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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 12, 2011Creek County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2011, 2:10 PM CDT for Creek County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 65 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 12, 2011, 2:10 PM CDT (19:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2011, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Creek County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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 12, 12:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 12:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 12:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 1:18 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
118 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

OKZ065-121845-
OKFUSKEE OK-
118 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     CENTRAL OKFUSKEE

AT 118 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF OKEMAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...OKEMAH.

THIS STORM 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 3559 9632 3548 9610 3533 9630 3540 9641
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 216DEG 18KT 3540 9633

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 1:42 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
142 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

OKZ064-121915-
CREEK OK-
142 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHERN CREEK

AT 142 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SLICK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...SLICK.

THIS STORM 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 3584 9634 3573 9619 3564 9620 3564 9639
      3564 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 214DEG 16KT 3565 9635

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 2:10 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
210 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

OKZ060-064-066-122015-
CREEK OK-OKMULGEE OK-TULSA OK-
210 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

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

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHEASTERN CREEK...NORTHWESTERN OKMULGEE AND SOUTHERN TULSA

AT 211 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SLICK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...TULSA...LIBERTY...BIXBY...JENKS...
GLENPOOL...SLICK...MOUNDS...KIEFER...KELLYVILLE AND SAPULPA.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3612 9608 3594 9584 3565 9625 3576 9641
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 220DEG 18KT 3574 9629

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	27 min
Jul 12, 1:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	33 min
Jul 12, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	59 min
Jul 12, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	57 min
Jul 12, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	39 min
Jul 12, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	29 min
Jul 12, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	34 min
Jul 12, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	63 min
Jul 12, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Wagoner	40 min
Jul 12, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	65 min
Jul 12, 6:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	41 min
Jul 12, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	32 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Oklahoma, 2011 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.