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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 7, 2013Osage County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2013, 12:21 AM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 39 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
Aug 7, 2013, 12:21 AM CDT (05:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Osage County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2013-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1586 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2013-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1586 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2274 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

472 
WWUS84 KTSA 070521
SPSTSA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1221 AM CDT WED AUG 7 2013

OKZ054-059-070600-
OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-
1221 AM CDT WED AUG 7 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     WESTERN OSAGE AND PAWNEE

AT 1222 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES WEST OF GRAINOLA TO 15 MILES WEST OF
RALSTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...SHIDLER...FAIRFAX...BURBANK...APPERSON...
WEBB CITY...FORAKER...GRAINOLA AND RALSTON.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 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 3700 9648 3638 9654 3650 9704 3654 9699
      3656 9690 3659 9692 3658 9700 3658 9705
      3670 9704 3669 9695 3675 9689 3675 9683
      3677 9682 3679 9676 3701 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 0522Z 270DEG 26KT 3698 9694 3652 9698

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 1:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage, Pawnee, Washington39 min
Aug 7, 2:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Ottawa60 min
Aug 7, 3:49 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSANowata65 hr

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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.