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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 8, 2012Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2012, 5:58 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 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
Jul 8, 2012, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Pittsburg County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2012-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 182 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2012-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -47 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
182 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-200 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1553 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 8, 3:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 3:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
330 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

.DISCUSSION...
AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE WIND SHIFT WHICH IS CURRENTLY FROM
SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL HAVE
THE HIGHEST COVERAGE OF LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS. LESSER
DCAPE IN PLACE THIS AFTERNOON WHICH IS EXPECTED TO MAKE THE
DAMAGING DOWNBURST POTENTIAL MORE ISOLATED THAN YESTERDAY. THE
DEEPER MOIST AXIS CHARACTERIZED BY PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEAR
2 INCHES WILL REMAIN OVER EASTERN AREAS OF THE FORECAST AREA
THROUGH MONDAY...WHERE THE HIGHER COVERAGE OF CONVECTION IS
EXPECTED. ALSO AREAS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE SURFACE BOUNDARY
WILL ALSO SEE AN UPTICK IN CONVECTIVE CHANCES.

THE BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK SOUTHWARD MONDAY AND THROUGH
THE AREA BY TUESDAY. THE POST FRONTAL AIR ALONG WITH AMPLE
AFTERNOON CLOUDINESS SHOULD KEEP TEMPS NEAR NORMAL MONDAY WITH A
SLOW INCREASE IN TEMPS THEREAFTER. THE DEEP MOISTURE WILL ALSO BE
PUSHED SOUTHWARD...AND PRECIP CHANCES WILL WANE FROM MID TO LATE
WEEK. EXTENDED DATA CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN A WEAKNESS IN THE UPPER
RIDGING OVER THE AREA INTO NEXT WEEKEND. DEWPOINTS LOOK TO
INCREASE AGAIN BY NEXT WEEKEND AS THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONTAL
BOUNDARY LOSES DEFINITION ACROSS THE GULF COAST REGION. PENDING
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PATTERN ALOFT...THERE MAY BE A RETURN OF
PRECIP CHANCES BY THE WEEKEND ALONG WITH HIGHER AFTERNOON HEAT
INDEX READINGS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   74  93  71  94 /  40  40  20  10
FSM   74  93  72  94 /  60  60  40  20
MLC   70  91  71  92 /  40  50  40  20
BVO   72  90  69  93 /  50  40  20  10
FYV   69  90  68  91 /  60  50  30  10
BYV   71  89  68  89 /  50  50  30  10
MKO   72  92  69  95 /  40  50  30  10
MIO   73  90  69  92 /  50  40  20  10
F10   73  91  71  95 /  40  40  30  20
HHW   73  91  72  88 /  40  50  40  30

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

LONG TERM....07
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 4:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
456 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-091000-
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-
456 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DANGEROUS HEAT.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING THROUGH MID EVENING.

DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS A PORTION OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
MUCH OF WESTERN ARKANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND MAY ALSO PRODUCE DAMAGING DOWNBURST
WINDS. THE GREATEST RISK WILL BE BEFORE SUNSET WHEN THE HOT
CONDITIONS MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR EVEN WEAK STORMS TO PRODUCE STRONG
WINDS. THE DAMAGING WIND RISK WILL DIMINISH BY MID EVENING...
ALTHOUGH SCATTERED STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...VERY HIGH FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP IN THE AREA OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS AS COOL AIR FROM THE NORTH COMBINES WITH COOLER OUTFLOW AIR
GENERATED BY THE SHOWERS AND STORMS. THIS FRONT WILL BE RATHER
DIFFUSE AND SLOW MOVING...SO THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY AND LINGER IN SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA INTO WEDNESDAY.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
454 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

ARZ002-011-082230-
CARROLL AR-MADISON AR-
454 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     WESTERN CARROLL AND NORTHERN MADISON

AT 455 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF
ROCKHOUSE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...METALTON...CABANAL...RULE AND
ROCKHOUSE.

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 3619 9357 3628 9384 3643 9370 3643 9361
      3630 9366 3629 9343
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 032DEG 9KT 3631 9366
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:05 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
505 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

ARZ029-OKZ076-082230-
LE FLORE OK-SEBASTIAN AR-
505 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     SOUTHWESTERN SEBASTIAN

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     EASTERN LE FLORE

AT 505 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST
OF HARTFORD...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...HARTFORD AND MIDLAND.

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 3493 9444 3505 9461 3519 9446 3506 9429
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 048DEG 3KT 3506 9446
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:07 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
507 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

OKZ068-072-082230-
CHEROKEE OK-SEQUOYAH OK-
507 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE AND NORTHWESTERN SEQUOYAH

AT 507 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CHEROKEE LANDING STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. SOME
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MARBLE
CITY...BOX...COOKSON...LAKE TENKILLER STATE PARK AND CHEROKEE LANDING
STATE PARK.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

LAT...LON 3586 9481 3557 9481 3556 9513 3559 9513
      3584 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 011DEG 8KT 3577 9496
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:19 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
519 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

OKZ069-082245-
ADAIR OK-
519 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CENTRAL ADAIR

AT 519 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES WEST OF
BARON...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MARIETTA...STILWELL...BARON...CHRISTIE AND
ADAIR STATE PARK.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

LAT...LON 3576 9450 3573 9481 3596 9479 3598 9456
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 354DEG 7KT 3592 9466
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:43 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
543 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

ARZ001-OKZ063-082315-
BENTON AR-DELAWARE OK-
543 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     NORTHWESTERN BENTON

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     EASTERN DELAWARE

AT 543 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MAYSVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MAYSVILLE.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

LAT...LON 3637 9446 3637 9466 3650 9462 3650 9448
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 000DEG 9KT 3647 9456
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:58 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
558 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

OKZ073-082330-
PITTSBURG OK-
558 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CENTRAL PITTSBURG

AT 558 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF
MCALESTER...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MCALESTER...HAILEYVILLE...DOW...
BACHE...ALDERSON AND KREBS.

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 3481 9556 3478 9584 3505 9580 3507 9570
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 351DEG 13KT 3498 9574

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa28 min
Jul 7, 7:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Ottawa34 min
Jul 7, 7:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig32 min
Jul 7, 8:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig35 min
Jul 8, 1:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair43 min
Jul 8, 2:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore36 min
Jul 8, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware38 min
Jul 8, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell35 min
Jul 8, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair34 min
Jul 8, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha31 min
Jul 8, 4:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHughes35 min
Jul 8, 5:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee23 min
Jul 8, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair26 min
Jul 8, 5:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware32 min
Jul 8, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee28 min
Jul 8, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee30 min
Jul 8, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee49 min
Jul 8, 1:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAFranklin44 min
Jul 8, 2:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAJohnson31 min
Jul 8, 3:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMadison34 min
Jul 8, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton37 min
Jul 8, 3:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian32 min
Jul 8, 4:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton36 min
Jul 8, 4:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll24 min
Jul 8, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll56 min
Jul 8, 4:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMadison24 min
Jul 8, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll36 min
Jul 8, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian25 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Oklahoma, 2012Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.