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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

January 20, 2010Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jan 20, 2010, 5:21 PM CST for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 39 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: Jan 20, 2010, 5:21 PM CST (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Jan 20, 2010, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Pittsburg County, OK

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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 Jan 20, 5:01 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 5:01 PM CST, 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
501 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010

.AVIATION...
CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM.

SHRA/TSRA ACRS SE OK AND N TX WILL CONT TO APPROACH THE AREA THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TSRA WILL BE AFFECTING MLC AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE VALID TAF PERIOD...LIKELY SPREADING TO FSM BY 01 TO 02Z AND
TUL/RVS/FYV/XNA BY 03Z. HEAVIEST TSRA WILL AFFECT
MLC/FSM/FYV/XNA...WHERE VSBYS AND PSBLY CIGS WILL BE IFR AT TIMES.
RESTRICTED VSBYS AND CIGS WILL CONT THRU MUCH OF THE NIGHT AT ALL
THE TAF SITES BEFORE BEGINNING TO IMPROVE TOWARD LATE MRNG/EARLY
AFTN TOMORROW. WINDS WILL BECOME NWRLY LATE TNGT AND TMRW.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 257 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010/

DISCUSSION...
A SURFACE FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON SEPARATES
MILD AIR IN THE NORTH FROM INCREASINGLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IN
THE SOUTH. A FAIRLY STRONG UPPER LOW WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE
REGION TONIGHT... WITH A SURFACE LOW FORMING ALONG THE FRONT AND
TRAVELING NORTHEASTWARD OVERNIGHT. A LARGE REGION CONTAINING
DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S IS EXPECTED TO LIE GENERALLY
ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MCALESTER TO FAYETTEVILLE BY
AROUND 0Z. THIS AREA IS EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE SURFACE BASED
CONVECTION BEGINNING EARLY THIS EVENING... PROVIDING A GOOD CHANCE
FOR SEVERE WEATHER SOUTH OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY.

IN ADDITION... RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS DURING THE NIGHT. THIS ACTIVITY WILL END FROM THE WEST
DURING THE DAY THURSDAY AS THE UPPER SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA.

WE WILL HAVE A BRIEF RESPITE ON FRIDAY BEFORE ANOTHER POTENT UPPER
SYSTEM BEGINS TO AFFECT THE AREA LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THIS LOW IS
FORECAST TO BE MUCH DEEPER THAN THE IMPENDING SYSTEM. HOWEVER... IT
APPEARS THAT THE STRONG JET STREAK ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL
TRACK A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH THAN THE ONE TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH WE ARE
EXPECTED TO HAVE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA... CURRENT
MODELS SUGGEST THAT THE STRONG SURFACE BASED CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY
SHOULD REMAIN WELL SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER.

AFTER ANOTHER BRIEF BREAK... THE RAPID SUCCESSION OF UPPER LEVEL
SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE AROUND MID WEEK. CURRENT EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR
PRECIPITATION CHANCES TO INCREASE AGAIN ON ABOUT WEDNESDAY.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

AVIATION...22

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 20, 5:08 PM CST, 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
508 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-211100-
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-
508 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
TORNADO.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...CRITICAL.
	AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...MID EVENING.

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

DISCUSSION...
A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS STALLED ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM
APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST.

WITH THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WERE ALREADY DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
NORTH AND EAST INTO MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY
BE SEVERE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. LARGE
HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...PRIMARILY SOUTHEAST OF A
MCALESTER...FAYETTEVILLE LINE. LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD ALSO
BECOME A CONCERN WITH ANY STORMS MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS.

IN ADDITION...THERE WILL BE A LIMITED TORNADO THREAT ACROSS FAR
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL AROUND 10 PM THIS EVENING...WHERE
BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE AND SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY REMAIN THE
GREATEST. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN TO LIFT
NORTHEAST OF THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH THE SEVERE THREAT
ENDING.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY
IN FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS.
FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...VERY HIGH FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL...
           HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL REMAIN ACTIVE INTO THE WEEKEND WITH A
STRONG STORM SYSTEM POISED TO IMPACT THE PLAINS BY LATE WEEK.
WINDS WILL INCREASE ON FRIDAY AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...WITH
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AS THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT
SWEEPS THROUGH THE AREA. WHILE INSTABILITY MAY BE MARGINAL WITH
THIS SYSTEM...THE STRONG UPWARD MOTION ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
MAY YIELD A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 20, 5:21 PM CST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
521 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010

OKZ070-071-073-074-210000-
HASKELL OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
521 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHERN MUSKOGEE

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     EASTERN MCINTOSH...WESTERN HASKELL AND NORTHEASTERN PITTSBURG

AT 520 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF
KREBS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
STIGLER...ENTERPRISE...WHITEFIELD...EUFAULA...ONAPA...MCALESTER...
KREBS...BLOCKER...FEATHERSTON...CROWDER...QUINTON...CANADIAN...
BRIARTOWN AND PORUM.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY HAIL. RESIDENTS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3548 9551 3527 9508 3503 9545 3503 9550
      3500 9550 3487 9569 3502 9589
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 221DEG 37KT 3501 9569

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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.