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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

November 7, 2011Kay County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Nov 7, 2011, 5:15 PM CST for Kay County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 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: Nov 7, 2011, 5:15 PM CST (23:15 UTC)
Expired: Nov 7, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Kay County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 Nov 7, 2:49 PM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 7, 2:49 PM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 7, 5:02 PM CST, 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 7, 5:15 PM CST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
515 PM CST MON NOV 7 2011

OKZ054-080000-
OSAGE OK-
515 PM CST MON NOV 7 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHWESTERN OSAGE

AT 515 PM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEBB CITY TO 23 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF BURBANK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
BURBANK...SHIDLER AND GRAINOLA.

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 3700 9654 3658 9673 3650 9700 3650 9701
      3654 9699 3656 9691 3658 9690 3659 9692
      3658 9700 3659 9706 3665 9707 3671 9703
      3669 9695 3675 9689 3675 9683 3679 9676
      3701 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 225DEG 45KT 3693 9685 3655 9706

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 7, 5:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.