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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jun 17, 2015, 3:10 PM CDT for McIntosh County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 35 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
- Jun 17, 2015, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2015, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County McIntosh County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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 172 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
- 225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 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 Jun 17, 2:43 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 2:43 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 1:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 122 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-181045- 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- 122 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 ...WIDESPREAD FLOODING/FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THURSDAY WITH RIVER FLOODING THROUGH THE WEEKEND... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TORNADO. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...PRIMARILY SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...SIGNIFICANT. AREA...ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT WINDS. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...MAINLY EASTERN OKLAHOMA. ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON. DISCUSSION... SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING FLOODING WILL BECOME AN INCREASING THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT..ALONG WITH A LIMITED SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL. THE TROPICAL CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF BILL WILL LIFT SLOWLY NORTH OUT OF TEXAS AND INTO SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING. BANDS OF PRECIPITATION ROTATING AROUND THAT CIRCULATION WILL BRING HEAVY RAINFALL TO EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...AS WELL AS THURSDAY. SPEED AND DIRECTIONAL WIND SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH THE TIGHT CIRCULATION OF BILL MAY SPAWN SOME SHORT LIVED TORNADOES WITH A FEW OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORM CELLS. SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL THE PRIMARY AREAS OF CONCERN. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS. SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS. MONDAY...NO HAZARDS. TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... HEAVY RAINFALL WITH SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG WITH A SMALL SEVERE POTENTIAL FROM THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM BILL WILL BE ONGOING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THURSDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THURSDAY WILL CONTINUE TO WORSEN LIFE THREATENING FLOODING CONDITIONS ALONG WITH THE FLOODING OF MAIN STEAM RIVERS. HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS THURSDAY ARE FORECAST TO BE GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. THE TROPICAL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO EXIT NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FRIDAY MORNING WITH SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TAPERING OFF DURING THE DAY FRIDAY FROM WEST TO EAST. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES AND GREATER ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE REGION DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GROUPS SHOULD ANTICIPATE FLOODING OF AT LEAST THE MAGNITUDE THAT OCCURRED AT THE END OF MAY AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 1:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
100 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
OKZ049-053-171845-
CHOCTAW OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
100 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
CENTRAL CHOCTAW AND SOUTHWESTERN PUSHMATAHA
AT 100 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF
GRANT...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...HUGO...ORD...GRANT...GAY...GOODLAND...
SAWYER...MESSER...KENT...FALLON...SPEER...APPLE...ANTLERS...DELA...
RATTAN...FINLEY...KELLOND AND HUGO LAKE STATE PARK.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 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 3388 9547 3387 9551 3389 9551 3388 9553
3388 9556 3392 9556 3393 9560 3416 9578
3420 9579 3425 9578 3435 9543 3388 9531
3386 9539
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 167DEG 31KT 3397 9547Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:10 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
310 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
OKZ071-172045-
MCINTOSH OK-
310 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHEASTERN MCINTOSH
AT 310 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF CHECOTAH...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...CHECOTAH AND RENTIESVILLE.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 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 3555 9571 3555 9540 3534 9539 3534 9544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 158DEG 13KT 3540 9543The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 16, 7:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 54 hr |
| Jun 17, 8:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 10 days |
| Jun 17, 8:32 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Ottawa | 52 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 2:05 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 9 days |
| Jun 17, 2:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Choctaw | 112 min |
| Jun 17, 2:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 58 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 4 days |
| Jun 17, 2:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 64 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Choctaw | 103 min |
| Jun 17, 2:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 3 days |
| Jun 17, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 5:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 5:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Okfuskee | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 5:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 8 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Okmulgee | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 8:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Franklin, Johnson, Logan | 5 days |
| Jun 17, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Johnson | 64 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.