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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 28, 2008Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2008, 5:21 PM CDT for Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 39 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 28, 2008, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 246 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: 1821 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -6 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.

000 
WWUS84 KTSA 282222
SPSTSA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
521 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

OKZ049-282300-
PUSHMATAHA OK-
521 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CENTRAL PUSHMATAHA

AT 521 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES
NORTH OF SNOW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...CORINNE...RATTAN...CLOUDY...
FINLEY...SNOW AND OLETA.

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

LAT...LON 3417 9546 3439 9551 3451 9539 3443 9505
      3425 9504 3424 9515 3416 9516
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 314DEG 31KT 3441 9537

$$

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 28, 3:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 3:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
334 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

.DISCUSSION...
SEASONABLY STRONG UPPER LOW QUICKLY TRACKING ACROSS THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION AND WILL SERVE TO CARVE OUT A EASTERN
U.S. TROUGH WHILE RIDGING AMPLIFIES FURTHER WEST. RESULTANT FLOW
WILL USHER A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA BY SUNDAY...WITH A TRUE
CHANGE IN AIRMASS EXPECTED WITH NOTICEABLY DRIER DEWPOINTS AND
COOLER TEMPERATURES. EARLY DAY CONVECTION HAS ESTABLISHED A WELL
DEFINED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY CURRENTLY RUNNING THROUGH SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA INTO WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...WHERE ONGOING STORMS ARE
TAPPING A STRONGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. EXPECT THIS BOUNDARY TO
SERVE AS THE PRIMARY CONVECTIVE ZONE THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS...WITH THE SYNOPTIC FRONTAL BOUNDARY ARRIVING LATER TONIGHT.
HIGHEST PRECIP CHANCES WILL BE CARRIED ALONG AND SOUTH OF OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY...WITH CHANCES DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT FROM NORTH TO
SOUTH. THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS GIVEN THE HIGH INSTABILITY.

DRIER AND COOLER WEATHER WILL PREVAIL FOR MUCH OF SUNDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY AS NORTHWESTERLY FLOW THROUGH THE PLAINS KEEPS MOISTURE
RETURN AT BAY. EVENTUALLY SHORTWAVE TROUGHS WILL TOP THE WESTERN
U.S. RIDGE AND SLIDE ADDITIONAL FRONTAL BOUNDARIES TOWARD THE
REGION. THIS WILL COINCIDE WITH INCREASING INSTABILITY AND A
RETURN OF THUNDERSTORM CHANCES BY MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK. THE
DEVELOPING PATTERN BY NEXT WEEKEND MAY YIELD AN ACTIVE MCS PERIOD
ACROSS THE PLAINS AS INSTABILITY INCREASES BENEATH PREVAILING
NORTHWESTERLY FLOW.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   66  85  62  88 /  20  10   0   0
FSM   67  87  61  88 /  60  10  10   0
MLC   68  87  61  90 /  60  10  10   0
BVO   61  85  58  87 /  20   0   0   0
FYV   61  82  55  83 /  30  10  10   0
BYV   63  81  58  81 /  30  10  10   0
MKO   66  83  62  87 /  30  10   0   0
MIO   63  83  60  85 /  20   0   0   0
F10   66  84  62  87 /  30  10   0   0
HHW   69  88  64  91 /  70  30  10   0

&&

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

SHORT TERM...03
LONG TERM....07

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 5:00 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
500 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-291000-
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-
500 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTH
                                OF A MCALESTER TO POTEAU LINE.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

DISCUSSION...
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AND
AHEAD OF AN OUTFLOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS. STRONG INSTABILITY REMAINS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
THIS WILL SUPPORT LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS TO AROUND 60 MILES
PER HOUR WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH RATES OF OVER 2 INCHES PER
HOUR POSSIBLE. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...ADDITIONAL
FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A CONCERN ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THROUGH
THE EVENING. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED PUSH SOUTH OF THE AREA LATER
TONIGHT...BRINGING AN END TO THE SEVERE WEATHER.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL PROVIDE SEVERAL DRY AND PLEASANT
DAYS...WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURNING BY MID NEXT WEEK AND
LIKELY CONTINUING THROUGH THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL
INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
222 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

ARZ019-020-029-OKZ072>076-282015-
CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-LE FLORE OK-PITTSBURG
OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-
222 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     SEBASTIAN AND FRANKLIN

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     SOUTHERN CRAWFORD

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHEASTERN SEQUOYAH

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     HASKELL...NORTHERN LE FLORE...NORTHEASTERN PITTSBURG AND LATIMER

AT 222 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM CECIL TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF BOKOSHE TO 7 MILES
SOUTH OF QUINTON...MOVING EAST AT 29 MPH. MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE
ALERT AREA WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH.

