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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 21, 2013, 11:15 PM CDT for Ottawa 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
- Jul 21, 2013, 11:15 PM CDT (04:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2013, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Ottawa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 1113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 759 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 21, 9:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 9:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 10:35 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1035 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2013
OKZ058-220415-
OTTAWA OK-
1035 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
OTTAWA
AT 1035 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF COMMERCE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MIAMI...COMMERCE...FAIRLAND...
NARCISSA...WYANDOTTE...OTTAWA...PEORIA...QUAPAW...CARDIN AND TWIN
BRIDGES STATE PARK.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS
TO 40 MPH.
LAT...LON 3689 9461 3666 9469 3682 9499 3701 9495
3701 9489
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 307DEG 14KT 3690 9492Special weather statement, Jul 21, 11:12 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1112 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2013
OKZ058-063-220500-
DELAWARE OK-OTTAWA OK-
1112 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHEASTERN DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN OTTAWA
AT 1113 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST
OF FAIRLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...FAIRLAND...WYANDOTTE...TIFF CITY AND
TWIN BRIDGES STATE PARK.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
LAT...LON 3673 9461 3666 9461 3659 9483 3682 9492
3686 9477
TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 324DEG 14KT 3677 9481Special weather statement, Jul 21, 11:15 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1115 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2013
OKZ057-058-220500-
CRAIG OK-OTTAWA OK-
1115 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHEASTERN CRAIG AND NORTHERN OTTAWA
AT 1115 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES WEST OF CARDIN TO 2 MILES EAST OF QUAPAW...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY
THESE STORMS INCLUDE...COMMERCE...OTTAWA...PEORIA...QUAPAW...CARDIN
AND PICHER.
THESE STORMS 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 3700 9465 3691 9460 3681 9461 3680 9461
3692 9503 3700 9512 3701 9469
TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 316DEG 11KT 3704 9507 3694 9475The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 10:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 11:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 54 min |
| Jul 22, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 44 min |
| Jul 22, 1:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 38 min |
| Jul 22, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 63 min |
| Jul 22, 9:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 1:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 44 min |
| Jul 22, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 28 min |
| Jul 22, 1:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Tulsa | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 2:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Wagoner | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 45 min |
| Jul 22, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Wagoner | 52 min |
| Jul 22, 2:55 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg | 4 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 46 min |
| Jul 22, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 50 min |
| Jul 22, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 47 min |
| Jul 22, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 64 min |
| Jul 22, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 36 min |
| Jul 22, 12:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 67 min |
| Jul 22, 1:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Madison | 36 min |
| Jul 22, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 57 min |
| Jul 22, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 41 min |
| Jul 22, 2:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Madison | 31 min |
| Jul 22, 4:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 44 min |
| Jul 22, 5:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 23 min |
| Jul 22, 5:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 6:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Madison | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 7:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 9:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 33 min |
| Jul 22, 10:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 24 min |
| Jul 22, 10:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 45 min |
| Jul 22, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 22 min |
| Jul 22, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Madison | 37 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.