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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

February 20, 2012Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Feb 20, 2012, 6:00 PM CST for Pittsburg 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
Feb 20, 2012, 6:00 PM CST (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Feb 20, 2012, 6:45 PM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Pittsburg 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 Feb 20, 5:56 PM CST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 5:56 PM CST, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 20, 4:43 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
443 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-211100-
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-
440 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012

..SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL THROUGH MID EVENING...

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...GENERALLY FROM AROUND HIGHWAY 75 WEST IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

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

DISCUSSION...
A STRONG WIND DRIVEN STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT
WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING. SURFACE WINDS
WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE CAPABLE OF REACHING 40 TO 45 MILES
AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS SYSTEM WILL BE CAPABLE
OF DAMAGING WINDS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR OR GREATER ALONG WITH
WIND DRIVEN HAIL. INSTABILITY AND THUNDERSTORM INTENSITY WILL
LESSEN ABOUT MID EVENING.

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

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

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
DRY AND MILD WEATHER WILL PREVAIL FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK...WITH
THE NEXT COLD FRONT AND STRONGER WINDS ARRIVING TOWARD THE
BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 20, 3:54 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
354 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012

OKZ054-059-060-064>066-202300-
CREEK OK-OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-TULSA OK-
354 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CREEK...WESTERN OKMULGEE...OSAGE...PAWNEE AND SOUTHWESTERN TULSA

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     OKFUSKEE

AT 345 PM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED  VERY
CLOSE TO INTERSTATE 35 FROM THE KANSAS BORDER...SOUTH TO OKLAHOMA
CITY. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MILES
AN HOUR.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...OSAGE PAWNEE
CREEK AND OKFUSKEE COUNTIES.

THE STORMS WILL REACH FAR WESTERN OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES AROUND
415 PM AND FAR WESTERN CREEK AND OKFUSKEE COUNTIES AROUND 430 PM.
THE STORMS WILL LIKELY REACH ABOUT TO STATE HIGHWAY 75 BETWEEN 520
AND 540 PM.

STRONG SURFACE WINDS ARE ALREADY GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR
BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE. THE ADDITION OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MAKE
GUST TO AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR OR MORE LIKELY. SMALL WIND DRIVEN
HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY.

SHOULD THE THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE IN INTENSITY WARNINGS WILL
BE NECESSARY.

REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO
A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3700 9602 3528 9604 3529 9645 3545 9645
      3545 9655 3539 9654 3540 9663 3615 9663
      3615 9682 3624 9682 3624 9692 3633 9693
      3633 9704 3651 9704 3658 9690 3659 9705
      3668 9707 3669 9695 3679 9676 3701 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 269DEG 39KT 3703 9733 3505 9739
Special weather statement, Feb 20, 4:55 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 20, 5:31 PM CST, 29 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 20, 5:35 PM CST, 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 20, 5:45 PM CST, 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 20, 6:00 PM CST, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 20, 6:29 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 2 more61 min
Feb 20, 6:44 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer61 min
Feb 20, 7:07 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha53 min
Feb 20, 7:25 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Sequoyah50 min
Feb 20, 7:31 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore44 min
Feb 20, 8:14 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAFranklin, Madison46 min

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Special Weather Statements in Oklahoma, 2012Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.