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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 30, 2013, 7:32 AM CDT for Craig County, Nowata County, Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 43 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, 7:32 AM CDT (12:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2013, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Craig County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Rogers County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 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 30, 6:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 6:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 623 AM CDT SAT MAR 30 2013 .AVIATION... CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM. VARIABLE SKY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WITH AREAS OF MVFR/IFR CIGS MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST OK AND WEST CENTRAL AR. LOCALIZED LOWER CIGS/VSBYS WILL OCCUR WITH SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SOME IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH AREAS OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AGAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 457 AM CDT SAT MAR 30 2013/ DISCUSSION... WAVE TRAIN ROLLING ALONG IN NORTHWEST FLOW HAULING CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS PROVED EFFICIENT HAIL PRODUCERS OVERNIGHT. IN THE SHORT TERM FOLLOWED HRRR MODEL WHICH HAS BEEN GOOD LAST SIX HOURS WITH CONVECTIVE ACTION. BULK OF CURRENT PRECIP EAST OF NORTHWEST AR ZONES AROUND 18Z. QUESTION THEN BECOMES WHAT BOUNDARIES ARE LEFT BEHIND TO FIRE LATE AFTERNOON..OR EVENING. TEMPERATURES INTO THE MID 70S THIS AFTERNOON..IN ADVANCE OF A WEAK COOL FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGGING INTO THE FORECAST AREA WILL LIKELY IGNITE ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDER. CAPE VALUES IN THE 2000 J/KG NEIGHBORHOOD AND SUFFICIENT SHEAR WILL BE CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL PRODUCTION. CONVECTION MIGRATING SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT LEAVING MOST AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 WITH A DRY WARM EASTER. SHOWERS THUNDER MOST LIKELY NEAR OR SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER. NEXT WAVE AND REAL COLD FRONT ARRIVE SOMETIME MONDAY. WRF VERY FAST AND THE OUTLIER IN BRINGING IN THE COLD AIR COMPARED TO MOST OF THE OTHER MODELS. RESULTING WRF MOS BASED MAX TEMPS SOME 15 TO 20 DEGREES COLDER FOR NORTHERN LOCATIONS. USED FOUR MODEL MAX TEMP. MODEL DIFFERENCES CONTINUE TO PLAGUE THE MIDWEEK TIME PERIOD. ECMWF CONSISTENT WITH ITSELF BRINGING AN UPPER LOW DIRECTLY OVER FORECAST AREA. MEANWHILE GFS WEAKER DRIER... MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH THE FEATURE. ECMWF TOO GOOD TO TOTALLY IGNORE..CHANCE POPS MIDWEEK. GW && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TUL 77 51 73 43 / 50 60 10 10 FSM 73 56 74 48 / 80 60 30 10 MLC 75 55 73 48 / 50 60 30 10 BVO 76 46 72 40 / 40 50 10 10 FYV 69 51 70 42 / 90 70 20 0 BYV 67 49 69 41 / 90 70 10 0 MKO 75 54 72 46 / 60 60 20 10 MIO 71 47 71 42 / 70 60 0 10 F10 76 54 72 47 / 50 60 20 10 HHW 74 57 72 53 / 60 60 60 10 && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && AVIATION...18
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 5:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 500 AM CDT SAT MAR 30 2013 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-311000- 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- 500 AM CDT SAT MAR 30 2013 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AS AN UPPER WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD MOSTLY REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. DESPITE CLOUD COVER...EXPECT GOOD WARMING TODAY WITH SURFACE BASED CAPES NEAR 2000 J/KG ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON. REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THIS MORNINGS CONVECTION ALONG WITH DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARIES SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO FOCUS SCATTERED REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE DAY. INSTABILITY AND SUFFICIENT SPEED SHEAR WOULD SUPPORT A FEW SEVERE STORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTH OUT OF KANSAS. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ON SUNDAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCES MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. A STRONGER COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON MONDAY...BRINGING YET ANOTHER CHANCE OF STORMS. MUCH COOLER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ALONG WITH PERIODIC CHANCES OF RAIN. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 6:35 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
635 AM CDT SAT MAR 30 2013
OKZ054>056-301230-
NOWATA OK-OSAGE OK-WASHINGTON OK-
635 AM CDT SAT MAR 30 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NOWATA...NORTHERN OSAGE AND WASHINGTON
AT 635 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOUTH COFFEYVILLE TO 14 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WAH SHA SHE STATE PARK TO 6 MILES NORTH OF GRAINOLA...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY
THESE STORMS INCLUDE...NOWATA...DELAWARE...LENAPAH...WANN...
PAWHUSKA...OKESA...PEARSONIA...BIGHEART...FORAKER...HULAH...
GRAINOLA...BARTLESVILLE...DEWEY...COPAN...SOUTH COFFEYVILLE...OSAGE
HILLS STATE PARK AND WAH SHA SHE STATE PARK.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
LAT...LON 3701 9545 3699 9543 3666 9544 3662 9654
3695 9676 3700 9676
TIME...MOT...LOC 1135Z 309DEG 38KT 3721 9583 3705 9622
3700 9662Special weather statement, Mar 30, 7:32 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The 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, 1:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Wagoner | 45 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, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 66 min |
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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.