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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 8, 2009Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2009, 6:49 AM CDT for Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 41 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 8, 2009, 6:49 AM CDT (11:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2009, 7:30 AM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Tulsa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 8, 6:30 AM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 6:30 AM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 5:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 6:18 AM CDT, 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
618 AM CDT WED JUL 8 2009

OKZ060-064-066-081200-
CREEK OK-OKMULGEE OK-TULSA OK-
618 AM CDT WED JUL 8 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHWESTERN OKMULGEE...EASTERN CREEK AND TULSA

AT 619 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
WEST OF JENKS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...TULSA...LIBERTY...HECTORVILLE...
BIXBY...JENKS...GLENPOOL...MOUNDS...KIEFER AND SAPULPA.

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 3607 9622 3614 9595 3591 9580 3591 9582
      3586 9582 3586 9576 3576 9608
TIME...MOT...LOC 1119Z 328DEG 16KT 3602 9601

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 6:49 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
649 AM CDT WED JUL 8 2009

OKZ060-081230-
TULSA OK-
649 AM CDT WED JUL 8 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     TULSA

AT 649 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
TULSA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...TULSA.

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

LAT...LON 3611 9577 3600 9594 3620 9601 3621 9601
      3625 9594
TIME...MOT...LOC 1149Z 321DEG 16KT 3620 9598

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 6:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	42 min
Jul 8, 7:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	40 min
Jul 8, 8:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	29 min
Jul 8, 9:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	41 min
Jul 8, 9:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	39 min
Jul 8, 9:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Hughes	37 min
Jul 8, 10:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	27 min
Jul 8, 10:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	38 min
Jul 8, 11:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	32 min
Jul 8, 12:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	44 min
Jul 8, 1:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	29 min
Jul 8, 3:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	44 min
Jul 8, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	51 min

Nearby

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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.