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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 8, 2014Washington County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2014, 4:44 PM CDT for Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 31 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
Aug 8, 2014, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2014, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Washington County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 175 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2014-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 587 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2014-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
587 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 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 Aug 8, 3:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 3:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
307 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014

.DISCUSSION...

A SHORT TERM HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE
FORT SMITH AREA DOWN INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AS DEWPOINTS IN THE
MID 70S AND TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 90S ARE YIELDING HEAT INDICES
NEAR 105 DEGREES.

TYPICAL SUMMER LIKE UPPER AND SURFACE PATTERN ACROSS THE PLAINS
TODAY. THE FLOW ALOFT IS NEARLY ZONAL...SANDWICHED BETWEEN A MID
LVL RIDGE TO OUR SOUTH AND A LOW LIFTING NORTHEAST INTO SD. AT
THE SURFACE...A SURFACE TROUGH/BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM WESTERN NORTH
TX ACROSS SOUTHEAST OK AND WEST CENTRAL AR TO THE MO BOOTHEEL. A
VERY JUICY AIRMASS IS IN PLACE OVER THE ENTIRE REGION...WITH
DEWPOINTS HANGING IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. MEANWHILE...A PLUME OF
SUBTROPICAL AIR HAS SPREAD OVER THE REGION IN THE MID LVLS.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THIS BROAD ZONE
OF RICH MOISTURE AND WEAK CONVERGENCE NEAR SAID SURFACE
TROUGH/BOUNDARY. MORE WDLY SCATTERED DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE
TONIGHT AS UPPER SYSTEM/JET STREAK PASS BY TO OUR NORTH.

THE NEXT DISCERNIBLE SYSTEM WILL CREST THE SOUTH CENTRAL STATES
RIDGE AND DIVE SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT. WILL CONTINUE THEME OF PREVIOUS FORECASTS AND
KEEP POPS HIGHER DURING THIS TIME FRAME.

THE EURO AND GFS HAVE LATCHED BACK ONTO A MORE AGGRESSIVE AND
FARTHER WEST DIGGING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE GREAT LAKES EARLY NEXT
WEEK. THIS SHOULD BRING A DECENT COLD FRONT SOUTH THRU THE PLAINS
MONDAY. A COUPLE OF NICE DAYS ARE IN STORE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
WITH HIGHS DROPPING BACK INTO THE 80S AND LOWS IN THE 60S. CHANCES
OF RAIN WILL INCREASE TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK IN A NW FLOW
PATTERN ALOFT.

LACY/16

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   73  94  74  95 /  40  30  30  30
FSM   75  96  74  95 /  40  30  20  20
MLC   74  96  74  97 /  40  30  20  20
BVO   70  93  70  94 /  40  30  30  30
FYV   70  91  69  91 /  50  30  20  40
BYV   69  90  68  90 /  50  30  20  40
MKO   72  94  72  95 /  50  30  20  20
MIO   70  92  72  92 /  40  30  30  40
F10   73  94  74  96 /  40  30  20  20
HHW   75  97  74  98 /  20  20  10  10

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

LONG TERM....30-16
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 12:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1251 PM CDT FRI AUG 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-
1251 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA... EASTERN OKLAHOMA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...TONIGHT.

DANGEROUS HEAT.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON.

DISCUSSION...
ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR ANY LEFT
OVER BOUNDARIES FROM THIS MORNINGS CONVECTION. A FEW STORMS MAY BE
STRONG...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.

AREAS THAT RECEIVE THE MOST SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON MAY SEE HEAT
INDEX VALUES BRIEFLY APPROACH 105 IN SOME PLACES...MAINLY ACROSS
EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS MAY INCREASE IN
COVERAGE TO THE NORTH OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. A LIMITED SEVERE
WEATHER RISK WILL EXIST WITH THESE STORMS...WITH LARGE HAIL BEING
THE MAIN RISK TONIGHT.

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

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

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND
BEFORE IT GETS A PUSH TO THE SOUTH MONDAY. THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ALONG WITH A LIMITED
SEVERE POTENTIAL. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO
APPROACH 105 IN SOME PLACES...MAINLY TO THE SOUTH OF THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:51 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
351 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014

OKZ076-082115-
LE FLORE OK-
351 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     EASTERN LE FLORE

AT 351 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HEAVENER
RUNESTONE STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...HODGEN...HEAVENER...
HOWE AND HEAVENER RUNESTONE STATE PARK.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY 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 3483 9469 3484 9469 3501 9463 3498 9445
      3492 9444 3475 9445
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 246DEG 10KT 3490 9455
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:09 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
409 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014

ARZ010-011-019-020-082145-
CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-MADISON AR-WASHINGTON AR-
409 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD...SOUTHWESTERN MADISON AND EASTERN
     WASHINGTON

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     NORTHERN FRANKLIN

AT 409 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WOOLSEY TO MOUNTAIN TOP...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL 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 3546 9370 3576 9432 3611 9419 3588 9369
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 336DEG 17KT 3587 9414 3562 9371
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:10 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
410 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014

OKZ054-055-082145-
OSAGE OK-WASHINGTON OK-
410 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     EASTERN OSAGE AND WASHINGTON

AT 411 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST
OF OCHELATA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...BARTLESVILLE...RAMONA AND OCHELATA.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL 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 3672 9582 3648 9582 3660 9616 3676 9608
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 290DEG 11KT 3665 9601
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:13 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
413 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014

OKZ074-082145-
HASKELL OK-
413 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CENTRAL HASKELL

AT 413 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTH OF
KANIMA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...KEOTA AND KANIMA.

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

LAT...LON 3534 9483 3520 9490 3520 9493 3515 9493
      3517 9514 3534 9511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 278DEG 9KT 3524 9501
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:44 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
444 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014

OKZ055-056-061-082215-
NOWATA OK-ROGERS OK-WASHINGTON OK-
444 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHWESTERN NOWATA...NORTHWESTERN ROGERS AND WASHINGTON

AT 444 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST
OF RAMONA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...WATOVA...OOLOGAH...TALALA AND
RAMONA.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

LAT...LON 3663 9553 3643 9572 3652 9596 3667 9585
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 286DEG 16KT 3658 9582

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 6:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek46 min
Aug 8, 7:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek36 min
Aug 8, 7:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee, Tulsa47 min
Aug 8, 2:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair34 min
Aug 8, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Delaware44 min
Aug 8, 3:11 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryTSAChoctaw, Haskell, Latimer, Pushmataha5 hr
Aug 8, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair29 min
Aug 8, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee8 min
Aug 8, 3:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAAdair115 min
Aug 8, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore24 min
Aug 8, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington35 min
Aug 8, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell32 min
Aug 8, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore27 min
Aug 8, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage29 min
Aug 8, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes40 min
Aug 8, 5:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage26 min
Aug 8, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore33 min
Aug 8, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig37 min
Aug 8, 6:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee31 min
Aug 8, 6:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig52 min
Aug 8, 6:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee24 min
Aug 8, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAFranklin25 min
Aug 8, 4:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington36 min
Aug 8, 4:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACrawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington116 min
Aug 8, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAFranklin45 min
Aug 8, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian28 min
Aug 8, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian41 min

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