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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 26, 2015Creek County, Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2015-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2015-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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 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, May 26, 1:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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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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.

&&

SAA
Local 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.

&&

SAA
Special 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

LACY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair51 min
May 25, 7:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah40 min
May 25, 8:34 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Delaware, Haskell and 14 more48 hr
May 26, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee46 min
May 26, 5:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage22 min
May 26, 5:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAOsage86 min
May 26, 6:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata26 min
May 25, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin, Madison47 min
May 25, 7:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton60 min
May 25, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Madison, Washington29 min
May 25, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll47 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Oklahoma, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015

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.