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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 28, 2011Craig County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2011, 2:41 AM CDT for Craig County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 34 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 28, 2011, 2:41 AM CDT (07:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2011, 3:15 AM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Craig County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 112 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3014 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1146 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.4
Supercell composite: 8.5

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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 27, 11:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 11:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 9:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
922 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2011

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-281000-
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-
922 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...FAR EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...AFTER MIDNIGHT.

DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT ACROSS
FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.  AMPLE INSTABILITY
REMAINS PRESENT TO SUPPORT A LIMITED RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED...PRIMARILY ACROSS NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS LATER TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
TUESDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY BEGINS TO SLOWLY LIFT NORTHWARD.
LARGE HAIL AND DOWNBURST WINDS WOULD BE THE PRIMARY RISK.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY...THOUGH LIKELY
BECOME LESS WIDESPREAD AS THE DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT
BEGINS TO BUILD BACK OVER THE REGION.  THIS WILL MARK THE RETURN
OF EXCESSIVE HEAT CONDITIONS TO A LARGE PORTION OF THE AREA.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:17 AM CDT, 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
217 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

OKZ057-280745-
CRAIG OK-
217 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 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
     NORTHEASTERN CRAIG

AT 217 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF CHETOPA KANSAS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.

LAT...LON 3701 9501 3699 9501 3699 9503 3698 9503
      3697 9504 3695 9500 3684 9500 3699 9520
      3701 9518
TIME...MOT...LOC 0717Z 302DEG 12KT 3699 9512

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:41 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
241 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

OKZ057-280815-
CRAIG OK-
241 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     EASTERN CRAIG

AT 241 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF
WELCH...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...PYRAMID CORNERS...BLUEJACKET AND WELCH.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

LAT...LON 3696 9501 3695 9500 3681 9499 3680 9500
      3674 9519 3696 9523 3697 9503
TIME...MOT...LOC 0741Z 343DEG 7KT 3693 9511

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 2:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	28 min
Jun 28, 3:30 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Watch	TSA	Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 15 more	60 hr
Jun 28, 3:30 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	TSA	Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	18 hr
Jun 28, 7:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	60 min
Jun 28, 8:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	46 min
Jun 28, 9:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	27 min
Jun 28, 9:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	32 min
Jun 28, 9:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	45 min
Jun 28, 10:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	41 min
Jun 28, 10:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	49 min
Jun 28, 3:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	25 min
Jun 28, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	52 min
Jun 28, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	66 min
Jun 28, 5:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Pushmataha	119 min
Jun 28, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	64 min
Jun 28, 6:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	2 hr
Jun 28, 6:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	24 min
Jun 28, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	63 min
Jun 28, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	44 min
Jun 28, 4:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll	56 min
Jun 28, 6:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll	22 min
Jun 28, 6:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	33 min
Jun 28, 7:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	30 min
Jun 28, 7:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	22 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.