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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Oct 4, 2008, 4:44 AM CDT for Craig County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Oct 4, 2008, 4:44 AM CDT (09:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2008, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Craig County, OK, Ottawa County, OK
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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 Oct 4, 3:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 4, 3:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 313 AM CDT SAT OCT 4 2008 .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING THIS MORNING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AS STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFT DEVELOPS NORTH OF A WARM FRONT THAT IS CURRENTLY NEAR THE RED RIVER WITH THE AID OF A 40 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME BECOME SEVERE AS THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION IS MODERATELY UNSTABLE. ELEVATED LI VALUES WILL BE AROUND -4 AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE ISENTROPIC LIFT AND LOW LEVEL JET WEAKEN. CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN ENTER THE FORECAST SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG MID-LEVEL TROF EMERGES EAST OF THE ROCKIES. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE A SLOW MOVER AS THE MID-LEVEL LOW BECOMES CLOSED OFF OVER KANSAS MONDAY MORNING. BY TUESDAY NIGHT THE MID-LEVEL LOW WEAKENS LEAVING AN ELONGATED TROF FROM THE UPPER MID-WEST TO SOUTHWEST TEXAS. THIS SYSTEM WILL FINALLY EXIT THE REGION THURSDAY AS ANOTHER MID-LEVEL LOW DEVELOPS OVER NORTH TEXAS AND MOVES OFF TO THE EAST WITH THE AID OF AN 80 KNOT 300 MB JET. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA WITH AROUND 4 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT. DRY CONDITIONS WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE PREVAILS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TUL 83 67 83 68 / 30 10 10 60 FSM 77 59 84 64 / 40 10 10 30 MLC 86 65 86 67 / 20 10 10 40 BVO 83 63 84 63 / 30 10 10 60 FYV 76 58 79 61 / 30 10 10 30 BYV 77 59 81 60 / 40 10 10 30 MKO 82 62 84 66 / 40 10 10 40 MIO 81 63 85 65 / 40 10 10 40 F10 84 65 83 67 / 30 10 10 50 HHW 86 63 85 67 / 20 10 10 40 && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && SHORT TERM...12 LONG TERM....10
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 4, 1:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 155 AM CDT SAT OCT 4 2008 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-041000- 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- 155 AM CDT SAT OCT 4 2008 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA. ONSET...AFTER 230 AM. DISCUSSION... SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SOUTHEAST DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGER STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... ELEVATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SATURDAY MORNING. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL BEFORE WEAKENING BY MID TO LATE MORNING. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL SHIFT EAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON MONDAY WITH AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO THE AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AS THE BOUNDARY SWEEPS THROUGH THE AREA. A LIMITED SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME... PRIMARILY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHEN SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY WILL BE MAXIMIZED. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT... PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST MONDAY INTO TUESDAY... INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION.
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Special weather statement, Oct 4, 3:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 58 min |
| Oct 4, 2:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 55 min |
| Oct 4, 3:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 55 min |
| Oct 4, 3:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 53 min |
| Oct 4, 3:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 63 min |
| Oct 4, 3:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 62 min |
| Oct 4, 3:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 61 min |
| Oct 4, 4:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 34 min |
| Oct 4, 4:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 30 min |
| Oct 4, 4:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 62 min |
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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.