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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 14, 2011Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jun 14, 2011, 11:38 PM CDT for Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 37 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
Jun 14, 2011, 11:38 PM CDT (04:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2011, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 186 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2011-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1292 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2011-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1292 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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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 Jun 14, 9:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 9:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
906 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011

...UPDATE...

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED FROM NEAR BARTLESVILLE
SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR OKLAHOMA CITY. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS HAVE
DEVELOPED ALONG THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FRONT AND ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST... AS THE MAIN
UPPER TROUGH TRAVERSES THE AREA. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL
DECREASE WITH TIME OVERNIGHT WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.
PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE FRONT CONTINUES
TO PUSH THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT.

HAVE INCREASED POPS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AHEAD
OF THE FRONT. UPDATED PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN SENT.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 614 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011/

AVIATION...
CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM.
CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF
A SURFACE COLD FRONT THAT WILL MAKE ITS WAY INTO ERN OK TONIGHT.
AREAL COVERAGE OF STORMS IS IN QUESTION...SO WILL NOT OPT FOR A
TEMPO OR PROB GROUPS WITH THIS ISSUANCE. EVEN WITH SURFACE BASED
STORMS...CIGS SHOULD REMAIN VFR.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 353 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011/

DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED ELEVATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PERSIST
ACROSS THE AREA. THIS HAS PREVENTED TEMPERATURES FROM RISING AS
MUCH AS FORECAST AND RAISES QUESTIONS AS TO WHETHER SURFACE BASED
STORMS WILL INDEED DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS NEAR THE
ADVANCING COLD FRONT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO ASSUME THAT SOME SURFACE
BASED DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR TO OUR WEST...WHERE TEMPERATURES HAVE
WARMED INTO THE UPPER 90S...AND THAT THESE STORMS WILL ATTEMPT TO
ORGANIZE INTO A SMALL MCS AS THEY MOVE INTO OUR AREA NEAR OR AFTER
SUNSET. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT...WITH A LESSER RISK OF LARGE HAIL.

THE COLD FRONT WILL SAG SOUTH TO NEAR THE RED RIVER WEDNESDAY AND
WILL LIKELY BE THE FOCUS FOR AT LEAST ISLATED STORM DEVELOPMENT
DURING THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BE MUCH COOLER NORTH
OF THE FRONT...AND IN FACT MAY BE WARMER THAN TODAY IN SOME PLACES
DUE TO INCREASED SUNSHINE.

THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LIFT BACK NORTH ON THURSDAY AND A FEW
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AS THIS OCCURS. ONCE THE
FRONT MOVES TO THE NORTH...HOT DAYS AND VERY MILD NIGHTS WITH
LITTLE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND LIKELY
NEXT MONDAY AS WELL.

THE LONG RANGE MODELS INDICATE A PATTERN CHANGE MAY FINALLY TAKE
PLACE BY THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK. INCREASING RAIN
CHANCES AND THE COOLEST TEMPERATURES WE HAVE SEEN SINCE MAY WILL
BE THE RESULT AS UPPER TROUGHING REPLACES THE RIDGING WE HAVE
SEEN THE PAST FEW WEEKS. CHANCE POPS WILL BEGIN AS EARLY AS MONDAY
NIGHT AND LIKELY PERSIST FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

STAYED CLOSE TO THE WARMER NAM MOS FOR HIGHS THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS
WITH THE GFS MOS LOOKING GOOD FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS THROUGH THURSDAY.
WENT WARMER THAN ALL GUIDANCE FOR LOWS FRIDAY MORNING...AND WARMER
THAN THE GFS MOS THROUGH MUCH OF THE EXTENDED.

