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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2012, 3:59 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
- Jul 13, 2012, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2012, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1927 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 13, 3:33 PM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 3:33 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 333 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012 .DISCUSSION... ORGANIZED CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SNEAKING UP ON OK/KS BORDER PRESENTLY CONTINUES TO SHOW TENDENCY OF DEVELOPMENT ON THE WESTERN FLANK AS THE WHOLE COMPLEX DIVES SOUTH. THESE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH AXIS OF HIGHEST INSTABILITY ORIENTED NEAR I-44. A LIMITED THREAT WILL EXIST OF DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS WITH DCAPES AROUND 1000 J/KG PRESENT THROUGHOUT EASTERN OK. OTHER TERRAIN FORCED STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AS WELL. WILL NEED TO INCLUDE A PRE FIRST PERIOD WITH HIGH POPS ACROSS SOME OF NE OKLAHOMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. TREND SHOULD BE FOR THIS ACTIVITY TO DECREASE AFTER 00Z BUT THERE IS A SHOT AT LEAST OF SOME MAKING IT INTO SE OKLAHOMA AS WELL. MOST IF NOT ALL SHOULD BE GONE AFTER 06Z. UPPER LEVEL LOW ALONG THE TX/LA GULF COAST EXPECTED TO SLIDE WEST THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND KEEP SMALL CHANCES OF AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS. THIS ALSO LEADS TO A MODEST BREAK DOWN IN THE UPPER RIDGE AND WILL KNOCK A DEGREE OR TWO OFF AFTERNOON TEMPS IN MOST AREAS. BEYOND THAT STRONG RIDGE EXPECTED TO BUILD BACK OVER THE AREA WITH TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT BOOMING WIDESPREAD NEXT WEEK. OUTSIDE OF URBAN AREAS THE OVERNIGHT LOWS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 75 THROUGH MID WEEK BUT BY LATE NEXT WEEK HEADLINES MAY BE NEEDED...AND RECENT BIAS ADJUSTMENT TO MEX GUIDANCE SUGGESTS HIGHS WELL OVER 100 BY END OF THE WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TUL 75 100 77 98 / 20 10 10 10 FSM 76 98 75 96 / 20 20 30 30 MLC 71 95 71 93 / 20 10 20 20 BVO 66 100 69 99 / 10 10 10 10 FYV 65 94 67 92 / 20 10 10 20 BYV 69 93 68 92 / 20 20 20 20 MKO 72 99 71 97 / 30 10 10 20 MIO 70 100 72 97 / 20 10 10 10 F10 70 100 72 96 / 30 10 10 20 HHW 73 93 72 91 / 20 30 30 30 && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && SHORT TERM...23 LONG TERM....14
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 12:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:46 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
359 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
OKZ054-055-132130-
OSAGE OK-WASHINGTON OK-
359 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHEASTERN OSAGE AND WASHINGTON
AT 359 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF
HULAH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...HULAH AND COPAN.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
LAT...LON 3686 9589 3677 9602 3688 9614 3699 9599
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 317DEG 6KT 3688 9602The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 58 min |
| Jul 12, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 59 min |
| Jul 12, 9:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 62 min |
| Jul 12, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 66 min |
| Jul 13, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 61 min |
| Jul 13, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 5:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 56 min |
| Jul 13, 6:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 55 min |
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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.