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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
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
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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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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 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 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.
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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 9739Special weather statement, Feb 20, 4:55 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 6:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 2 more | 61 min |
| Feb 20, 6:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Latimer | 61 min |
| Feb 20, 7:07 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 53 min |
| Feb 20, 7:25 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 50 min |
| Feb 20, 7:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 44 min |
| Feb 20, 8:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin, Madison | 46 min |
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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.