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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 3, 2008Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2008, 10:24 PM CDT for Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 36 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: Jul 3, 2008, 10:24 PM CDT (03:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2008, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Tulsa County, OK

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The text

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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 Jul 3, 9:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 9:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 10:01 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 8:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
802 PM CDT THU JUL 3 2008

ARZ002-011-040200-
CARROLL AR-MADISON AR-
802 PM CDT THU JUL 3 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     CARROLL AND NORTHERN MADISON

AT 802 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ROCKHOUSE...MOVING EAST AT 17 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ALPENA...DENVER...
BERRYVILLE...EUREKA SPRINGS...GREEN FOREST...CONNOR...CARROLLTON...
CABANAL...RULE...COIN...URBANETTE...GRANDVIEW AND ROCKHOUSE.

THIS STORM 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 3623 9379 3641 9381 3648 9329 3633 9329
      3632 9328 3623 9329
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 265DEG 15KT 3633 9369

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 8:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 3, 9:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
908 PM CDT THU JUL 03 2008

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

0900 PM     HAIL             2 NE MUSKOGEE           35.77N 95.34W
07/03/2008  E0.88 INCH       MUSKOGEE           OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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RBD

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 9:35 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 9:44 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 10:24 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
Jul 3, 7:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	62 min
Jul 3, 8:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	60 min
Jul 3, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner	28 min
Jul 3, 8:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	30 min
Jul 3, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee	23 min
Jul 3, 9:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Muskogee	54 min
Jul 3, 9:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	55 min
Jul 3, 9:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair	4 hr
Jul 4, 10:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Choctaw	115 min
Jul 4, 10:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	44 min
Jul 4, 12:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Choctaw	3 hr
Jul 4, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	34 min
Jul 4, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	23 min
Jul 3, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	27 min
Jul 3, 7:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	35 min
Jul 3, 8:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	58 min
Jul 3, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	61 min
Jul 4, 6:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	45 min
Jul 4, 6:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Benton	3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.