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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

February 3, 2012Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Feb 3, 2012, 4:51 PM CST for Okmulgee 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: Feb 3, 2012, 4:51 PM CST (22:51 UTC)
Expired: Feb 3, 2012, 5:30 PM CST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Okmulgee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 158 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-p

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: 592 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 478 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 301 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 343 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 5.1

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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 Feb 3, 3:23 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 3:23 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 2:41 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 3, 12:44 PM CST, 4 hours 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1244 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

OKZ054-059-060-064-031915-
CREEK OK-OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-TULSA OK-
1244 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHERN CREEK...SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE...EASTERN PAWNEE AND WESTERN
     TULSA

AT 1244 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF
MANNFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
MANNFORD...KEYSTONE STATE PARK AND WALNUT CREEK STATE PARK.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. RESIDENTS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3633 9624 3624 9605 3603 9630 3608 9642
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 216DEG 34KT 3610 9632

Special weather statement, Feb 3, 12:58 PM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1258 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

OKZ061-062-067-031930-
MAYES OK-ROGERS OK-WAGONER OK-
1258 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHWESTERN MAYES...SOUTHEASTERN ROGERS AND CENTRAL WAGONER

AT 1258 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF
COWETA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...INOLA AND
CHOUTEAU.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. RESIDENTS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3624 9545 3617 9530 3591 9559 3595 9568
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 219DEG 42KT 3597 9560

Special weather statement, Feb 3, 1:34 PM CST, 3 hours 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
134 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

OKZ071-073-032030-
MCINTOSH OK-PITTSBURG OK-
134 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHWESTERN MCINTOSH AND NORTHERN PITTSBURG

AT 135 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF ASHLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ASHLAND...
HAYWOOD...SAVANNA...SCIPIO...MCALESTER...KREBS...HANNA...INDIANOLA...
CROWDER AND BLOCKER.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. RESIDENTS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3503 9610 3528 9589 3503 9550 3467 9608
      3468 9610
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 222DEG 43KT 3473 9620

Local storm report, Feb 3, 1:42 PM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
142 PM CST FRI FEB 03 2012

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

0130 PM     HAIL             PRYOR                   36.31N 95.32W
02/03/2012  E0.75 INCH       MAYES              OK   BROADCAST MEDIA

            PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL IN TOWN.

&&

KAH

Special weather statement, Feb 3, 2:11 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
211 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

OKZ056>058-032115-
CRAIG OK-NOWATA OK-OTTAWA OK-
211 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHERN CRAIG...EASTERN NOWATA AND NORTHWESTERN OTTAWA

AT 211 PM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CENTRALIA TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF CENTRALIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
BLUEJACKET...WELCH...COMMERCE...PICHER AND QUAPAW.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

LAT...LON 3700 9477 3695 9476 3659 9545 3660 9547
      3688 9558 3701 9537
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 236DEG 42KT 3688 9548 3664 9545

Special weather statement, Feb 3, 4:51 PM CST, 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
Feb 3, 4:57 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	63 min
Feb 3, 5:51 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	39 min
Feb 3, 12:44 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	31 min
Feb 3, 12:58 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	32 min
Feb 3, 1:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	23 min
Feb 3, 1:34 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	56 min
Feb 3, 2:11 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	64 min
Feb 3, 5:20 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	55 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Oklahoma, 2012 Every special weather statement in 2012

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.