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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 5, 2009Sebastian County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2009, 12:13 AM CDT for Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 32 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 5, 2009, 12:13 AM CDT (05:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2009, 12:45 AM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Sebastian County, AR

The radar

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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 4, 6:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 6:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 5:02 PM CDT, 7 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:17 PM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
617 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009

OKZ065-066-042345-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-
617 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHERN OKMULGEE

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     EASTERN OKFUSKEE

AT 618 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
OKFUSKEE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...WILSON...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...
DEWAR...GRAYSON...SCHULTER AND MORRIS.

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

LAT...LON 3565 9623 3565 9618 3563 9582 3547 9586
      3547 9587 3541 9588 3552 9626
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 281DEG 22KT 3558 9620

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:38 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
638 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009

OKZ073>075-050015-
HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-PITTSBURG OK-
638 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHERN HASKELL...EASTERN PITTSBURG AND NORTHERN LATIMER

AT 638 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WILBURTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...LEQUIRE...WILBURTON...PANOLA
AND RED OAK.

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

LAT...LON 3489 9545 3507 9548 3514 9503 3494 9499
      3492 9500
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 262DEG 21KT 3499 9536

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 6:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
650 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009

OKZ073>076-050045-
HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-LE FLORE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
650 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHERN HASKELL...WESTERN LE FLORE...EASTERN PITTSBURG AND
     NORTHERN LATIMER

AT 651 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF PANOLA TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LEWISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...MCCURTAIN...LEQUIRE...
LEWISVILLE...KINTA AND PANOLA.

THESE STORMS 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 3490 9525 3503 9546 3524 9514 3511 9470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 252DEG 17KT 3501 9522 3504 9539

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore	37 min
Jul 4, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee	71 min
Jul 4, 8:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	64 min
Jul 4, 8:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Sequoyah	72 min
Jul 4, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	58 min
Jul 4, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	60 min
Jul 4, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	78 min
Jul 4, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	66 min
Jul 4, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	63 min
Jul 4, 9:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	67 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Arkansas, 2009 Every special weather statement in 2009

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.