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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Nov 5, 2015, 4:46 PM CST for Haskell County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 29 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
- Nov 5, 2015, 4:46 PM CST (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2015, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Haskell County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK
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The text
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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 Nov 5, 2:10 PM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 2:10 PM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Tulsa OK 210 PM CST THU NOV 5 2015 .DISCUSSION... Pacific front/dryline is marching east across OK as I type. Broken band of strong to severe storms ahead of the front will slide east across eastern OK and eventually into western AR this afternoon and into the evening. Given strengthening kinematic fields near the basal portion of the ejecting shortwave trough...deep layer shear will be more than sufficient for storms to rotate. Looks like convective mode will be a mix of linear and cellular with some bowing segments...suggesting a low tornado potential along with the wind/hail threat. The greatest potential will likely be near and south of I-40 where the better instability will lie. The activity should clear out of the forecast area for the most part by midnight...at which time the polar front will sweep southeast across the region...setting up for a cooler end to the week. A reinforcing frontal boundary will push thru early Saturday...which may keep lows from dropping below freezing Saturday morning. That will not be the case on Sunday morning...with the surface ridge axis setting overhead. A freeze is looking more likely at this time...especially at the typical cold valley locations (like BVO and FYV). Another deep western trough is expected to evolve early next week and will eventually slide into the Plains later on in the week. The two main medium range numerical models continue to disagree considerably with the details and thus confidence with timing is low. For now...will introduce pops Tues night and continue them thru Wed night. At some point pops will be increased when the timing and other details regarding this next upper system become better resolved. Lacy && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TUL 49 65 41 62 / 20 0 0 0 FSM 56 69 47 65 / 90 0 10 10 MLC 53 68 45 63 / 60 0 0 10 BVO 45 64 36 62 / 20 0 0 0 FYV 51 64 36 60 / 90 0 0 0 BYV 51 63 38 59 / 90 0 0 0 MKO 51 67 42 63 / 50 0 0 0 MIO 47 62 38 60 / 50 0 0 0 F10 51 66 43 62 / 30 0 0 0 HHW 55 71 50 67 / 90 10 10 10 && .TSA Watches/Warnings/Advisories... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && LONG TERM....30
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 5, 4:38 PM CST, 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 438 PM CST THU NOV 5 2015 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-061145- 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- 438 PM CST THU NOV 5 2015 ...SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND UNTIL 9 PM FOR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. TORNADO. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...SIGNIFICANT . AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SPREADING ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND TO A LESSER EXTENT QUARTER SIZE HAIL. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY REMAINS MARGINAL...A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE GREATEST THREAT ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WHERE THE STRONGEST INSTABILITY REMAINS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE LIKELY IN THE STRONGER STORMS WHICH COULD LEAD TO A LIMITED FLASH FLOOD THREAT. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK LIKELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...NO HAZARDS. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... A COOLER AND DRIER AIR MASS WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION FOR THIS WEEKEND...WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 3:18 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 318 PM CST THU NOV 5 2015 OKZ061-062-067-052145- ROGERS OK-WAGONER OK-MAYES OK- 318 PM CST THU NOV 5 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MAYES...SOUTHEASTERN ROGERS AND NORTHWESTERN WAGONER COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CST... AT 316 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ONETA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... EAST BROKEN ARROW... OWETA... INOLA... ONETA... MAZIE... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. LAT...LON 3593 9572 3607 9576 3629 9544 3608 9534 TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 234DEG 41KT 3601 9570
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 3:36 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 336 PM CST THU NOV 5 2015 OKZ061-062-052200- ROGERS OK-MAYES OK- 336 PM CST THU NOV 5 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MAYES AND SOUTH EAST ROGERS COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CST... AT 335 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHOUTEAU...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... PRYOR CREEK... CHOUTEAU... INOLA... LOCUST GROVE... SALINA... LANGLEY... SPAVINAW... DISNEY... HOOT OWL... SPAVINAW STATE PARK... SPORTSMEN ACRES COMMUNITY... ROSE... CHEROKEE STATE PARK... STRANG... SNOWDALE STATE PARK... MAZIE... MURPHY... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. LAT...LON 3648 9501 3621 9501 3607 9533 3618 9554 TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 240DEG 48KT 3615 9540
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 4:18 PM CST, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
418 PM CST THU NOV 5 2015
ARZ001-OKZ063-052300-
BENTON AR-DELAWARE OK-
418 PM CST THU NOV 5 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN BENTON AND CENTRAL
DELAWARE COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CST...
AT 417 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER JAY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
JAY... GROVE...
GRAVETTE... MAYSVILLE...
SULPHUR SPRINGS... ZENA...
LAKE EUCHA STATE PARK...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS.
