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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 9, 2011Latimer County, LeFlore County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2011, 5:21 AM CDT for Latimer County, LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 39 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
Aug 9, 2011, 5:21 AM CDT (10:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2011, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 246 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2011-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 275 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2011-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 217 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
275 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-241 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1182 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

583 
WWUS84 KTSA 091021
SPSTSA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
521 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011

ARZ029-OKZ049-075-076-091100-
LATIMER OK-LE FLORE OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-SEBASTIAN AR-
521 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     SOUTHWESTERN SEBASTIAN

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHERN LE FLORE...NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA AND SOUTHERN LATIMER

AT 521 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF HARTFORD TO WHITESBORO TO 3 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DAMON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...BENGAL...DAMON...
OCTAVIA...BIG CEDAR...MUSE...WHITESBORO...TALIHINA...HODGEN...
HEAVENER...HOWE...HONOBIA...KIAMICHI...ALBION...PATTERSON...
HARTFORD...TALIMENA STATE PARK...LAKE WISTER STATE PARK AND HEAVENER
RUNESTONE STATE PARK.

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

LAT...LON 3489 9545 3485 9495 3509 9449 3500 9422
      3496 9424 3494 9434 3495 9436 3492 9444
      3455 9445 3450 9447 3450 9504 3446 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 1021Z 305DEG 37KT 3498 9448 3467 9486
          3480 9526

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Pawnee65 min
Aug 8, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage59 min
Aug 8, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa65 min
Aug 8, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner62 min
Aug 8, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Ottawa38 min
Aug 8, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner58 min
Aug 8, 9:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware, Mayes25 min
Aug 8, 9:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa37 min
Aug 8, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware66 min
Aug 8, 9:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah66 min
Aug 8, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah66 min
Aug 9, 3:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee50 min
Aug 9, 3:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Pittsburg53 min
Aug 9, 3:36 AM CDTExcessive Heat WatchTSAChoctaw, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha12 hr
Aug 9, 4:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, LeFlore54 min
Aug 9, 6:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore32 min
Aug 8, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll31 min
Aug 8, 7:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton34 min
Aug 8, 7:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton33 min
Aug 8, 8:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll31 min
Aug 8, 8:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll38 min
Aug 8, 10:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll51 min
Aug 8, 10:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMadison46 min
Aug 8, 10:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMadison29 min
Aug 8, 10:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford, Sebastian35 min

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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.