&&

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

SHORT TERM...06
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 11:30 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1130 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-151000-
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-
1130 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011

...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 44.
        ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO PUSH EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WITH
THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS ACTIVITY
IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT EAST OF THE REGION AND WEAKEN BETWEEN 100 AND
200 AM.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER ONGOING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
LOW CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY AS THE WEAK FRONT STALLS... AND THEN LIFTS NORTHWARD
THROUGH THE AREA.  HOT AND HUMID WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR
LATE WEEK THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH THE NEXT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING EARLY NEXT WEEK ASSOCIATED WITH
THE NEXT FRONTAL BOUNDARY.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 10:59 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1059 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011

OKZ063-068-069-150430-
ADAIR OK-CHEROKEE OK-DELAWARE OK-
1059 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHERN ADAIR

AT 1059 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTH OF LEACH TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF LEACH TO 10
MILES WEST OF SCRAPER...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WESTVILLE...BALLARD...
WATTS...OAKS...LEACH...TWIN OAKS...KANSAS...COLCORD...WEST SILOAM
SPRINGS...SCRAPER AND NATURAL FALLS STATE PARK.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3626 9459 3611 9456 3596 9453 3606 9505
      3617 9497 3628 9496
TIME...MOT...LOC 0359Z 276DEG 35KT 3624 9489 3616 9489
          3606 9497
Local storm report, Jun 14, 11:10 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1110 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011

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

1029 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PRYOR                   36.31N 95.32W
06/14/2011                   MAYES              OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A FEW TREES DOWNED...INCLUDING ONE POWER POLE. METAL SHED
            BLOWN INTO ROAD.

&&

RBD
Local storm report, Jun 14, 11:18 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 14, 11:18 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1118 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011

OKZ070-074>076-150445-
HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-LE FLORE OK-MUSKOGEE OK-
1118 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     HASKELL...WESTERN LE FLORE AND LATIMER

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE

AT 1118 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITEFIELD TO PANOLA TO 5 MILES
WEST OF YANUSH...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...MCCURTAIN...STIGLER...LEQUIRE...
LEWISVILLE...KINTA...WHITEFIELD...KEOTA...KANIMA...WILBURTON...
YANUSH...BENGAL...DAMON...PANOLA...RED OAK...TALIHINA...
SUMMERFIELD...FANSHAWE...MILTON...BRIARTOWN AND TALIMENA STATE PARK.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

LAT...LON 3469 9548 3492 9533 3530 9537 3530 9483
      3492 9484 3469 9498
TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 270DEG 37KT 3523 9526 3492 9521
          3473 9536
Local storm report, Jun 14, 11:22 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1122 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011

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

1115 PM     HAIL             MIAMI                   36.87N 94.88W
06/14/2011  E0.88 INCH       OTTAWA             OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ALSO REPORTED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO STRONG WINDS BUT NO
            ESTIMATE ON SPEED.

&&

JDS
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 11:38 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1138 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011

OKZ049-150515-
PUSHMATAHA OK-
1138 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHWESTERN PUSHMATAHA

AT 1139 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF
DARWIN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ANTLERS...DELA...MOYERS...KOSOMA...DARWIN...
KELLOND...EUBANKS AND DUNBAR.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE
THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3440 9578 3450 9551 3417 9550 3417 9579
TIME...MOT...LOC 0439Z 250DEG 32KT 3425 9583

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek41 min
Jun 14, 8:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee27 min
Jun 14, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee28 min
Jun 14, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa37 min
Jun 14, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa, Washington25 min
Jun 14, 9:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh25 min
Jun 14, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers36 min
Jun 14, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa21 min
Jun 14, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers26 min
Jun 14, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers, Wagoner24 min
Jun 14, 10:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa26 min
Jun 14, 10:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig34 min
Jun 14, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes24 min
Jun 14, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg48 min
Jun 14, 10:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa25 min
Jun 14, 10:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair31 min
Jun 14, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware41 min
Jun 14, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware49 min
Jun 14, 11:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer27 min
Jun 14, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Pushmataha, Sequoyah49 min
Jun 14, 11:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw33 min
Jun 15, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah28 min
Jun 15, 12:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha26 min
Jun 15, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha41 min
Jun 14, 10:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton49 min
Jun 14, 11:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton31 min
Jun 15, 12:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton45 min
Jun 15, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll47 min
Jun 15, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Sebastian50 min
Jun 15, 12:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMadison43 min
Jun 15, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll, Madison35 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Oklahoma, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.