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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2012, 7:46 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2012, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Choctaw County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 8:03 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Boswell, OK | POWER LINES DOWN IN DOWNTOWN BOSWELL. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 315 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
825
WWUS84 KTSA 090046
SPSTSA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
746 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012
OKZ049-053-090130-
CHOCTAW OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
746 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
CHOCTAW AND SOUTHWESTERN PUSHMATAHA
AT 746 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM KOSOMA TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOSWELL...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE
STORMS INCLUDE...HUGO...GAY...GOODLAND...BOSWELL...UNGER...SOPER...
MESSER...KENT...SPEER...APPLE...ANTLERS...DELA...RATTAN...MOYERS...
FINLEY...KOSOMA...OLETA...KELLOND...EUBANKS AND HUGO LAKE STATE PARK.
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 3388 9586 3396 9595 3412 9594 3416 9598
3416 9579 3432 9578 3443 9559 3414 9524
3392 9556 3393 9559 3388 9569 3389 9575
3386 9577 3386 9581
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 319DEG 18KT 3431 9560 3411 9594
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 58 min |
| Aug 8, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 55 min |
| Aug 9, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.