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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

February 28, 2012Wagoner County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Feb 28, 2012, 11:48 PM CST for Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Feb 28, 2012, 11:48 PM CST (05:48 UTC)
Expired: Feb 29, 2012, 12:15 AM CST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Wagoner 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 28, 11:24 PM CST, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 11:24 PM CST, 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 11:15 PM CST, 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 28, 10:15 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1015 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

OKZ054-059-060-064-290445-
CREEK OK-OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-TULSA OK-
1015 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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

AT 1015 PM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES NORTH OF WALNUT CREEK STATE PARK TO 4 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SHAMROCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...KEYSTONE
STATE PARK...SKIATOOK...KELLYVILLE...SPERRY...SAND SPRINGS...
SAPULPA...KIEFER...COLLINSVILLE...TULSA...JENKS AND OWASSO.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE
THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3589 9662 3635 9624 3642 9593 3642 9582
      3600 9582 3581 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 243DEG 66KT 3632 9620 3590 9655

Special weather statement, Feb 28, 10:31 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1031 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

OKZ054-060-061-064>067-290500-
CREEK OK-OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-ROGERS OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER
OK-
1031 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CREEK...NORTHERN OKMULGEE...SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE...SOUTHWESTERN
     ROGERS...TULSA AND NORTHWESTERN WAGONER

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     NORTHERN OKFUSKEE

AT 1031 PM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAND SPRINGS TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST
OF PADEN...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...PADEN...
SAND SPRINGS...KELLYVILLE...BOLEY...WELTY...SAPULPA...SLICK...
KIEFER...JENKS...TULSA...GLENPOOL...MOUNDS...OKFUSKEE...BEGGS...
CATOOSA...BIXBY...BROKEN ARROW...OKMULGEE STATE PARK...BALD HILL...
PRESTON...MORRIS...OKMULGEE AND VERDIGRIS.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE
THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3558 9663 3564 9663 3617 9622 3625 9563
      3555 9588 3547 9663 3557 9663
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 260DEG 52KT 3610 9618 3555 9660

Local storm report, Feb 28, 10:46 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1046 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

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

1024 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N DEWEY               36.82N 95.94W
02/28/2012                   WASHINGTON         OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

            5TH WHEEL TRAILER OVERTURNED AND DAMAGE TO CARPORT JUST
            NORTH OF DEWEY.

&&

JDS

Local storm report, Feb 28, 11:07 PM CST, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1107 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

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

1100 PM     TSTM WND GST     7 E CENTRAILIA          36.80N 95.21W
02/28/2012  M58 MPH          CRAIG              OK   MESONET

            58 MPH MEASURED GUST AT VINITA MESONET

&&

JDS

Local storm report, Feb 28, 11:19 PM CST, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 28, 11:48 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 28, 9:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	44 min
Feb 28, 9:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Washington	64 min
Feb 28, 10:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	30 min
Feb 28, 10:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa	29 min
Feb 28, 10:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Ottawa, Washington	58 min
Feb 28, 10:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	48 min
Feb 28, 11:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes	30 min
Feb 28, 11:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	20 min
Feb 28, 11:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware	52 min
Feb 28, 11:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner	48 min
Feb 29, 12:28 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	32 min
Feb 29, 12:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	39 min
Feb 29, 12:58 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	32 min
Feb 29, 4:14 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	TSA	Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Okfuskee and 7 more	23 hr
Feb 29, 4:14 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Ottawa	14 hr
Feb 29, 12:25 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Benton	15 min
Feb 29, 12:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Washington	33 min
Feb 29, 1:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison, Washington	33 min
Feb 29, 1:28 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Carroll, Madison, Washington	32 min
Feb 29, 1:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	30 min
Feb 29, 1:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison	34 min
Feb 29, 1:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll, Madison	15 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.