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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2015, 3:11 PM CDT for Creek County, Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 64 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 26, 2015, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2015, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Creek County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 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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</html>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 May 26, 12:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 12:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 112 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2015 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-271015- 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- 112 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2015 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 ONSET...THIS EVENING. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. DISCUSSION... THERE WILL BE AT LEAST A LOW CHANCE OF ISOLATED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT BY LATE AFTERNOON...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THERE ARE GROWING CONCERNS THAT ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING TO OUR WEST AND NORTHWEST...AND EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST IMPACTS WOULD BE ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND PERHAPS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. WHILE DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE A CONCERN...THE GREATEST THREAT WILL COME FROM ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL. SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO RAPID WATER RUNOFF AND POTENTIAL FLOODING FROM ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED FOR PARTS OF THE AREA TONIGHT...AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING AND FINE TUNING THE FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED FOR LATE AFTERNOON UPDATES TO THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE IN THE FORECAST EVERY DAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. THE GREATEST THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FRIDAY IN ADVANCE OF AN UPPER WAVE AND SATURDAY WHEN THE UPPER WAVE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. UNTIL OUR AREA DRIES OUT...ANY THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER WILL CAUSE RENEWED FLOODING CONCERNS. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 26, 9:22 AM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, May 26, 1:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
120 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0326 PM HAIL BOSWELL 34.03N 95.87W
05/25/2015 E1.00 INCH CHOCTAW OK PUBLIC
MUCH HAIL. 3/4 TO 1 INCH.
0336 PM HAIL 3 NW BOSWELL 34.06N 95.91W
05/25/2015 E1.00 INCH CHOCTAW OK PUBLIC
0405 PM TSTM WND DMG BOSWELL 34.03N 95.87W
05/25/2015 CHOCTAW OK COUNTY OFFICIAL
FROM BOSWELL TO UNGER...EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE. TREES
UPROOTED. SHINGLE DAMAGE TO HOMES. ELECTRICITY LOST.
0415 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 E SOPER 34.03N 95.63W
05/25/2015 CHOCTAW OK PUBLIC
10 TO 12 POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN AROUND US271 AND US70
TOWARD HUGO.
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG RATTAN 34.20N 95.41W
05/25/2015 PUSHMATAHA OK POST OFFICE
TREES DAMAGED AND SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED. 3 MOBILE HOMES
DAMAGE. ONE LOST ITS ROOF. SHINGLES DAMAGE ON MANY HOMES.
0440 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 N SOBOL 34.22N 95.24W
05/25/2015 PUSHMATAHA OK PUBLIC
TREES BROEN AND A FEW UPROOTED.
&&
SAALocal storm report, May 26, 3:06 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
306 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0434 PM TSTM WND DMG HONOBIA 34.54N 94.94W
05/25/2015 PUSHMATAHA OK PUBLIC
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN AND AROUND
HONOBIA. TREES APPEAR BLOWN IN SAME DIRECTION.
0445 PM HAIL 2 W WHITESBORO 34.69N 94.92W
05/25/2015 E1.75 INCH LE FLORE OK PUBLIC
0521 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 W MUSE 34.67N 94.82W
05/25/2015 LE FLORE OK POST OFFICE
TREES BROKEN AND BLOWN DOWN AT HWY 63 BETWEEN MUSE AND
WHITESBORO. MORE TREES DOWN 2 MI SOUTHWEST ON RIVER ROAD
THAT CONNECTS MUSE AND WHITESBORO. PROBABLE TORNADO.
&&
SAASpecial weather statement, May 26, 3:11 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
311 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2015
OKZ054-059-064-262115-
CREEK OK-OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-
311 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WESTERN CREEK...WESTERN OSAGE AND PAWNEE
AT 310 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 36 MILES WEST OF APPERSON TO 22 MILES WEST OF PAWNEE
TO 24 MILES WEST OF SHAMROCK TO 36 MILES WEST OF MILFAY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. AREAS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED WILL GENERALLY BE TO
THE WEST OF A BRISTOW TO HOMINY TO FORAKER LINE.
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 3700 9654 3690 9645 3639 9633 3575 9633
3568 9663 3615 9663 3615 9682 3624 9682
3624 9692 3633 9693 3633 9704 3651 9704
3658 9690 3659 9705 3666 9707 3670 9706
3669 9695 3675 9689 3679 9676 3701 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 220DEG 38KT 3662 9737 3638 9717
3591 9698 3567 9717
LACYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 51 min |
| May 25, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 40 min |
| May 25, 8:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Delaware, Haskell and 14 more | 48 hr |
| May 26, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 46 min |
| May 26, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 22 min |
| May 26, 5:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Osage | 86 min |
| May 26, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 26 min |
| May 25, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Madison | 47 min |
| May 25, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 60 min |
| May 25, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Madison, Washington | 29 min |
| May 25, 8:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 47 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.