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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 23, 2014Ottawa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2014, 12:48 PM CDT for Ottawa 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: Jul 23, 2014, 12:48 PM CDT (17:48 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2014, 1:15 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Ottawa 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 Jul 23, 9:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 9:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
959 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014

...UPDATE...

.DISCUSSION...
MAIN FORECAST ISSUE THIS MORNING IS POSSIBLE CONVECTION SPREADING
SOUTH INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE
WEAKENING COMPLEX IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. INCREASED POPS ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST TO SLIGHT CHANCE. SHOULD THE COMPLEX HOLD
TOGETHER...THIS WILL AFFECT TEMPERATURES ACROSS THIS AREA...SO MAY
NEED TO ADJUST THE COVERAGE OF THE HEAT ADVISORY. ADDITIONAL
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVER FAR EAST OK AND
WEST AR. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH MAIN THREAT BEING
STRONG WINDS.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 614 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014/

AVIATION...
CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM.
FOR THE 12Z TAFS... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT ALL SITES
THROUGHOUT THE 24 HOUR FORECAST PERIOD. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY
DEVELOP LATER TODAY. HAVE REPRESENTED THIS POSSIBILITY WITH VCTS
AND PROB30 GROUPS IN THE AFFECTED TAFS.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM WEDNESDAY FOR OKZ060.

     HEAT ADVISORY FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM WEDNESDAY FOR OKZ054-
     OKZ055-OKZ056-OKZ057-OKZ059-OKZ061-OKZ062-OKZ064-OKZ065-
     OKZ066-OKZ067-OKZ068-OKZ070-OKZ071-OKZ072-OKZ073-OKZ074-
     OKZ075-OKZ076.

AR...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM WEDNESDAY FOR ARZ019-
     ARZ020-ARZ029.

&&

SHORT TERM...16

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 12:10 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 11:53 AM CDT, 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1153 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014

OKZ054>057-231800-
CRAIG OK-NOWATA OK-OSAGE OK-WASHINGTON OK-
1153 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

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

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHWESTERN CRAIG...NOWATA...NORTHEASTERN OSAGE AND WASHINGTON

AT 1154 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 29 MILES NORTHEAST OF SOUTH COFFEYVILLE TO 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF HULAH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...NOWATA...DELAWARE...
LENAPAH...WANN...HULAH...BARTLESVILLE...DEWEY...COPAN...HOLLOW...
SOUTH COFFEYVILLE AND WAH SHA SHE STATE PARK.

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 9502 3660 9573 3660 9581 3655 9581
      3654 9583 3698 9616 3701 9612
TIME...MOT...LOC 1654Z 312DEG 14KT 3736 9540 3698 9599

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 12:34 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1234 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014

OKZ058-231800-
OTTAWA OK-
1234 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

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

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     OTTAWA

AT 1234 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF PICHER TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CARDIN TO 10 MILES WEST OF NARCISSA...MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH. SOME
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...MIAMI...
COMMERCE...AFTON...FAIRLAND...NARCISSA...WYANDOTTE...OTTAWA...
PEORIA...QUAPAW...CARDIN...PICHER AND TWIN BRIDGES STATE PARK.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3700 9461 3667 9474 3667 9499 3691 9500
      3695 9500 3696 9502 3699 9503 3700 9483
      3700 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 1734Z 339DEG 31KT 3725 9473 3699 9490
          3684 9510

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 12:45 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 12:48 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
Jul 23, 11:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata, Washington	67 min
Jul 23, 12:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Rogers, Washington	39 min
Jul 23, 12:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	26 min
Jul 23, 12:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Wagoner	48 min
Jul 23, 12:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	30 min
Jul 23, 1:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa	41 min
Jul 23, 1:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	45 min
Jul 23, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Rogers, Sequoyah, Wagoner	45 min
Jul 23, 2:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more	41 min
Jul 23, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more	44 min
Jul 23, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	65 min
Jul 23, 4:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	46 min
Jul 23, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	55 min
Jul 23, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	40 min
Jul 23, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	17 min
Jul 23, 2:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	48 min
Jul 23, 3:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Franklin	116 min
Jul 23, 4:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Franklin	5 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.