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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jun 12, 2014, 2:51 AM CDT for Creek County, Okfuskee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 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
- Jun 12, 2014, 2:51 AM CDT (07:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2014, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Creek County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 1021 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -307 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 Jun 11, 11:51 PM CDT, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 11:51 PM CDT, 3 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1151 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014 .AVIATION... CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM. FLYING CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING AS AN MCS MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE FROM WEST TO EAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 939 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014/ DISCUSSION... AN MCS IS IN THE PROCESS OF ORGANIZING ACROSS KANSAS AT THIS TIME AND THIS SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO ACCELERATE TO THE SOUTHEAST OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY MAINTAIN THEIR INTENSITY UNTIL THEY REACH OUR FORECAST AREA...AND THEN BEGIN TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS THEY ENCOUNTER A MORE STABLE AIRMASS...ESPECIALLY TO THE EAST OF HIGHWAY 75. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE GREATEST THREAT...MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 75. THE STRONGER STORMS AND HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PROPAGATE MORE SOUTH THAN EAST LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. HAVE SPED UP THE PROGRESS OF THE MCS FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST WHICH RESULTS IN HIGHER POPS LATE TONIGHT AND LOWER POPS THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MADE A FEW OTHER MINOR ADJUSTMENTS AS WELL BUT NOTHING MAJOR. UPDATE ON THE WAY. && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && SHORT TERM...99 LONG TERM....99 AVIATION...10
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 5:10 PM CDT, 9 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 510 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-121000- 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- 510 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 75. ONSET...AFTER 1 AM. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 75. ONSET...AFTER 1 AM. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...MAINLY WST OF HIGHWAY 75. ONSET...AFTER 1 AM. DISCUSSION... A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE THIS EVENING ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO AND WESTERN KANSAS AND WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND POSSIBLY FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD CREATE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS THAT RECENTLY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK LIKELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THURSDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS. SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THURSDAY MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE DAY WITH CHANCES TAPERING OFF THURSDAY NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH THE GREATER THREAT ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS INSTABILITY BEGINS TO INCREASE WITH DAYTIME HEATING. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK ACROSS THE REGION AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST AND STALLS. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 2:23 AM CDT, 28 minutes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 2:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington | 52 min |
| Jun 12, 4:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 54 min |
| Jun 12, 4:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 63 min |
| Jun 12, 5:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 55 min |
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Special Weather Statements in Oklahoma, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014
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.