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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 31, 2014Creek County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2014, 7:33 PM CDT for Creek County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 27 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: Mar 31, 2014, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Creek 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 Mar 31, 7:26 PM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 7:26 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 4:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
457 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-011000-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
457 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
	RISK...LIMITED.
        AREA...FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
        ONSET...ONGOING.

SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

FIRE WEATHER DANGER.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 44.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
AS A COLD FRONT AND DRYLINE CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS
EVENING... THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL OF AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM
OR TWO ALONG THE FRONT. VERY DRY AIR BEHIND THE FRONT/DRYLINE AND
WARM TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY WINDS TO CREATE AN
ELEVATED RISK OF WILDFIRES INTO THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE
LATER IN THE EVENING AS TEMPERATURES COOL AND WINDS EASE.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
TONIGHT... STALL EARLY TUESDAY AND THEN LIFT BACK NORTHWARD AS A
WARM FRONT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW
FOR CONTINUED CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT. DURING THE DAY TUESDAY... SOUTH OF THE WARM
FRONT... GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING AN INCREASING FIRE
DANGER.

THE WARM FRONT IS FORECAST TO STALL JUST NORTH OF THE REGION
WEDNESDAY... WHILE A DRYLINE SETS UP JUST TO THE WEST. INCREASING
MOISTURE AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP FOR
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... INCREASING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ACROSS
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL
CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SEVERE WEATHER WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY BEFORE A COLD FRONT PUSHES BACK THROUGH THE REGION
THURSDAY NIGHT. DETAILS WILL CONTINUE TO BE REFINED... THOUGH ALL
MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER LOOK TO BE POSSIBLE.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
POTENTIAL FOR MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SEVERE WEATHER INCREASES
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AS DETAILS
AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS CONTINUE TO BE REFINED. A REVIEW OF YOUR
SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY AND ACTION PLANS IS RECOMMENDED.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 7:24 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 7:33 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
Mar 31, 7:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	36 min
Mar 31, 7:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	30 min
Mar 31, 7:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	34 min
Mar 31, 7:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	34 min
Mar 31, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	26 min
Mar 31, 8:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	29 min
Mar 31, 8:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	37 min
Mar 31, 8:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	33 min
Mar 31, 9:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	25 min
Apr 1, 3:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	36 min

Nearby

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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.