14W
06/20/2008  E2.00 INCH       CRAIG              OK   PUBLIC

0615 AM     HAIL             MUSKOGEE                35.75N 95.37W
06/20/2008  E0.75 INCH       MUSKOGEE           OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0840 AM     FLASH FLOOD      FORT GIBSON             35.80N 95.25W
06/20/2008                   MUSKOGEE           OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            3 CITY STREETS HAD TO CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

&&

NMM

Local storm report, Jun 20, 11:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1152 AM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008

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

0900 AM     FLASH FLOOD      6 SW TULSA              36.07N 96.00W
06/18/2008                   TULSA              OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            INTERSTATE 44 AT 33RD WEST AVE. CLOSED FROM 900 AM TIL
            942 AM DUE TO WATER ON THE INTERSTATE.

&&

NMM

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 12:24 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1224 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008

OKZ049-201815-
PUSHMATAHA OK-
1224 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHWESTERN PUSHMATAHA

AT 1224 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES NORTH OF DARWIN...MOVING SOUTH AT 22 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ANTLERS...MOYERS...KOSOMA...
DARWIN AND KELLOND.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... SMALL
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

LAT...LON 3417 9579 3421 9579 3435 9579 3436 9579
      3436 9560 3416 9556
TIME...MOT...LOC 1724Z 349DEG 19KT 3430 9576

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 12:30 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1230 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008

OKZ053-201815-
CHOCTAW OK-
1230 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     EASTERN CHOCTAW

AT 1230 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
APPLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 13 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...FROGVILLE...SAWYER...MESSER...
HUSKEY...FALLON AND APPLE.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... SMALL
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

LAT...LON 3416 9551 3416 9531 3390 9525 3389 9526
      3390 9527 3388 9529 3389 9532 3387 9533
      3386 9536 3387 9545
TIME...MOT...LOC 1730Z 329DEG 11KT 3411 9539

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:22 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 19, 10:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	42 min
Jun 19, 10:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	46 min
Jun 19, 10:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	24 min
Jun 19, 11:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	30 min
Jun 20, 1:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	63 min
Jun 20, 1:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	54 min
Jun 20, 2:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	65 min
Jun 20, 2:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers	62 min
Jun 20, 3:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	60 min
Jun 20, 4:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	50 min
Jun 20, 4:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	54 min
Jun 20, 5:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	57 min
Jun 20, 5:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	58 min
Jun 20, 6:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee	32 min
Jun 20, 6:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	58 min
Jun 20, 6:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Sequoyah	63 min
Jun 20, 7:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	55 min
Jun 20, 7:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	38 min
Jun 20, 7:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	34 min
Jun 20, 8:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Wagoner	3 hr
Jun 20, 8:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	52 min
Jun 20, 8:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Wagoner	6 hr
Jun 20, 8:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	54 min
Jun 20, 10:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	27 min
Jun 20, 10:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	40 min
Jun 20, 11:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	40 min
Jun 20, 11:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	51 min
Jun 20, 12:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	51 min
Jun 20, 12:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	45 min
Jun 20, 12:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	39 min
Jun 20, 6:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	57 min

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