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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Apr 13, 2012, 4:24 PM CDT for Nowata County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 36 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 13, 2012, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Nowata County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 606 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 711 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 13, 4:06 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 4:06 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 350 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-140630- 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- 350 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WITH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SEVERE WEATHER LIKELY THROUGH THE WEEKEND... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TORNADO. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA. ONSET...AFTER 6PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. ONSET...AFTER 6PM. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT WINDS. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE OTHER SEVERE STORMS OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA TOWARD EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE REGION IS MODERATELY UNSTABLE...AND DEEP LAYER WIND SHEAR IS GREAT ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR ORGANIZED...ROTATING STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOW LEVEL SHEAR IS FAIRLY WEAK THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL MITIGATE THE TORNADO POTENTIAL INITIALLY. HOWEVER...THE LOW LEVEL SHEAR IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY THIS EVENING AS THE LOW LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS. THUS...THE TORNADO POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING WITH ANY SUSTAINED DISCRETE CELLS. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOES...WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE OF SOME CONCERN...ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED. THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE OUT OF THE AREA BY SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK LIKELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SATURDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA CONTINUES TO BE PROBABLE THIS WEEKEND. MUCH OF SATURDAY SHOULD REMAIN FAIRLY QUIET...WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DEVELOPING LATE IN THE DAY...PERSISTING INTO SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INITIATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND NEAR THE DRYLINE IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND QUICKLY MOVE TOWARDS EASTERN OKLAHOMA...WITH SUPERCELLS THE EXPECTED STORM MODE. HIGH INSTABILITY...DEEP LAYER SHEAR...AND ALSO LOW LEVEL SHEAR ARE SUPPORTIVE OF A STRONG TORNADO THREAT...IN ADDITION TO VERY LARGE HAIL NEAR BASEBALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE MOST LIKELY PART OF THE AREA TO SEE SUPERCELLS IS WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 69 CORRIDOR IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT A SQUALL LINE COULD FORM AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT OVERTAKES THE DRYLINE. THE SQUALL LINE WOULD PUSH ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. DUE TO THE HIGH LOW LEVEL SHEAR...THIS WOULD NOT END THE TORNADO THREAT COMPLETELY...ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES WOULD LESSEN. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGERS...FIRST RESPONDERS...AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS AS DETAILS CONTINUE TO BE REFINED CONCERNING THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY PERIOD. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 13, 3:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
317 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012
OKZ054>056-132045-
NOWATA OK-OSAGE OK-WASHINGTON OK-
317 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WESTERN NOWATA...EASTERN OSAGE AND WASHINGTON
AT 317 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
OCHELATA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
OCHELATA...BARTLESVILLE...DEWEY...WANN...DELAWARE AND NOWATA.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
LAT...LON 3699 9580 3671 9557 3652 9605 3665 9620
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 224DEG 36KT 3661 9606Special weather statement, Apr 13, 4:24 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 28 min |
| Apr 13, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Washington | 45 min |
| Apr 13, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 37 min |
| Apr 13, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 25 min |
| Apr 13, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 25 min |
| Apr 13, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 19 min |
| Apr 13, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 29 min |
| Apr 13, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 27 min |
| Apr 13, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.