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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 3, 2012Washington County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jun 3, 2012, 11:29 PM CDT for Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 31 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
Jun 3, 2012, 11:29 PM CDT (04:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2012, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2012-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3251 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2012-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3251 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
11.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Jun 3, 9:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 9:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 7:22 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
722 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-041000-
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-
722 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED AGAIN LATER THIS EVENING...

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
TORNADO.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...LATE EVENING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...LATE EVENING.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...LATE EVENING.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...LATE EVENING.

DISCUSSION...
SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS EVENING.
THE OVERALL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS DIMINISHED FOR THE NEXT FEW
HOURS...THOUGH SOME ELEVATED STORMS MOVE SOUTHEAST OUT OF KANSAS
COULD INTENSIFY AS THEY ENCOUNTER A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE BETTER CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL
ARRIVE LATE THIS EVENING AS STORMS OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA WILL
LIKELY GROW INTO ONE OR MORE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES AS THEY MOVE
EAST. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE
WINDS WITH THE OVERNIGHT STORMS...THOUGH A LIMITED TORNADO THREAT
WILL EXIST LATE THIS EVENING IN AREAS TO THE WEST OF HIGHWAY 75.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING MONDAY MORNING WITH A
CONTINUED SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. OTHERWISE A FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO
THE NORTH WILL SAG SOUTH INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS WEEK CONTINUING
THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 6:29 PM CDT, 5 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
629 PM CDT SUN JUN 03 2012

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

0615 PM     HAIL             4 N CASS                35.75N 93.82W
06/03/2012  E1.00 INCH       FRANKLIN           AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

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Local storm report, Jun 3, 6:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
638 PM CDT SUN JUN 03 2012

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

0630 PM     HAIL             7 ENE WATALULA          35.61N 93.71W
06/03/2012  E1.00 INCH       FRANKLIN           AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HAIL REPORTED ON THE FRANKLIN JOHNSON COUNTY LINE

&&

JBM
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 10:45 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1045 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

OKZ063-040415-
DELAWARE OK-
1045 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CENTRAL DELAWARE

AT 1046 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF
CHLOETA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...JAY...CHLOETA AND LAKE EUCHA STATE PARK.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

LAT...LON 3649 9462 3626 9458 3634 9498 3650 9499
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 277DEG 20KT 3641 9490
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 11:01 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1101 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

ARZ001-OKZ063-040430-
BENTON AR-DELAWARE OK-
1101 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     WESTERN BENTON

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CENTRAL DELAWARE

AT 1102 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTH OF
JAY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY
THIS STORM INCLUDE...JAY...ZENA...SULPHUR SPRINGS...GENTRY...
MAYSVILLE...GRAVETTE...CHEROKEE CITY...DECATUR AND LAKE EUCHA STATE
PARK.

THIS STORM 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 3651 9439 3619 9449 3637 9498 3651 9492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0402Z 276DEG 19KT 3639 9478
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 11:27 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1127 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

OKZ054-040500-
OSAGE OK-
1127 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

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

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHERN OSAGE

AT 1127 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF
WEBB CITY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...SHIDLER...APPERSON...WEBB CITY...
PEARSONIA...FORAKER AND GRAINOLA.

THIS STORM 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 3700 9643 3667 9646 3673 9686 3675 9686
      3675 9683 3677 9682 3677 9680 3679 9678
      3679 9676 3694 9676 3700 9676 3701 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 0427Z 277DEG 14KT 3688 9673
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 11:29 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1129 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

OKZ054>056-040500-
NOWATA OK-OSAGE OK-WASHINGTON OK-
1129 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

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

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     WESTERN NOWATA...EASTERN OSAGE AND WASHINGTON

AT 1129 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES SOUTH OF BIGHEART TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
DEWEY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...OKESA...BIGHEART...BARTLESVILLE...DEWEY...
COPAN AND OSAGE HILLS STATE PARK.

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 3687 9640 3695 9589 3670 9567 3662 9618
TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 277DEG 13KT 3682 9622 3684 9589

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 10:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware30 min
Jun 3, 11:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware29 min
Jun 3, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware59 min
Jun 3, 11:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage33 min
Jun 3, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage48 min
Jun 4, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington57 min
Jun 4, 12:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware37 min
Jun 4, 12:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee34 min
Jun 4, 12:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers32 min
Jun 4, 12:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage37 min
Jun 4, 1:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa30 min
Jun 4, 1:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware26 min
Jun 4, 1:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Rogers, Tulsa6 hr
Jun 4, 1:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig29 min
Jun 4, 1:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee27 min
Jun 4, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee43 min
Jun 4, 1:23 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSADelaware3 hr
Jun 4, 1:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa35 min
Jun 4, 1:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner53 min
Jun 4, 1:42 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner63 min
Jun 4, 1:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Mayes33 min
Jun 4, 1:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair29 min
Jun 4, 1:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata24 min
Jun 4, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa and 1 more41 min
Jun 4, 2:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig25 min
Jun 4, 2:14 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACraig, Nowata3 hr
Jun 4, 2:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner57 min
Jun 4, 2:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner6 hr
Jun 4, 2:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage6 hr
Jun 4, 2:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee56 min
Jun 4, 3:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Sequoyah57 min
Jun 4, 3:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa34 min
Jun 4, 3:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee5 hr
Jun 4, 3:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah63 min
Jun 4, 3:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell45 min
Jun 4, 3:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage40 min
Jun 4, 4:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore32 min
Jun 4, 4:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee33 min
Jun 4, 5:16 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAWashington59 min
Jun 4, 5:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage33 min
Jun 4, 5:32 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa12 hr
Jun 4, 5:32 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSATulsa12 hr
Jun 4, 6:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa3 hr
Jun 4, 6:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee3 hr
Jun 4, 7:27 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAOsage, Rogers, Tulsa12 hr
Jun 4, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison30 min
Jun 4, 1:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll34 min
Jun 4, 2:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington45 min
Jun 4, 3:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin, Sebastian61 min
Jun 4, 4:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACrawford, Washington6 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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.