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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Apr 1, 2014, 3:09 AM CDT for Crawford County, Arkansas. It was in force for 36 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
- Apr 1, 2014, 3:09 AM CDT (08:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2014, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Crawford County, AR
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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, 11:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 11:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1129 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 .DISCUSSION... THE 06Z TAF DISCUSSION IS INCLUDED BELOW. && .AVIATION... CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM. A COLD FRONT WILL GRADUALLY STALL OVER THE REGION TONIGHT...THEN WILL LIFT BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT ON TUESDAY. VFR CIGS ARE DVLPG NEAR THE FRONT NOW...AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...WITH A GRADUAL LOWERING DOWN TO HIGH END MVFR FOR THE NE OK SITES. MOISTURE RETURN SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY WILL LEAD TO MVFR CIGS AT KMLC BY TUESDAY MORNING. SKIES SHOULD TRY TO SCATTER OUT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOWEVER AT MOST SITES. CHANCES FOR TSRA SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF THE KS BORDER...SO WILL NOT INCLUDE A MENTION IN ANY TAF. LACY && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 726 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014/ ..UPDATE... DISCUSSION... A NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED ALONG A COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION AND IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE UNTIL SOMETIME AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAVE ADJUSTED THE POPS IN THE HOURLY GRIDS OVERNIGHT TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS OCCURRENCE. UPDATED PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 614 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014/ DISCUSSION... THE 00Z TAF DISCUSSION IS INCLUDED BELOW. AVIATION... CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM. MOISTURE RETURN AHEAD OF AN APPRCHG COLD FRNT HAS BROUGHT MVFR CIGS TO THE NW AR SITES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SHOULD SLIDE EAST OF THE FYV/XNA TERMINALS SOON...WITH VFR CONDITIONS RETURNING. SOME SHRA...MAYBE AN ISOLD TSRA...WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT INTO NW AR THIS EVENING...SO HAVE INSERTED A VCSH MENTION. ACRS ERN OK...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE FORECAST. WIND SHIFT WITH THE FRONT WILL SWING WINDS AROUND FROM SRLY TO NRLY TO NERLY. THE FRONT WILL EVENTUALLY STALL DOWN OVER SOUTHERN OK BY TOMORROW MORNING. LOW LVL WARM/MOIST ADVECTION ON THE COOL SIDE OF THE BOUNDARY WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO VFR/HIGH END MVFR CIGS AT THE TERMINALS ON TUESDAY...WITH SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS POSSIBLE BY AFTERNOON. LACY PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 315 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014/ DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT/DRY LINE IS POISED TO MOVE INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. FIRE WEATHER WILL BE A CONCERN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AS THIS BOUNDARY MOVES INTO THE AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF TULSA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S AND LOWER 80S AND RH VALUES FALLING INTO THE TEENS. FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS EVENING. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN ARKANSAS INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL MORE THAN LIKELY EXIT THE FORECAST AREA BEFORE VALID TIME AT 00Z TUESDAY. HOWEVER...A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY TONIGHT AS IT MOVES ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BEFORE STALLING OUT ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL WORK BACK TO THE NORTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ON TUESDAY. THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE SMALL POPS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THE WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE NORTH OF THE OKLAHOMA/KANSAS LINE. WITH THE WARM FRONT NORTH OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...THE AIR MASS ACROSS THE REGION WILL BECOME PRIMED FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS TEMPERATURES SOAR INTO THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S AND SURFACE DEW POINTS SURGE INTO THE UPPER 50S AND 60S. MEANWHILE...A MID-LEVEL LOW THAT IS CURRENTLY OFF THE NORTHWEST COAST WILL SETTLE INTO THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WHICH WILL RESULT IN A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE AREA. A SHORTWAVE EMBEDDED IN THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL INTERACT WITH THE DRY LINE ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO SPARK THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY EVENING/NIGHT. THERE WILL BE ADEQUATE INSTABILITY AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR FOR ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE. ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AS THE MID-LEVEL LOW MOVES OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES AND INTO THE PLAINS. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE DRY LINE WILL HAVE MOVED INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEAR THE DRY LINE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND PROGRESS TO THE EAST ACROSS THE AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE AIR MASS ACROSS THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING TORNADOES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME TO AN END THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA. AFTER A DRY DAY ON FRIDAY...THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS RETURN SATURDAY AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS ANOTHER MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVES OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TUL 45 68 61 80 / 0 10 30 30 FSM 53 75 60 79 / 30 20 20 40 MLC 52 72 66 79 / 50 30 20 40 BVO 38 66 53 80 / 0 0 30 30 FYV 43 71 58 76 / 40 20 30 40 BYV 43 69 57 77 / 50 10 30 40 MKO 47 71 62 79 / 50 20 20 40 MIO 39 67 56 78 / 10 10 40 40 F10 47 70 64 80 / 10 20 20 40 HHW 56 73 64 79 / 20 20 20 40 && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && AVIATION...30
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 4:57 PM CDT, 10 hours 12 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
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</html>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, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 27 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 |
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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.