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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 24, 2015Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 24, 2015, 10:23 PM CDT for Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 37 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: Mar 24, 2015, 10:23 PM CDT (03:23 UTC)
Expired: Mar 24, 2015, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 222 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2437 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -2 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 Mar 24, 9:31 PM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 9:31 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 24, 8:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
817 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-251000-
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-
817 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015

...SEVERE WEATHER LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY WITH THE THREAT FOR HEAVY
   RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
        ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLS NORTH OF THE RED
RIVER. A FEW THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...
THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IN A FEW AREAS.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL...
            HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS.
MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER TROUGH WILL TRAVERSE THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY. A
WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE AS A STRONG
POLAR COLD FRONT DIVES SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL
RESULT IN WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THE STORMS
WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE LIKELY IN THE STRONGER STORMS.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY
INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND PRODUCTS OVER
THE NEXT TWO DAYS AS THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER INCREASES.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 24, 8:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
800 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015

OKZ075-076-250145-
LATIMER OK-LE FLORE OK-
800 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     WESTERN LE FLORE AND LATIMER

AT 800 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF GOWEN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. RESIDENTS
IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3500 9458 3468 9501 3475 9552 3500 9548
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 282DEG 21KT 3485 9542

Special weather statement, Mar 24, 8:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
816 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015

ARZ029-OKZ076-250200-
LE FLORE OK-SEBASTIAN AR-
816 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     CENTRAL SEBASTIAN

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHERN LE FLORE

AT 816 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF
BOKOSHE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...POTEAU...SHADY POINT...CAMERON...PANAMA...
BOKOSHE...ROCK ISLAND...CROSSROADS...MILLTOWN...HACKETT...
GREENWOOD...ARKOLA...HUNTINGTON...MIDLAND...DAYTON...WITCHERVILLE...
BURNVILLE...JENSON...EXCELSIOR AND MANSFIELD.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

LAT...LON 3514 9413 3510 9413 3510 9414 3507 9423
      3505 9422 3503 9423 3506 9485 3520 9484
      3527 9410 3514 9410
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 268DEG 36KT 3512 9475

Special weather statement, Mar 24, 8:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
826 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015

OKZ049-073-250200-
PITTSBURG OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
826 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHERN PITTSBURG AND NORTHERN PUSHMATAHA

AT 827 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHWEST
OF STANLEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...STANLEY.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

LAT...LON 3457 9568 3459 9568 3459 9569 3473 9578
      3480 9561 3470 9551 3468 9551 3468 9549
      3455 9536 3446 9562
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 325DEG 14KT 3467 9563

Special weather statement, Mar 24, 9:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
900 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015

OKZ049-075-076-250230-
LATIMER OK-LE FLORE OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
900 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHERN LE FLORE...NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA AND SOUTHERN
LATIMER.

AT 900 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF
TALIMENA STATE PARK AND ALSO 5 MILES NORTH OF KIAMICHI...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE
STORMS INCLUDE...YANUSH...BENGAL...MUSE...WHITESBORO...
TALIHINA...SUMMERFIELD...KIAMICHI...ALBION AND TALIMENA STATE PARK.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

LAT...LON 3469 9453 3451 9512 3474 9534 3491 9485
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 311DEG 19KT 3480 9488 3471 9521

Special weather statement, Mar 24, 9:48 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
948 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015

OKZ049-250315-
PUSHMATAHA OK-
948 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     WESTERN PUSHMATAHA

AT 949 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST
OF EUBANKS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...FINLEY...KOSOMA...EUBANKS AND
DUNBAR.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.

LAT...LON 3446 9579 3450 9579 3452 9576 3451 9568
      3457 9568 3460 9564 3454 9552 3434 9545
      3427 9557
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 306DEG 21KT 3447 9567

Special weather statement, Mar 24, 10:23 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1023 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015

OKZ049-250400-
PUSHMATAHA OK-
1023 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHERN PUSHMATAHA

AT 1023 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF FINLEY TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CLOUDY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...CLOUDY...FINLEY AND SNOW.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

LAT...LON 3424 9540 3436 9562 3450 9505 3449 9504
      3424 9504 3424 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 302DEG 19KT 3436 9550 3437 9519

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 24, 7:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	29 min
Mar 24, 8:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	45 min
Mar 24, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore	41 min
Mar 24, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	34 min
Mar 24, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg, Pushmataha	45 min
Mar 24, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	30 min
Mar 24, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	47 min
Mar 24, 9:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	27 min
Mar 24, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	28 min
Mar 25, 2:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes and 7 more	25 hr
Mar 25, 2:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair	45 hr
Mar 25, 2:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	3 days
Mar 25, 3:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	25 min
Mar 25, 3:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	36 min
Mar 25, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	45 min
Mar 25, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Pawnee	40 min
Mar 25, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	50 min
Mar 25, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee	45 min
Mar 25, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	41 min
Mar 25, 4:07 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	33 hr
Mar 25, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	50 min
Mar 25, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	47 min
Mar 25, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	39 min
Mar 25, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Osage, Washington	50 min
Mar 25, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	20 min
Mar 25, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	42 min
Mar 25, 5:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	32 min
Mar 25, 5:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	38 min
Mar 25, 5:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	3 hr
Mar 25, 5:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Osage, Tulsa	36 min
Mar 25, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	48 min
Mar 25, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	TSA	Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	30 min
Mar 25, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Creek, Mayes, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers and 3 more	59 min
Mar 25, 6:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Mayes, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	26 min
Mar 25, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Ottawa	32 min
Mar 25, 6:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa	4 hr
Mar 25, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	31 min
Mar 25, 6:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	27 min
Mar 25, 6:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	25 min
Mar 25, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers and 2 more	49 min
Mar 25, 6:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	32 min
Mar 24, 7:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	45 min
Mar 24, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	44 min
Mar 25, 3:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	23 min
Mar 25, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington	49 min
Mar 25, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Franklin, Madison	63 min
Mar 25, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison, Washington	54 min
Mar 25, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Washington	59 min
Mar 25, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison	15 min
Mar 25, 4:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	24 min
Mar 25, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton	25 min
Mar 25, 5:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison	46 min
Mar 25, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll	37 min
Mar 25, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	48 min
Mar 25, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll	32 min
Mar 25, 6:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Carroll	41 min
Mar 25, 6:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll	4 hr
Mar 25, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll	68 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.