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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 2, 2014Craig County, Nowata County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Oct 2, 2014, 2:26 AM CDT for Craig County, Nowata County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 34 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: Oct 2, 2014, 2:26 AM CDT (07:26 UTC)
Expired: Oct 2, 2014, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Craig County, OK, Nowata County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 1108 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1358 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.9

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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 Oct 1, 11:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 1, 11:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 1, 10:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 2, 12:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 2, 1:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 2, 1:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 2, 2:24 AM CDT, 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 2, 2:26 AM 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
Oct 2, 12:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	29 min
Oct 2, 1:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	38 min
Oct 2, 1:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	36 min
Oct 2, 2:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	36 min
Oct 2, 3:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	33 min
Oct 2, 3:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	28 min
Oct 2, 3:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Craig	4 hr
Oct 2, 5:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	33 min
Oct 2, 8:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	31 min
Oct 2, 8:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	33 min
Oct 2, 9:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	40 min
Oct 2, 10:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	47 min
Oct 2, 10:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	40 min
Oct 2, 11:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	33 min
Oct 2, 11:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	38 min
Oct 2, 12:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa, Wagoner	28 min
Oct 2, 12:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee	32 min
Oct 2, 12:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	43 min
Oct 2, 12:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	43 min
Oct 2, 12:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	37 min
Oct 2, 12:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	35 min
Oct 2, 12:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	46 min
Oct 2, 1:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Nowata, Osage, Tulsa, Washington	43 min
Oct 2, 1:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	28 min
Oct 2, 1:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	61 min
Oct 2, 1:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	45 min
Oct 2, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	53 min
Oct 2, 1:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	44 min
Oct 2, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata, Washington	48 min
Oct 2, 1:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	31 min
Oct 2, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	42 min
Oct 2, 2:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	33 min
Oct 2, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	45 min
Oct 2, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	47 min
Oct 2, 2:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	42 min
Oct 2, 2:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	49 min
Oct 2, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore	30 min
Oct 2, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	57 min
Oct 2, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Rogers	17 min
Oct 2, 2:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee	38 min
Oct 2, 2:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	33 min
Oct 2, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware	45 min
Oct 2, 3:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah	41 min
Oct 2, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa, Wagoner	43 min
Oct 2, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg	40 min
Oct 2, 3:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	46 min
Oct 2, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	44 min
Oct 2, 3:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	56 min
Oct 2, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore	41 min
Oct 2, 3:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	55 min
Oct 2, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	27 min
Oct 2, 3:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	91 min
Oct 2, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Muskogee	31 min
Oct 2, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	35 min
Oct 2, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	32 min
Oct 2, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah	24 min
Oct 2, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	47 min
Oct 2, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	26 min
Oct 2, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha, Sequoyah	52 min
Oct 2, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	46 min
Oct 2, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, LeFlore, Pushmataha	45 min
Oct 2, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	34 min
Oct 2, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah	43 min
Oct 2, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	43 min
Oct 2, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	36 min
Oct 2, 9:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	40 min
Oct 2, 10:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	28 min
Oct 2, 12:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	46 min
Oct 2, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll	47 min
Oct 2, 2:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	34 min
Oct 2, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison	44 min
Oct 2, 3:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Benton	28 min
Oct 2, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	24 min
Oct 2, 4:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton, Carroll	56 min
Oct 2, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll, Madison	40 min
Oct 2, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison	33 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Oklahoma, 2014 Every 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.