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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at May 15, 2013, 5:01 PM CDT for Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 29 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
- May 15, 2013, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2013, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Okfuskee County, OK
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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 May 15, 3:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 15, 3:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 342 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013 .DISCUSSION... MID LEVEL CIRCULATION LIFTING INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA IS IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING INTO A MORE DEFINED LOW CENTER...WHICH WILL VERY SLOWLY TRACK EASTWARD AND MAINTAIN AN INFLUENCE ON THE REGIONAL WEATHER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS CENTRAL OK INTO WESTERN AR IS OPERATING IN AN UNSTABLE YET WEAKLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT WHICH WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED SVR POTENTIAL INTO THE EVENING. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO BE MAINTAINED INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A PLUME OF HIGHER MOISTURE CONTINUES TO BE ADVECTED ALONG THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER LOW CENTER. EXPANSIVE CLOUDS / PRECIP WILL CONTINUE THE COOLER HIGH TEMPS ON THURSDAY. RIDGING ALOFT STRENGTHENS FRIDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE UPPER LOW WITH RAPIDLY WARMING LOW LEVEL TEMP PROFILES. THIS WILL ALSO SERVE TO STRENGTHEN THE LOW LEVEL CAPPING INVERSION WHICH WILL BE IN PLACE AHEAD OF THE NEXT UPPER TROUGH WHICH WILL BEGIN TO INFLUENCE THE PLAINS ON SATURDAY. CURRENT DATA FAVORS THE NECESSITY OF APPRECIABLE SFC BOUNDARIES TO FOCUS STORMS GIVEN THE CAPPED NATURE OF THE WARM SECTOR...AND THE CLOSEST BOUNDARY TO OUR AREA WILL BE THE SHARPENING DRYLINE ACROSS WESTERN OK. STORMS WHICH DEVELOP ALONG THIS ZONE FRIDAY WILL STRUGGLE TO MAKE IT THIS FAR EAST BEFORE DISSIPATING...WITH THE DRYLINE SHIFTING SLIGHTLY FURTHER EASTWARD ON SUNDAY WITH THE LIKELIHOOD OF A PASSING SPEED MAX AIDING INTO STORM DEVELOPMENT. FORECAST SHEAR/INSTABILITY PARAMETERS WILL FAVOR SUPERCELLS THAT MAY EVOLVE INTO A LARGER COMPLEX SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH NORTHERN LOCATIONS THE MOST LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED. STORM OUTFLOW AND/OR A WEAK COLD FRONT LOOK TO BE IN THE AREA ON MONDAY...AND AGAIN STRONG INSTABILITY WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY. FLOW ALOFT REMAINS STRONG HOWEVER THE LOW LEVEL FLOW LOOKS TO WEAKEN AND VEER CONSIDERABLY...WITH THIS SCENARIO FAVORING SVR STORMS INITIALLY ALONG AND NEAR THE BOUNDARY WITH A TRANSITION TOWARD HEAVY RAIN CONCERNS AS THE BOUNDARY SLOWLY SAGS SOUTHWARD. STORM CHANCES MAY LINGER INTO TUESDAY PENDING THE SOUTHWARD PUSH OF THE SFC BOUNDARY...WHILE THE FLOW ALOFT LOOKS TO TRANSITION TO UPPER RIDGING AND LESS ACTIVE BY MID/LATE WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TUL 64 78 66 84 / 60 30 10 10 FSM 64 74 64 80 / 70 60 30 10 MLC 64 74 65 80 / 70 40 10 10 BVO 62 79 62 87 / 50 30 10 10 FYV 61 73 60 80 / 70 50 30 10 BYV 60 72 61 82 / 60 50 30 10 MKO 63 75 63 82 / 70 50 10 10 MIO 63 77 63 85 / 50 40 20 10 F10 64 75 65 81 / 70 30 10 10 HHW 63 76 65 80 / 60 40 20 10 && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && LONG TERM....07
Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 4:54 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
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</html>In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 15, 4:09 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
409 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
OKZ053-152200-
CHOCTAW OK-
409 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EASTERN CHOCTAW
AT 410 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF ORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...HUGO...ORD...FROGVILLE...GRANT...
GOODLAND...SAWYER...FORT TOWSON...SWINK...MESSER...HUSKEY...FALLON...
APPLE...HUGO LAKE STATE PARK AND RAYMOND GARY STATE PARK.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 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 9547 3387 9551 3389 9551 3388 9555
3393 9557 3392 9562 3414 9550 3415 9515
3409 9515 3387 9530 3388 9533 3387 9534
3386 9542
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 209DEG 30KT 3385 9553Local storm report, May 15, 4:34 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
434 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM HAIL HUGO 34.01N 95.51W
05/15/2013 E1.00 INCH CHOCTAW OK TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
RJSLocal storm report, May 15, 4:43 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
443 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM HAIL GRANT 33.94N 95.51W
05/15/2013 E0.88 INCH CHOCTAW OK PUBLIC
ABOUT NICKEL SIZE HAIL FELL AT THE CHOCTAW CASINO.
&&
AEJSpecial weather statement, May 15, 5:01 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
501 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
OKZ065-152230-
OKFUSKEE OK-
501 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
SOUTHEASTERN OKFUSKEE
AT 502 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF
BEARDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...OKEMAH...WELEETKA...BEARDEN AND
CLEARVIEW.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY 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 3537 9645 3555 9630 3534 9604 3528 9614
3528 9643 3529 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 224DEG 13KT 3522 9641The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 51 min |
| May 15, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 29 min |
| May 15, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 38 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.