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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at May 20, 2015, 12:27 AM CDT for Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 33 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
- May 20, 2015, 12:27 AM CDT (05:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Sebastian County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1208 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 May 19, 11:56 PM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 11:56 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1156 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015
.AVIATION...
CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM/KROG.
MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST COMMON ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA
AND WESTERN ARKANSAS THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO
EARLY WEDNESDAY. VFR CONDITIONS WILL RETURN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
TO PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 900 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015/
DISCUSSION...
STALLED FRONT LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR THIS EVENING...
WHICH HAS BEEN REINFORCED AT LEAST TEMPORARILY BY RAIN COOLED OUTFLOW.
AIR-MASS REMAINS MODERATELY UNSTABLE ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WITH VERY HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND 1.8 INCHES. ALL
SHORT TERM MODEL GUIDANCE AND RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST CONVECTIVE
COMPLEX WILL PUSH INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATER THIS EVENING INTO
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH FLOODING A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN. INCREASED
QPF AMOUNTS ACROSS AFOREMENTIONED AREA WITH WIDESPREAD 2 TO 3
INCHES LIKELY. A LIMITED SEVERE THREAT WILL ALSO CONTINUE ACROSS
THIS AREA...HOWEVER DEEP LAYER SHEAR DECREASES THE FURTHER EAST YOU
GO. UPDATE OUT SHORTLY.
&&
.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON WEDNESDAY FOR OKZ049-OKZ053-OKZ054-
OKZ055-OKZ056-OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-OKZ062-
OKZ063-OKZ064-OKZ065-OKZ066-OKZ067-OKZ068-OKZ069-OKZ070-
OKZ071-OKZ072-OKZ073-OKZ074-OKZ075-OKZ076.
AR...NONE.
&&
AVIATION...10Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 4:50 PM CDT, 7 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 450 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-201030- 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- 450 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. TORNADO. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ONSET...EARLY EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...PRIMARILY EASTERN OKLAHOMA. ONSET...EARLY EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...ELEVATED. ONSET...PRIMARILY LATE EVENING THROUGH OVERNIGHT. DISCUSSION... AREAS OF RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO SPREAD INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING INTO A MORE STABLE AIRMASS AND WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL SPREAD INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A LIMITED RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS...PRIMARILY ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WHERE THE GREATEST INSTABILITY WILL PERSIST. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL POSE A RISK FOR BOTH LARGE HAIL AND LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. CONDITIONS REMAIN CONDUCIVE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA. WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW QUICK ONSET OF FLOODING WITH ANY AREA OF HEAVY RAIN. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WEDNESDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ON WEDNESDAY WITH THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING DURING THE MORNING HOURS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHERE TEMPERATURES WARM SUFFICIENTLY. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE LIKELY GIVEN THE EXPECTED DEGREE OF INSTABILITY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL DECREASE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...BEFORE BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE WEEKEND ALONG WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL. FLOODING IS LIKELY TO BECOME A CONCERN FOR MUCH OF THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 19, 11:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1123 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015
OKZ072-074-076-200500-
HASKELL OK-LE FLORE OK-SEQUOYAH OK-
1123 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
HASKELL AND NORTHWESTERN LE FLORE
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
SOUTHERN SEQUOYAH
AT 1124 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER STIGLER...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS
STORM INCLUDE...MCCURTAIN...STIGLER...LEQUIRE...LEWISVILLE...KINTA...
KEOTA...KANIMA AND TAMAHA.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 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 3509 9529 3527 9523 3531 9520 3531 9517
3534 9518 3535 9517 3535 9514 3537 9516
3538 9514 3537 9512 3543 9508 3538 9480
3506 9494
TIME...MOT...LOC 0424Z 253DEG 31KT 3525 9508Special weather statement, May 20, 12:03 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 10:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah | 6 hr |
| May 19, 11:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 37 min |
| May 19, 11:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 5 hr |
| May 20, 12:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 42 min |
| May 20, 12:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 6 hr |
| May 20, 1:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 31 min |
| May 20, 2:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 9 days |
| May 20, 2:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 48 min |
| May 20, 3:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 39 hr |
| May 20, 3:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 15 days |
| May 20, 4:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah | 12 hr |
| May 20, 5:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 4 hr |
| May 20, 6:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 36 hr |
| May 20, 8:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 24 hr |
| May 20, 2:04 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 19 days |
| May 20, 2:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Franklin | 4 hr |
| May 20, 4:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 41 hr |
| May 20, 6:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Franklin | 2 hr |
| May 20, 8:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Franklin, Johnson, Logan | 7 days |
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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.