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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 8, 2014LeFlore County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2014, 8:40 PM CDT for LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 35 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 8, 2014, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2014, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County LeFlore County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 250 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 75 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1334 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

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

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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 Jul 8, 6:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 6:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 5:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
512 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-091000-
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-
512 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DANGEROUS HEAT.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS INTO
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL GRADUALLY DRIFT SOUTH THIS EVENING AND
EVENTUALLY STALL SOUTH OF I-40 TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND NEAR THE FRONT THROUGH
TONIGHT...WITH GREATEST COVERAGE FAVORING NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS
EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND
THE MAIN THREAT.

HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES WILL CONTINUE SOUTH
OF THE FRONT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BEGIN TO LIFT NORTH AS A WARM FRONT LATE
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT WITH A LIMITED SEVERE
WEATHER RISK.

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL RETURN FOR THE END OF THE WEEK
AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
507 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014

ARZ011-082230-
MADISON AR-
507 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     EASTERN MADISON

AT 507 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST
OF WITTER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...RED STAR...WEATHERS...KINGSTON AND
WITTER.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME 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 3594 9348 3593 9348 3592 9350 3588 9350
      3586 9352 3594 9371 3609 9366 3605 9344
      3597 9345
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 288DEG 15KT 3599 9364

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 6:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
608 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014

ARZ011-020-090015-
FRANKLIN AR-MADISON AR-
608 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     SOUTHERN MADISON

AT 608 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COMBS TO PETTIGREW...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE
STORMS INCLUDE...RED STAR...SAINT PAUL...PETTIGREW...COMBS...
BRASHEARS...DUTTON AND BOSTON.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL AND 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 3576 9352 3576 9369 3566 9369 3566 9370
      3579 9396 3582 9396 3588 9352 3577 9351
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 304DEG 20KT 3577 9392 3582 9362

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 7:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
710 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014

ARZ010-019-020-090115-
CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-WASHINGTON AR-
710 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     NORTHERN FRANKLIN

AT 710 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF BIDVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...PARADISE...TAFT...BIDVILLE...
WATALULA...JETHRO...BARNES...TURNERS BEND...CASS AND REDDING.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL AND 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 3553 9381 3570 9409 3582 9403 3579 9396
      3576 9396 3577 9391 3567 9369
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 304DEG 14KT 3572 9401

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 7:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
725 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014

OKZ073-090115-
PITTSBURG OK-
725 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     WESTERN PITTSBURG

AT 725 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
ARPELAR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...SAVANNA...HAYWOOD AND ARPELAR.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL AND 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 3507 9608 3503 9576 3481 9582 3488 9610
      3505 9610
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 282DEG 13KT 3497 9605

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 7:49 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
749 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014

OKZ073-090115-
PITTSBURG OK-
749 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CENTRAL PITTSBURG

AT 749 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ALDERSON...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS
STORM INCLUDE...MCALESTER...HARTSHORNE...HAILEYVILLE...DOW...BACHE...
ALDERSON...KREBS AND MCALESTER REGIONAL AIRPORT.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

LAT...LON 3498 9550 3482 9552 3488 9580 3503 9576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 284DEG 15KT 3492 9567

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 8:40 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
840 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014

OKZ076-090215-
LE FLORE OK-
840 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHERN LE FLORE

AT 840 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHWEST
OF BIG CEDAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...BIG CEDAR.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

LAT...LON 3478 9449 3463 9461 3475 9490 3488 9482
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 295DEG 16KT 3479 9479

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 7:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	50 min
Jul 8, 7:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	26 min
Jul 8, 10:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	28 min
Jul 8, 10:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	34 min
Jul 8, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	65 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.