LAT...LON 3538 9370 3537 9374 3539 9379 3531 9381
      3531 9391 3522 9392 3523 9402 3514 9403
      3514 9413 3510 9415 3508 9422 3498 9422
      3470 9550 3521 9546 3568 9369
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 285DEG 25KT 3542 9392 3514 9475
          3502 9534

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
347 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

ARZ029-282145-
SEBASTIAN AR-
347 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     SOUTHERN SEBASTIAN

AT 347 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM MILLTOWN TO PATTERSON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
LIBERTY...CROSSROADS...MILLTOWN...PATTERSON...HARTFORD...ARKOLA...
HUNTINGTON...DAYTON...WITCHERVILLE...WASHBURN...MANSFIELD AND FORT
CHAFFEE.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH.

LAT...LON 3514 9403 3514 9413 3510 9415 3507 9423
      3496 9422 3496 9423 3495 9431 3495 9437
      3492 9441 3493 9444 3504 9444 3523 9411
      3521 9402
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 285DEG 17KT 3513 9413 3497 9434

Local storm report, Jun 28, 4:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
410 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

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

0337 PM     HAIL             MCALESTER               34.93N 95.77W
06/28/2008  E0.88 INCH       PITTSBURG          OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ALSO ISOLATED TREE DAMAGE IN TOWN DUE TO THUNDERSTORM
            WINDS.

&&

JBM

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
419 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

OKZ049-075-076-282215-
LATIMER OK-LE FLORE OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
419 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     WESTERN LE FLORE...NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA AND SOUTHERN LATIMER

AT 419 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF YANUSH...MOVING EAST AT 18 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...YANUSH...HIGGINS...TALIHINA...
TUSKAHOMA...KIAMICHI...ALBION AND SARDIS.

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

LAT...LON 3484 9491 3457 9504 3461 9550 3482 9547
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 274DEG 16KT 3469 9527

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
420 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

OKZ049-076-282215-
LE FLORE OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
420 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHERN LE FLORE AND NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA

AT 420 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
HONOBIA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...OCTAVIA AND HONOBIA.

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

LAT...LON 3446 9506 3462 9495 3461 9445 3451 9445
      3450 9446 3451 9501 3449 9503 3446 9504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 291DEG 9KT 3453 9493

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:21 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
521 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

OKZ049-282300-
PUSHMATAHA OK-
521 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CENTRAL PUSHMATAHA

AT 521 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES
NORTH OF SNOW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...CORINNE...RATTAN...CLOUDY...
FINLEY...SNOW AND OLETA.

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

LAT...LON 3417 9546 3439 9551 3451 9539 3443 9505
      3425 9504 3424 9515 3416 9516
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 314DEG 31KT 3441 9537

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 5:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	55 min
Jun 28, 8:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	2 hr
Jun 28, 10:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	56 min
Jun 28, 10:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	40 min
Jun 28, 10:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	33 min
Jun 28, 11:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	47 min
Jun 28, 1:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	51 min
Jun 28, 2:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore	53 min
Jun 28, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg	57 min
Jun 28, 2:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Pittsburg	4 hr
Jun 28, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	59 min
Jun 28, 3:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Pittsburg	3 hr
Jun 28, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	53 min
Jun 28, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg	63 min
Jun 28, 4:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	56 min
Jun 28, 4:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	55 min
Jun 28, 4:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	3 hr
Jun 28, 5:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	39 min
Jun 28, 5:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	62 min
Jun 28, 2:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	32 min
Jun 28, 3:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	67 min
Jun 28, 5:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	54 min
Jun 28, 11:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	51 min
Jun 28, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	58 min

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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.