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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 12, 2011Crawford County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2011, 8:40 PM CDT for Crawford County, Arkansas. It was in force for 35 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, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2011, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Crawford County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.

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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: 1117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2434 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 32 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, 6:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 6:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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

.AVIATION...
CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM.
FOR THE 0Z TAFS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING AND THEN DEVELOP AGAIN
TOMORROW. DUE TO LOW AREAL COVERAGE... HAVE USED VCTS TONIGHT IN
ALL TAFS TO CONVEY THE SLIGHT POSSIBILITY THAT A SITE COULD BE
AFFECTED. HAVE USED PROB30 GROUPS FOR CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IN ALL
TAFS FOR WEDNESDAY.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 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.

&&

.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.

&&

AVIATION...06

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 3:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 13 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, 7:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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

OKZ065-066-071-130100-
MCINTOSH OK-OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-
700 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     MCINTOSH

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHEASTERN OKFUSKEE

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHERN OKMULGEE

AT 700 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF WELEETKA TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
RAIFORD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WELEETKA...BRYANT...EUFAULA...CHECOTAH...
HANNA...VERNON...RAIFORD...VIVIAN...STIDHAM...ONAPA...PIERCE...
RENTIESVILLE AND LAKE EUFAULA STATE PARK.

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

LAT...LON 3540 9615 3554 9542 3530 9534 3533 9540
      3529 9545 3530 9551 3526 9552 3519 9599
      3529 9599 3528 9620 3529 9620
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 264DEG 23KT 3522 9613 3533 9580

Local storm report, Jul 12, 7:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
725 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

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

0705 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 E SUMMIT              35.67N 95.40W
07/12/2011  M73 MPH          MUSKOGEE           OK   ASOS

            MEASURED BY THE MUSKOGEE ASOS.

&&

AEJ

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 7:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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

OKZ068-070-072-130115-
CHEROKEE OK-MUSKOGEE OK-SEQUOYAH OK-
735 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHERN CHEROKEE...EASTERN MUSKOGEE AND NORTHWESTERN SEQUOYAH

AT 735 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST
OF GORE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...PUMPKIN CENTER...GORE...BRAGGS...
WEBBERS FALLS AND GREENLEAF 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 3579 9522 3576 9500 3547 9508 3550 9530
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 191DEG 16KT 3557 9517

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 7:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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

OKZ066-070-071-073-074-130130-
HASKELL OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
737 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     WESTERN HASKELL...MCINTOSH AND NORTHEASTERN PITTSBURG

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHEASTERN OKMULGEE

AT 737 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM VERNON TO LAKE EUFAULA STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS
INCLUDE...ENTERPRISE...HENRYETTA...DEWAR...HOFFMAN...GRAYSON...
EUFAULA...CHECOTAH...HANNA...VERNON...RAIFORD...VIVIAN...STIDHAM...
ONAPA...PIERCE...HITCHITA...RENTIESVILLE...INDIANOLA...CANADIAN...
COUNCIL HILL...WARNER...OKTAHA...KEEFETON AND LAKE EUFAULA 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 3564 9530 3524 9526 3512 9603 3514 9602
      3516 9599 3529 9599 3530 9598 3537 9598
      3538 9604 3550 9604
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 237DEG 11KT 3521 9592 3539 9559

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 8:15 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 8:40 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	60 min
Jul 12, 7:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	40 min
Jul 12, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee	53 min
Jul 12, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah	58 min
Jul 12, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	45 min
Jul 12, 8:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	57 min
Jul 12, 11:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	38 min
Jul 13, 5:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Osage	3 hr
Jul 13, 1:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	47 min
Jul 13, 1:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	44 min
Jul 13, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	39 min
Jul 13, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	35 min
Jul 13, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	37 min
Jul 13, 3:59 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Watch	TSA	Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 15 more	60 hr
Jul 13, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	24 min
Jul 13, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	31 min
Jul 12, 9:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	23 min
Jul 12, 9:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	65 min
Jul 12, 11:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	38 min
Jul 13, 2:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	31 min
Jul 13, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	28 min
Jul 13, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Franklin, Sebastian	26 min
Jul 13, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	29 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.