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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 8, 2011Pawnee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2011, 5:19 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Aug 8, 2011, 5:19 PM CDT (22:19 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2011, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Pawnee County, OK

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 8, 3:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 3:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 5:05 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
505 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-091000-
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-
505 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011

...DANGEROUS WILDFIRE SITUATION THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...
...RISK OF SEVERE STORMS THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...THIS EVENING.

DANGEROUS HEAT.
RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.

SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
ONSET...ONGOING.

FIRE WEATHER DANGER.
RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
ONGOING FIRE SITUATION MAY BECOME CRITICAL THIS EVENING AS DEVELOPING
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WITH WIND
GUSTS WELL IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF
20 TO 30 PERCENT AND ERRATIC WIND DIRECTIONS FROM THUNDERSTORMS MAY
MAKE FIRE SUPPRESSION NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.

THE ATMOSPHERE IS WELL PRIMED BY EXCESSIVE HEAT AND DRY LOWER LEVELS
TO PRODUCE LOCAL DOWNBURST WINDS OF 70 MILES AN HOUR. HAIL WILL BE
A SECONDARY SEVERE THREAT.

A WEST TO EAST BOUNDARY FROM AROUND PONCA CITY TO TULSA TO AROUND
FAYETTEVILLE WILL LIFT SLOWLY NORTH THEN STALL AS AN IMPULSE MOVING
ACROSS THE REGION IGNITES THUNDERSTORMS. THOSE STORMS WILL BE MOST
NUMEROUS NEAR AND NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK LIKELY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...VERY HIGH FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
DANGEROUSLY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF
THE WEEK. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR MAINLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. THERE COULD BE AN
ENHANCED SEVERE THREAT ON WEDNESDAY AS MODERATE INSTABILITY COMBINES
WITH STRONG WIND FIELDS ALOFT. THE STRONGER STORMS WOULD LIKELY
POSE A THREAT OF DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. IN ADDITION...FIRE
WEATHER CONCERNS WILL REMAIN HIGH AS GENERALLY HOT AND DRY
CONDITIONS CONTINUE.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 8, 1:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:19 PM CDT, 3 hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
219 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011

ARZ001-081945-
BENTON AR-
219 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     BENTON

AT 220 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF BENTONVILLE TO 2 MILES NORTH OF
HIGHFILL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WALNUT HILL...ROCKY COMFORT...
BENTONVILLE...ROGERS...LOWELL...PEA RIDGE...HEALING SPRINGS...
SPRINGTOWN...HIGHFILL...CAVE SPRINGS...VAUGHN...CENTERTON AND AVOCA.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND 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 3621 9420 3625 9445 3647 9417 3641 9390
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 270DEG 19KT 3641 9414 3629 9435

Local storm report, Aug 8, 2:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 8, 3:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
314 PM CDT MON AUG 08 2011

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

0242 PM     HAIL             3 E ROGERS              36.33N 94.06W
08/08/2011  E1.00 INCH       BENTON             AR   PUBLIC

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Local storm report, Aug 8, 3:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 5:19 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
Aug 8, 3:36 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	TSA	Creek, Mayes, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pawnee and 4 more	18 hr
Aug 8, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	47 min
Aug 8, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	36 min
Aug 8, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	62 min
Aug 8, 6:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	31 min
Aug 8, 2:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	26 min
Aug 8, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	45 min
Aug 8, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	61 min

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