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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 8, 2012LeFlore County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2012, 2:07 PM CDT for LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 38 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
Aug 8, 2012, 2:07 PM CDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2012, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County LeFlore County, OK

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 8, 12:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 12:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 12:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 12:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1221 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

ARZ001-010-081800-
BENTON AR-WASHINGTON AR-
1221 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     EXTREME SOUTHWEST BENTON AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON

AT 1219 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EXTREME
SOUTHWEST BENTON COUNTY AND NORTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY MOVING
EAST AROUND 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE
STORMS INCLUDE...WALNUT GROVE...HARMON...LAKE FRANCIS...WEST
FORK...LINCOLN...PRAIRIE GROVE...FARMINGTON...HOGEYE...CLYDE...
CANEHILL...SUMMERS...RHEA...VINEY GROVE...CINCINNATI...
WEDINGTON...SAVOY...WHEELER AND PRAIRIE GROVE BATTLEFIELD STATE PARK.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

LAT...LON 3591 9452 3617 9456 3618 9420 3584 9417
TIME...MOT...LOC 1719Z 291DEG 9KT 3614 9446
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 1:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 1:13 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 1:35 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:07 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
207 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

OKZ076-081945-
LE FLORE OK-
207 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     EASTERN LE FLORE

AT 207 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF
POTEAU...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...POTEAU AND HOWE.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 45 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE
THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3487 9445 3496 9472 3508 9468 3507 9445
      3506 9444
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 285DEG 7KT 3503 9461

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee24 min
Aug 7, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee33 min
Aug 8, 1:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes40 min
Aug 8, 1:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer32 min
Aug 8, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha20 min
Aug 8, 2:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore34 min
Aug 8, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore48 min
Aug 8, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore24 min
Aug 8, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer37 min
Aug 8, 2:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah47 min
Aug 8, 2:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALeFlore3 hr
Aug 8, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore47 min
Aug 8, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell46 min
Aug 8, 4:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell37 min
Aug 8, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell40 min
Aug 8, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig32 min
Aug 8, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer, Pittsburg35 min
Aug 8, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh42 min
Aug 8, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Ottawa56 min
Aug 8, 5:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa41 min
Aug 8, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg56 min
Aug 8, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha37 min
Aug 8, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg51 min
Aug 8, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware46 min
Aug 8, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg42 min
Aug 8, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha40 min
Aug 8, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg50 min
Aug 8, 6:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAPittsburg85 min
Aug 8, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha30 min
Aug 8, 10:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton37 min
Aug 8, 12:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington39 min
Aug 8, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison46 min
Aug 8, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington52 min
Aug 8, 1:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAFranklin25 min
Aug 8, 2:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian26 min
Aug 8, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin, Sebastian21 min
Aug 8, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.