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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 2, 2015Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2015, 8:29 PM CDT for Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 2015, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2015, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Okmulgee County, OK

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NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 2, 6:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 6:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 4:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
451 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-031030-
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-
451 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015

...SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...

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

.DAY ONE...LATE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
    RISK...ELEVATED.
    AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
    ONSET...ONGOING.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...EVENING.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DANGEROUS HEAT.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO DEVELOP ALONG AND NEAR A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT STRETCHED
ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE MAIN
SEVERE RISK WILL BE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SINK SOUTH DURING THE
EVENING HOURS...AND SLOWLY WEAKEN WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR A LARGE
PART OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
FRIDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR
THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING HEAVY RAINFALL...GENERALLY ALONG AND
SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR.

ADDITIONALLY...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A THREAT THROUGH
THE WEEKEND...WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES RUNNING AROUND 2
INCHES. THE FLOODING THREAT WILL BE ENHANCED IN LOCATIONS WHERE
REPEATED ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE OCCURED.

A WEAK UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION ON MONDAY WHICH WILL
TEMPER THUNDERSTORM CHANCES SOME DURING THE DAY. ANOTHER UPPER
WAVE AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...
RESULTING IN DAILY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING
WEEK.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 7:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
708 PM CDT THU JUL 02 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0501 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S SILOAM SPRINGS      36.17N 94.54W
07/02/2015                   BENTON             AR   PUBLIC

            TREE DOWN

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 7:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:16 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:29 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair45 min
Jul 2, 7:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner3 hr
Jul 2, 7:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSATulsa116 min
Jul 2, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg29 min
Jul 2, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Muskogee59 min
Jul 3, 2:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware, Mayes, Tulsa, Wagoner47 min
Jul 3, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware, Mayes, Wagoner51 min
Jul 3, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner45 min
Jul 3, 4:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh41 min
Jul 3, 5:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah43 min
Jul 3, 5:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg38 min
Jul 3, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah40 min
Jul 3, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg51 min
Jul 3, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah52 min
Jul 3, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha60 min
Jul 2, 7:01 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSABenton, Carroll, Madison, Washington119 min
Jul 2, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison45 min
Jul 2, 8:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMadison44 min
Jul 3, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton, Carroll, Madison65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.