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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 18, 2013Franklin County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2013, 7:22 PM CDT for Franklin County, Arkansas. It was in force for 23 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 18, 2013, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2013, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Franklin County, AR

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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 18, 6:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 6:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 4:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 3:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
300 PM CDT THU JUL 18 2013

OKZ073-182030-
PITTSBURG OK-
300 PM CDT THU JUL 18 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHWESTERN PITTSBURG

AT 301 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES EAST OF BLANCO TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
PITTSBURG...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...KIOWA...PITTSBURG...BLANCO AND
SAVANNA.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

LAT...LON 3460 9589 3468 9589 3468 9609 3488 9595
      3475 9562 3459 9574 3459 9588
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 118DEG 11KT 3476 9573 3460 9586

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 3:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 7:07 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 7:22 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 19, 2:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	40 min
Jul 19, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	55 min
Jul 19, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	46 min
Jul 19, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	28 min
Jul 19, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	33 min
Jul 19, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	32 min
Jul 19, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	37 min
Jul 18, 7:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	23 min
Jul 18, 8:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	24 min
Jul 19, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	27 min
Jul 19, 1:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	46 min
Jul 19, 1:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	51 min
Jul 19, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	44 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Arkansas, 2013 Every special weather statement in 2013

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.