LAT...LON 3650 9462 3650 9429 3626 9484 3648 9497
3665 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 240DEG 49KT 3641 9480Special weather statement, Nov 5, 4:21 PM CST, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
421 PM CST THU NOV 5 2015
ARZ001-010-OKZ063-068-069-052245-
WASHINGTON AR-BENTON AR-ADAIR OK-CHEROKEE OK-DELAWARE OK-
421 PM CST THU NOV 5 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BENTON...
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...SOUTHERN DELAWARE...EASTERN CHEROKEE AND
ADAIR COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CST...
AT 420 PM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PEGGS TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CHEROKEE LANDING STATE PARK TO 3 MILES EAST OF LAKE TENKILLER STATE
PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
SILOAM SPRINGS... STILWELL...
LINCOLN... WESTVILLE...
WEST SILOAM SPRINGS... COLCORD...
KANSAS... WATTS...
OAKS... LEACH...
ADAIR STATE PARK... PROCTOR...
SCRAPER... CINCINNATI...
ELDON... CHRISTIE...
COOKSON... MARYETTA...
BARON... WEST SILOAM SPRING...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS.
LAT...LON 3599 9437 3581 9447 3579 9453 3568 9496
3587 9482 3616 9505 3616 9501 3618 9501
3631 9457
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 253DEG 39KT 3603 9501 3580 9483 3561 9497Local storm report, Nov 5, 4:42 PM CST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
442 PM CST THU NOV 05 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0228 PM TORNADO 1 W OKEMAH 35.43N 96.32W
11/05/2015 OKFUSKEE OK STORM CHASER
STORM CHASER REPORTED A TORNADO CROSSING I-40
APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE WEST OF OKEMAH.
&&
SFPSpecial weather statement, Nov 5, 4:46 PM CST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
446 PM CST THU NOV 5 2015
OKZ068>070-072-074-052315-
ADAIR OK-MUSKOGEE OK-HASKELL OK-CHEROKEE OK-SEQUOYAH OK-
446 PM CST THU NOV 5 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN SEQUOYAH...SOUTHEASTERN
CHEROKEE...SOUTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE...SOUTHWESTERN ADAIR AND CENTRAL
HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CST...
AT 446 PM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE TENKILLER STATE PARK TO 6
MILES NORTHEAST OF PORUM TO 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINTON...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
SALLISAW... STILWELL...
STIGLER... VIAN...
GORE... WEBBERS FALLS...
WHITEFIELD... MARBLE CITY...
TAMAHA... BUNCH...
COOKSON... ADAIR STATE PARK...
BRUSHY... MARYETTA...
BRUSHY LAKE STATE PARK... LAKE TENKILLER STATE PARK...
BRIARTOWN... CHEROKEE LANDING STATE PARK...
MC KEY... BOX...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 283 AND
308.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR EASTERN
OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3559 9469 3531 9483 3514 9535 3516 9535
3516 9538 3537 9523 3578 9510 3588 9458
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 243DEG 35KT 3564 9509 3540 9516 3516 9534The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 10:36 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 39 min |
| Nov 5, 10:54 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 36 min |
| Nov 5, 11:16 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 44 min |
| Nov 5, 11:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 32 min |
| Nov 5, 11:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Washington | 45 min |
| Nov 5, 12:08 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 52 min |
| Nov 5, 12:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 16 min |
| Nov 5, 12:43 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 32 min |
| Nov 5, 12:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington | 38 min |
| Nov 5, 1:17 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 43 min |
| Nov 5, 1:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 30 min |
| Nov 5, 1:35 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 25 min |
| Nov 5, 2:05 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 25 min |
| Nov 5, 2:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 21 min |
| Nov 5, 2:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 25 min |
| Nov 5, 2:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 32 min |
| Nov 5, 2:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa and 1 more | 36 min |
| Nov 5, 2:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 31 min |
| Nov 5, 2:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner | 18 min |
| Nov 5, 3:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg | 54 min |
| Nov 5, 3:18 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Wagoner | 27 min |
| Nov 5, 3:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes | 24 min |
| Nov 5, 3:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 48 min |
| Nov 5, 3:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes | 23 min |
| Nov 5, 4:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 31 min |
| Nov 5, 4:18 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 42 min |
| Nov 5, 4:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 24 min |
| Nov 5, 4:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 25 min |
| Nov 5, 4:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 35 min |
| Nov 5, 4:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 2 more | 34 min |
| Nov 5, 5:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha, Sequoyah | 47 min |
| Nov 5, 5:50 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 40 min |
| Nov 5, 4:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 36 min |
| Nov 5, 5:10 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 35 min |
| Nov 5, 5:37 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 38 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.