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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 26, 2009Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 26, 2009, 3:01 PM CDT for Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 44 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: Mar 26, 2009, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2009, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Sequoyah 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 Mar 26, 12:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 12:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1238 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

.AVIATION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE INTERMITTENT
MVFR TO BRIEFLY LIFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.
VFR CONDITIONS WILL BECOME MVFR DUE TO CEILINGS AFTER 00Z.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1126 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009/

DISCUSSION...
ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO SKY AND TEMPERATURES FOR THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO
CHANGED WORDING SLIGHTLY. WILL EXPAND WINTER STORM WATCH SLIGHTLY
TO THE SOUTH AND EAST.

HAVE BEEN MAKING SLIGHT CHANGES IN TEMPERATURES AND NOTICED IT HAS
DRAMATIC EFFECTS ON PRECIPITATION TYPE AND ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS.
A DIFFERENCE OF LESS THAN TWO DEGREES FAHRENHEIT CHANGES PRECIPITATION
TYPE OVER NEARLY THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. THIS MAKES FOR A
VERY DIFFICULT FORECAST. HAVE ONLY SEEN THE NAM AND A SMALL PART OF
THE 12Z GFS AND RUN TO RUN DIFFERENCES IN TRACK OF THE UPPER LOW
STILL MAKING FOR A LOW CONFIDENCE IN EXACTLY WHERE AND HOW MUCH
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR. BEST CHANCES OF HEAVY SNOW...4 INCHES
OR MORE...REMAIN WHERE THE PREVIOUS WATCH WAS PLACED. GFS IS SHOWING
A SLIGHTLY FURTHER SOUTH AND SLOWER TRACK TOWARD THE 00Z ECMWF AND
WITH ECMWF BETTER CONSISTENCY...BELIEVE THAT IS STILL THE BEST
CHOICE OF MODEL DATA TO USE. WITH THAT IN MIND...BELIEVE THE
EXPANSION OF THE WATCH TO THE SOUTH AND EAST IS JUSTIFIED EVEN
THOUGH THERE WILL BE LESS ACCUMULATION IN THESE AREAS. THE THREAT
OF NOT INCLUDING THESE COUNTIES IS HARD TO IGNORE.

STILL EXPECT TO SEE SOME CHANGES IN FORECAST AS LATER DATA BECOMES
AVAILABLE. SNOW ADVISORY CRITERIA MAY BE MORE LIKELY IN THE
EXPANDED AREA OF THE WATCH BUT...IF EVEN SLIGHTLY COOLER SURFACE
TEMPERATURES CAN BE REALIZED THEN ACCUMULATIONS OF THE 4 INCH COULD
BECOME MET ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES.

CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE
WITH HAIL BEING THE MOST LIKELY THREAT.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 1 AM SATURDAY TO 7 PM SATURDAY FOR
     OKZ054-OKZ055-OKZ056-OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-
     OKZ062-OKZ063-OKZ064-OKZ067.

AR...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 1 AM SATURDAY TO 7 PM SATURDAY FOR
     ARZ001.

&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 26, 1:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
121 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-271000-
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-
120 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

...POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND
WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW FOR PORTION OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
TORNADO.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
ONSET...THIS EVENING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...EAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS .
ONSET...ONGOING.

FLASH FLOOD.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...EAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.

HEAVY RAIN.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...EAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
COMBINATION OF NORTHWARD MOVING WARM FRONT AND COOLING ALOFT
WILL CAUSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME INCREASING
NUMEROUS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WHILE MAINLY ELEVATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH A LARGE HAIL THREAT IS MOST LIKELY
THIS AFTERNOON...SURFACE BASED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT
AS THE SURFACE WARM FRONT MAKES ITS WAY NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. WHILE TORNADOES ARE NOT
LIKELY...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT.

SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN OF ONE TO TWO
INCHES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO BRIEF FLASH
FLOODING.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS.
MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...VERY HIGH FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
AN UNUSUALLY POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES FRIDAY WILL BRING A THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY...AND
SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR HEAVY SNOW
WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 412 IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA WHERE
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 INCHES OR MORE CAN BE EXPECTED WITH 8 TO 12
INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END FROM THE
WEST ON SATURDAY.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 26, 1:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
122 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

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

0110 PM     HAIL             PRESTON                 35.71N 95.99W
03/26/2009  E0.75 INCH       OKMULGEE           OK   POST OFFICE

&&

JDS

Local storm report, Mar 26, 1:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
132 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

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

0101 PM     HAIL             11 SW HECTORVILLE       35.73N 96.06W
03/26/2009  E1.00 INCH       OKMULGEE           OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            6 WEST HIGHWAY 75 AND 241ST

0110 PM     HAIL             4 E BEGGS               35.74N 96.00W
03/26/2009  E0.88 INCH       OKMULGEE           OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0125 PM     HAIL             HECTORVILLE             35.84N 95.93W
03/26/2009  E1.00 INCH       OKMULGEE           OK   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

JDS

Local storm report, Mar 26, 1:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
147 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

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

0141 PM     HAIL             LEONARD                 35.92N 95.80W
03/26/2009  E0.75 INCH       TULSA              OK   POST OFFICE

            DIMES AND PENNY HAIL

&&

JDS

Local storm report, Mar 26, 1:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
158 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

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

0142 PM     HAIL             3 N STONEBLUFF          35.93N 95.74W
03/26/2009  E1.00 INCH       WAGONER            OK   PUBLIC

            161ST AND 207TH EAST AVE. HAIL COVERING GROUND

&&

JDS

Local storm report, Mar 26, 2:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
200 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

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

0145 PM     HAIL             STONEBLUFF              34.54N 95.47W
03/26/2009  E1.75 INCH       PUSHMATAHA         OK   PUBLIC

            RELAYED BY MEDIA

&&

JDS

Special weather statement, Mar 26, 3:01 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
301 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

OKZ068>072-074-262045-
ADAIR OK-CHEROKEE OK-HASKELL OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-SEQUOYAH OK-
301 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE...SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE AND NORTHWESTERN
     SEQUOYAH

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHWESTERN ADAIR

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     EASTERN MCINTOSH AND NORTHWESTERN HASKELL

AT 301 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PORUM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...BUNCH...WHITEFIELD...VIAN...GORE...
MARBLE CITY...BOX...COOKSON...BRIARTOWN...PORUM AND WEBBERS FALLS.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL.

LAT...LON 3584 9482 3565 9462 3521 9529 3534 9544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 228DEG 39KT 3534 9527

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 26, 3:49 AM CDT	Winter Storm Watch	TSA	Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa and 5 more	36 hr
Mar 26, 12:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa	50 min
Mar 26, 12:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	48 min
Mar 26, 1:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	19 min
Mar 26, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	38 min
Mar 26, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Wagoner	34 min
Mar 26, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	43 min
Mar 26, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	45 min
Mar 26, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	30 min
Mar 26, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	48 min
Mar 26, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sebastian	31 min
Mar 26, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	33 min
Mar 26, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford, Sebastian	38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.