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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 14, 2013Rogers County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2013, 4:15 PM CDT for Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 30 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: Jul 14, 2013, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2013, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Rogers County, OK

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The text

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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 Jul 14, 3:41 PM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 3:41 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
341 PM CDT SUN JUL 14 2013

.DISCUSSION...
THE UNUSUAL WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
THE H5 LOW WILL IS OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL
CONTINUE TO DRIFT TO THE WEST...EXPECTED TO REACH THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE BY THE END OF THE DAY MONDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL FOLLOW
WITH THE LOW AND THE CHANCES OF RAIN WILL MOVE WEST. BEST CHANCES
FOR RAIN WILL BE WEST AND SOUTH OF A LINE CONNECTING TULSA AND FORT
SMITH. BY WEDNESDAY ONLY SLIGHT CHANCES REMAIN AS AN H5 RIDGE OF
HIGHER PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA FROM THE EAST. SURFACE
HEATING MAY PROVIDE ENOUGH LIFT FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ON
WEDNESDAY. FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...THE WEATHER
SHOULD BE WARM AND DRY.

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL THROUGH MONDAY AND
NEAR OR A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL AFTER THAT. LOWS WILL SHOULD BE
PLEASANT FOR A COUPLE OF NIGHTS...AS DEW POINTS HAVE DROPPED INTO
THE 50S AND 60S. THESE WILL RECOVER LATER IN THE WEEK AND
OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL ALSO WARM.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   68  87  70  90 /  30  40  30  30
FSM   68  91  70  91 /  30  30  30  40
MLC   66  88  69  90 /  50  40  30  30
BVO   65  89  66  91 /  30  30  20  30
FYV   64  87  67  87 /  30  30  20  30
BYV   66  87  68  89 /  20  30  20  30
MKO   68  88  69  90 /  30  40  30  30
MIO   67  92  69  91 /  20  20  20  30
F10   68  86  69  89 /  40  40  30  30
HHW   68  87  69  90 /  50  40  30  30

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

LONG TERM....02

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 12:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:15 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	24 min
Jul 14, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	23 min
Jul 14, 4:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	35 min
Jul 14, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	27 min
Jul 14, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	29 min
Jul 14, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	28 min
Jul 14, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	35 min
Jul 14, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	30 min
Jul 14, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	28 min
Jul 14, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	56 min
Jul 14, 5:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	35 min
Jul 14, 5:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	25 min
Jul 14, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	37 min
Jul 14, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	35 min
Jul 14, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg	57 min
Jul 14, 6:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	39 min
Jul 14, 6:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	26 min
Jul 14, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	44 min
Jul 14, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	23 min
Jul 14, 6:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	46 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.