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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 12, 2011Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2011, 5:16 PM CDT for Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 29 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, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2011, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Okmulgee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 916 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 74 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.

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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, 2:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 2:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
238 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

.DISCUSSION...

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL AND INTO EASTERN
OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO A WELL DEFINED UPPER
DISTURBANCE IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS SHOULD
CONTINUE AND POSSIBLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING AND INTO
THE OVERNIGHT ACROSS MAINLY NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS...WITH SOME THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TOMORROW...MAINLY ACROSS
FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND BOTH TONIGHTS
CONVECTION AND TOMORROWS EXPECTED CONVECTION WILL BE HEAVY PLAYERS
IN HIGH TEMPERATURES TOMORROW. WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE
STILL A GIVEN FOR MOST OF THE AREA...BUT PARTS OF NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS MAY REMAIN IN THE LOW TO MID 90S FOR HIGHS. FORT SMITH
COULD BREAK ITS CURRENT 8 DAY STREAK OF TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES
TOMORROW. PRECIP AND RESULTANT INCREASE IN SURFACE MOISTURE COULD
COUNTERBALANCE THE DECREASE IN TEMPERATURES TOMORROW TO STILL
RESULT IN DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES SO WILL LEAVE HEAT HEADLINES
ALONE AT THIS POINT.

AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER
TERRAIN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS INTO
THE WEEKEND...WITH THE CHANCES OF EVEN THAT DECREASING WITH TIME
AS THE UPPER RIDGE STRENGTHENS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...PUSHING
THAT POTENTIAL FURTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. TEMPERATURES
LOOK TO BE VERY HOT AGAIN BY SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WITH MANY
LOCATIONS LIKELY SEEING 105+ HIGHS. ADDITIONAL HEAT HEADLINES WILL
DEFINITELY BE REQUIRED INTO AT LEAST NEXT WEEK...BUT WITH CONCERNS
OVER TOMORROWS TEMPERATURES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON WHAT KIND OF
HEADLINE TO ISSUE...WILL LET THE NEXT COUPLE OF SHIFTS EVALUATE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   81 100  81 101 /  40  20  10  10
FSM   78  98  78  99 /  30  30  20  20
MLC   74 100  76 101 /  30  20  20  10
BVO   73  97  74 100 /  50  20  10  10
FYV   73  94  75  93 /  40  30  20  30
BYV   73  93  74  90 /  40  40  30  30
MKO   75  98  75  98 /  40  30  10  20
MIO   75  96  75  96 /  40  30  10  20
F10   76  99  77 101 /  40  20  10  10
HHW   78  98  77  98 /  20  20  20  20

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM WEDNESDAY FOR OKZ054-OKZ055-
     OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-OKZ064-OKZ065-OKZ066-OKZ067-OKZ070-
     OKZ071-OKZ072-OKZ073-OKZ074-OKZ075-OKZ076.

     HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM WEDNESDAY FOR OKZ049-OKZ053-OKZ056-
     OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ062-OKZ063-OKZ068-OKZ069.

AR...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM TUESDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ002-ARZ010-ARZ011.

     HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM WEDNESDAY FOR ARZ019-ARZ020.

     EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM WEDNESDAY FOR ARZ029.

&&

SHORT TERM...12
LONG TERM....22

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 3:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
327 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-131000-
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-
327 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT OTHERWISE THE HEAT
   CONTINUES...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DANGEROUS HEAT.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

FIRE WEATHER DANGER.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA WEST OF HIGHWAY 75.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON...SPREADING SLOWLY EAST INTO NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF
DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

OTHERWISE...THE HEAT WILL CONTINUE...WITH MOST LOCATIONS TOPPING OUT
WELL ABOVE 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS
AND HEAT ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. SEE /OKCNPWTSA/ FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM AND DANGEROUS HEAT
                             POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
HOT AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 100 TO
AROUND 110 DEGREE RANGE ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS WITH LITTLE RELIEF. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT THEN BUILDS BACK INTO THE REGION FOR THE
WEEKEND...ALLOWING FOR THE DANGEROUS HEAT TO CONTINUE.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 1:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 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, 3 hours 6 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

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:16 PM CDT, 2 hours before

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

OKZ054-055-060-122115-
OSAGE OK-TULSA OK-WASHINGTON OK-
316 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE...NORTHWESTERN TULSA AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON

AT 316 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF
SAND SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...TULSA...GRAY...AVANT...SAND
SPRINGS...SPERRY...SKIATOOK...VERA AND KEYSTONE STATE PARK.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

LAT...LON 3652 9581 3646 9581 3607 9607 3609 9629
      3616 9628 3616 9627 3621 9624 3623 9627
      3654 9620
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 209DEG 17KT 3623 9611

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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

OKZ054-055-060-122145-
OSAGE OK-TULSA OK-WASHINGTON OK-
348 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE...NORTHERN TULSA AND WASHINGTON

AT 349 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES WEST OF OCHELATA TO 5 MILES WEST OF SPERRY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY
THESE STORMS INCLUDE...TULSA...AVANT...WOLCO...SPERRY...SKIATOOK...
COLLINSVILLE...BARTLESVILLE...VERA...RAMONA...OCHELATA AND DEWEY.

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

LAT...LON 3694 9584 3635 9582 3624 9613 3669 9613
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 212DEG 16KT 3660 9602 3632 9606

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 4:21 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

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

OKZ054>056-122200-
NOWATA OK-OSAGE OK-WASHINGTON OK-
421 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     WESTERN NOWATA...NORTHEASTERN OSAGE AND WASHINGTON

AT 421 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WANN TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF HULAH TO
6 MILES SOUTH OF BARTLESVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. SOME
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WANN...
HULAH...BARTLESVILLE...DEWEY...COPAN AND WAH SHA SHE STATE PARK.

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

LAT...LON 3700 9562 3661 9583 3661 9606 3701 9617
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 198DEG 18KT 3687 9585 3688 9602
          3668 9601

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 5:16 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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

OKZ065-066-122245-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-
516 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     EASTERN OKFUSKEE

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     OKMULGEE

AT 516 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WILSON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY
THIS STORM INCLUDE...WILSON...OKMULGEE...HENRYETTA...SCHULTER...
MORRIS...PRESTON AND OKMULGEE STATE PARK.

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 3578 9600 3566 9576 3539 9600 3549 9619
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 212DEG 16KT 3552 9604

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, 2:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	65 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, 5:26 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

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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.