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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 30, 2013, 1:15 AM CDT for Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 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
- Mar 30, 2013, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2013, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Wagoner County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1190 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 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 Mar 29, 11:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 11:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1150 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013 .AVIATION... CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM. CONDITIONS WILL BE QUITE VARIABLE ACROSS THE REGION WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SOME LATE SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 932 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013/ DISCUSSION... THE 00Z NAM REMAINS CONSISTENT WITH THE 18Z RUN IN SUGGESTING 2 MAIN AREAS OF CONVECTION DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BAND OF STORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST OK FORCED BY WARM ADVECTION/ISENTROPIC LIFT IS FORECAST TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND MOVE EAST...EVENTUALLY AFFECTING NORTHWEST AR LATER. THE STORMS HAVE INCREASED IN INTENSITY...BUT ELEVATED INSTABILITY IS WEAKER OVER EASTERN OK THAN AREAS TO OUR WEST...SO THE SEVERE RISK FOR LARGE HAIL REMAINS LIMITED AND ISOLATED. ANOTHER AREA OF CONVECTION ALONG THE RED RIVER IS FORECAST TO TRACK EAST AND WILL EVENTUALLY AFFECT SOUTHEAST OK LATER. THERE IS ALSO SUGGESTION THAT THIS CLUSTER WILL ALSO EXPAND IN COVERAGE TOWARD 12Z...POSSIBLY DUE TO UPPER IMPULSE EVIDENT ON WV IMAGERY MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN HI PLAINS. I HAVE EXPANDED THE LIKELY POPS NORTHWARD TO INCLUDE MORE OF NORTHEAST OK. TEXT PRODUCTS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. LACY PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 631 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013/ AVIATION... CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM. CEILINGS WILL BE WIDELY VARIED ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE VALID PERIOD WITH MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING MOST OF THE TAF SITES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 403 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013/ DISCUSSION... WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY LYING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WILL BECOME MORE DIFFUSE WITH TIME BUT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING AS AN UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. ANOTHER WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY TO DEVELOP IN ITS VICINITY AS WELL. THERE WILL BE A HAIL THREAT WITH SOME OF THE STORMS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. STORM CHANCES SUNDAY SHOULD REMAIN CONFINED TO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. A MUCH STRONGER AND UNSEASONABLY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. AREAS OF RAIN ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT DURING THE DAY MONDAY BEFORE ENDING MONDAY EVENING. BELIEVE THE NAM IS OVERDONE IN SHOWING WINTRY WEATHER POTENTIAL GIVEN FIRST OF APRIL CLIMATOLOGY...BUT DO BELIEVE THAT THE MUCH COLDER NAM SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE AT LEAST CLOSER TO REALITY THAN THE OTHER MODELS INCLUDING THE ECMWF. THE ECMWF DEPICTS A STRONGER UPPER SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK THAN ALL OTHER MODELS. GIVEN THAT THE UKMET IS NOT ONBOARD WITH THE ECMWF SOLUTION...PREFER TO SIDE WITH THE CONSENSUS AT THIS TIME AND KEEP IT DRY BUT STILL COOL FOR EARLY APRIL. A ROBUST WARMING TREND WILL BEGIN NEXT FRIDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND. WENT NEAR OR ABOVE GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && AVIATION...10
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 9:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 945 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-301000- 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- 945 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA. ONSET...ONGOING. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA. ONSET...TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA. ONSET...TONIGHT. DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN COVERAGE OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING AS WARM ADVECTION STRENGTHENS. THE STORMS ARE FORECAST TO GRADUALLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND SPREAD EAST EVENTUALLY INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TOWARD MORNING. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS DOWN NEAR THE RED RIVER IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND SPREAD EAST DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND EVENTUALLY AFFECT SOUTHEAST OK. ELEVATED INSTABILITY AND SHEAR ARE GREAT ENOUGH TO WARRANT A LIMITED RISK OF SEVERE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS GROW INTO CLUSTERS AND MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. HOWEVER...A SIGNIFICANT FLOOD RISK IS NOT EXPECTED. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. MONDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... INSTABILITY WILL BE GREATER ON SATURDAY...HOWEVER THE LACK OF A FOCUSING MECHANISM WILL KEEP THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER MORE ISOLATED. THE COMBINATION OF NORTHWESTERLY SHEAR AND STRONG INSTABILITY DOES WARRANT A LIMITED TO LOW END ELEVATED RISK OF SEVERE STORMS MAINLY OVER FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS. THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER EXISTS. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 ON SUNDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE MONDAY MORNING AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG NORTH WINDS. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 29, 11:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1142 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1018 PM HAIL 4 NNE LEONARD 35.97N 95.77W
03/29/2013 E1.00 INCH TULSA OK TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
RJSLocal storm report, Mar 29, 11:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1145 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1112 PM HAIL 1 NNW COWETA 35.97N 95.66W
03/29/2013 E1.25 INCH WAGONER OK TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL COVERED THE ROAD AT 193RD AND 141ST.
&&
RJSSpecial weather statement, Mar 30, 12:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1212 AM CDT SAT MAR 30 2013
OKZ061-300600-
ROGERS OK-
1212 AM CDT SAT MAR 30 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
CENTRAL ROGERS
AT 1212 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST
OF VERDIGRIS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...CLAREMORE...VERDIGRIS...TIAWAH...
FOYIL AND BUSHYHEAD.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. RESIDENTS
IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.
LAT...LON 3650 9544 3621 9544 3622 9580 3637 9581
TIME...MOT...LOC 0512Z 252DEG 10KT 3627 9574Special weather statement, Mar 30, 12:17 AM CDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1217 AM CDT SAT MAR 30 2013
OKZ061-062-067-300600-
MAYES OK-ROGERS OK-WAGONER OK-
1217 AM CDT SAT MAR 30 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
SOUTHWESTERN MAYES...SOUTHEASTERN ROGERS AND CENTRAL WAGONER
AT 1217 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF
WAGONER...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...WAGONER AND MAZIE.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
LAT...LON 3611 9547 3613 9535 3593 9534 3596 9561
3608 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 0517Z 264DEG 9KT 3601 9556Special weather statement, Mar 30, 12:57 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Mar 30, 1:15 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
115 AM CDT SAT MAR 30 2013
OKZ067-068-300700-
CHEROKEE OK-WAGONER OK-
115 AM CDT SAT MAR 30 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
WESTERN CHEROKEE
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EASTERN WAGONER
AT 115 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST
OF WAGONER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...HULBERT...LOST CITY...WAGONER AND
SEQUOYAH STATE PARK.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE
THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.
LAT...LON 3608 9509 3584 9514 3594 9551 3607 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 0615Z 277DEG 14KT 3599 9540The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 24 min |
| Mar 29, 9:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 37 min |
| Mar 29, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 62 min |
| Mar 29, 9:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 26 min |
| Mar 29, 9:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 2 hr |
| Mar 29, 10:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Wagoner | 34 min |
| Mar 29, 11:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Wagoner | 54 min |
| Mar 29, 11:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Wagoner | 84 min |
| Mar 30, 12:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 48 min |
| Mar 30, 12:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Wagoner | 43 min |
| Mar 30, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 42 min |
| Mar 30, 12:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 48 min |
| Mar 30, 6:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 55 min |
| Mar 30, 7:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 45 min |
| Mar 30, 7:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Rogers | 43 min |
| Mar 30, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 66 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.