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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 24, 2011Craig County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2011, 2:08 AM CDT for Craig 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 24, 2011, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2011, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Craig County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 117 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2011-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2011-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-379 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1930 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

063 
WWUS84 KTSA 240708
SPSTSA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
208 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011

OKZ057-240745-
CRAIG OK-
208 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHERN CRAIG

AT 209 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF
HOLLOW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...HOLLOW...PYRAMID CORNERS...
BLUEJACKET AND WELCH.

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 3697 9503 3695 9500 3672 9499 3663 9506
      3689 9538 3701 9529 3701 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0709Z 303DEG 30KT 3691 9522

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers34 min
Jun 24, 12:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes23 min
Jun 24, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Ottawa30 min
Jun 24, 3:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware30 min
Jun 24, 3:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.