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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 7, 2012Osage County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Apr 7, 2012, 9:40 AM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 35 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: Apr 7, 2012, 9:40 AM CDT (14:40 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2012, 10:15 AM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Osage County, OK

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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 Apr 7, 9:37 AM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 9:37 AM CDT, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 5:07 AM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 7, 7:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
737 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2012

OKZ054-059-071300-
OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-
737 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CENTRAL OSAGE AND PAWNEE

AT 737 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF
RALSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...RALSTON
AND FAIRFAX.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

LAT...LON 3670 9652 3653 9643 3644 9685 3651 9689
TIME...MOT...LOC 1237Z 247DEG 21KT 3650 9681

Special weather statement, Apr 7, 8:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 7, 8:52 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
852 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2012

OKZ054-071430-
OSAGE OK-
852 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CENTRAL OSAGE

AT 852 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
WYNONA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WYNONA...
PAWHUSKA AND BARNSDALL.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

LAT...LON 3675 9623 3653 9614 3649 9649 3655 9653
TIME...MOT...LOC 1352Z 249DEG 27KT 3655 9642

Special weather statement, Apr 7, 9:40 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
940 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2012

OKZ054-071515-
OSAGE OK-
940 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHERN OSAGE

AT 940 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORAKER TO 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF
WEBB CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
SHIDLER...PEARSONIA...BIGHEART...OSAGE HILLS STATE PARK...PAWHUSKA
AND OKESA.

THESE STORMS 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 3701 9618 3671 9600 3670 9600 3649 9655
      3679 9677 3700 9676 3701 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 1440Z 314DEG 37KT 3691 9637 3679 9671

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 7, 7:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	23 min
Apr 7, 8:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	23 min
Apr 7, 8:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	38 min
Apr 7, 9:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Washington	66 min
Apr 7, 10:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	38 min
Apr 7, 10:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Washington	2 hr
Apr 7, 11:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	41 min
Apr 7, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.