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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at May 1, 2012, 1:38 AM CDT for Okfuskee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 37 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
- May 1, 2012, 1:38 AM CDT (06:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2012, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 2178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1251 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 10.1
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 30, 11:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 11:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1140 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
.DISCUSSION...
THE 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION CAN BE FOUND BELOW.
&&
.AVIATION...
CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM.
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER
THE NEXT 6 OR SO HOURS. THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS AT KBVO WHERE MVFR
CIGS REMAIN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. STRONG
WINDS AND LOWER VSBYS INTO THE MVFR OR IFR RANGE CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. STORMS SHOULD BE GONE BY EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING...BUT LOW LVL MOISTURE RETURN WILL LEAD TO A PERIOD OF
MVFR CIGS AT MOST OF THE TAF SITES. CONDITIONS WILL TREND TOWARD
VFR BY MIDDAY...AND WILL REMAIN THERE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
PERIOD. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST AOA 25 KTS AT THE NE OK AND
NW AR SITES ON TUESDAY.
LACY
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 950 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012/
..UPDATE...
DISCUSSION...
STRONG CONVECTION CONTINUES ALONG AND NEAR THE OKLAHOMA/KANSAS
BORDER THIS EVENING...MAINLY OVER NORTHERN NOWATA AND CRAIG
COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL STRONG CONVECTION RESIDED OVER NORTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA MOVING EASTWARD. THIS ACTIVITY WILL
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND PUSH EASTWARD INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE
EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS INSTABILITY REMAINS
FAVORABLE. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS WITH ALSO A TORNADO THREAT
CONTINUES WITH THESE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND ALSO FAR
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 07 UTC. EVENING UPDATE WILL BE TO UP POPS
ALONG THE KANSAS BORDER FOR OVERNIGHT AND TWEAKED SKY/TEMP GRIDS
AS WELL. THE REST OF THE FORECAST LOOK TO BE GOOD.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL 81 65 85 68 / MMM 80 30 10
FSM 79 66 85 67 / MMM 40 20 10
MLC 80 67 85 68 / MMM 40 20 10
BVO 80 64 83 66 / MMM 80 40 10
FYV 76 64 82 65 / MMM 50 30 10
BYV 78 64 82 64 / MMM 50 30 10
MKO 80 66 84 67 / MMM 80 30 10
MIO 78 64 83 66 / MMM 80 40 10
F10 81 66 84 67 / MMM 80 30 10
HHW 81 67 85 68 / MMM 40 20 10
&&
.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM TUESDAY FOR OKZ054-OKZ055-OKZ056-
OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059.
AR...NONE.
&&
AVIATION...30Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 8:16 PM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 816 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-011000- 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- 808 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. TORNADO. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ONSET...ONGOING. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING...WHILE A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX DEVELOPS PUSHING EASTWARD OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHERN KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD BECOME SEVERE...WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. FAVORABLE INSTABILITY ACROSS THE REGION WILL SUPPORT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH A TORNADO THREAT TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL WILL ALSO CONTINUE FOR FOR LOCATIONS NEAR THE OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS BORDERS AS HEAVY RAINS ARE PROBABLE ACROSS AREAS THAT RECEIVED FLOODING RAINS LAST NIGHT. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK LIKELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. WEDNESDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... THE OVERALL POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY BY TUESDAY AS A STATIONARY FRONT THAT HAS BEEN OVER THE AREA FOR SEVERAL DAYS LIFTS TO THE NORTH. SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH LIKELY. VERY WARM AND HUMID WEATHER WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 1, 12:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1226 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012
OKZ054-060-061-064-066-067-070-010615-
CREEK OK-MUSKOGEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-ROGERS OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER
OK-
1226 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EASTERN CREEK...NORTHERN OKMULGEE...SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE...
SOUTHWESTERN ROGERS...TULSA AND WESTERN WAGONER
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
NORTHWESTERN MUSKOGEE
AT 1226 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM SAND SPRINGS TO SLICK...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...TULSA...
LIBERTY...GRAY...PRESTON...BEGGS...BALD HILL...HECTORVILLE...SAND
SPRINGS...LEONARD...BIXBY...JENKS...GLENPOOL...BROKEN ARROW...
STONEBLUFF...COWETA...ONETA...SLICK...MOUNDS...KIEFER...KELLYVILLE
AND SAPULPA.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THESE
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 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 3616 9554 3566 9576 3573 9637 3623 9620
TIME...MOT...LOC 0526Z 260DEG 37KT 3615 9610 3577 9627Special weather statement, May 1, 12:56 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1256 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012
OKZ064>066-010645-
CREEK OK-OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-
1256 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
SOUTHWESTERN CREEK AND WESTERN OKMULGEE
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
OKFUSKEE
AT 1256 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST
OF PADEN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...OKEMAH...CLEARVIEW...PHAROAH...
CASTLE...PADEN...BOLEY...MASON...OKFUSKEE AND WELTY.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 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 3571 9663 3570 9610 3537 9609 3538 9645
3545 9645 3545 9648 3543 9649 3545 9655
3543 9655 3540 9653 3538 9654 3540 9658
3539 9660 3540 9663
TIME...MOT...LOC 0556Z 267DEG 33KT 3554 9656Local storm report, May 1, 1:25 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 27 min |
| Apr 30, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 52 min |
| Apr 30, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 66 min |
| Apr 30, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata | 23 min |
| Apr 30, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 8:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 67 min |
| Apr 30, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 15 min |
| Apr 30, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 71 min |
| Apr 30, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 60 min |
| Apr 30, 11:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 11:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 4 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 11:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 63 min |
| Apr 30, 11:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 32 min |
| May 1, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 56 min |
| May 1, 12:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 49 min |
| May 1, 12:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata | 9 min |
| May 1, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Washington | 56 min |
| May 1, 12:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 49 min |
| May 1, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers | 76 min |
| May 1, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 58 min |
| May 1, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes | 53 min |
| May 1, 1:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers | 5 hr |
| May 1, 2:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee | 50 min |
| May 1, 2:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 39 min |
| May 1, 2:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Tulsa, Wagoner | 45 min |
| May 1, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 27 min |
| May 1, 2:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 49 min |
| May 1, 3:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Sequoyah | 43 min |
| May 1, 3:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 47 min |
| May 1, 3:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 45 min |
| May 1, 6:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Ottawa | 10 hr |
| May 1, 8:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 25 hr |
| May 1, 4:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Washington | 24 hr |
| May 1, 3:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 46 min |
| May 1, 3:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 43 min |
| May 1, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 43 min |
| May 1, 4:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 62 min |
| May 1, 4:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 41 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.