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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 29, 2011Latimer County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 29, 2011, 6:21 PM CDT for Latimer County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 24 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 29, 2011, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2011, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Latimer County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 197 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2011-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 561 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2011-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
561 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 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.

667 
WWUS84 KTSA 292321
SPSTSA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
621 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

OKZ075-292345-
LATIMER OK-
621 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     LATIMER

AT 621 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF
PANOLA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...WILBURTON...DAMON AND PANOLA.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

LAT...LON 3491 9542 3504 9524 3489 9507 3475 9521
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 129DEG 10KT 3487 9523

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 4:06 AM CDTExcessive Heat WatchTSAAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more11 days
Jul 29, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata37 min
Jul 29, 3:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington35 min
Jul 29, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes34 min
Jul 29, 3:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington25 min
Jul 29, 4:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee24 min
Jul 29, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Mayes42 min
Jul 29, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware25 min
Jul 29, 5:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers28 min
Jul 29, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore67 min
Jul 29, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee52 min
Jul 29, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa34 min
Jul 29, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg28 min
Jul 29, 2:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford27 min
Jul 29, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAJohnson31 min
Jul 29, 5:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton35 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.