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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this winter storm warning at Feb 28, 2015, 9:40 AM CST for 7 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 hr. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2015, 9:40 AM CST (15:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2015, 3:01 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Craig County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 11:30 AM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Claremore, OK | CURRENT SNOW DEPTH. |
| Feb 28, 12:08 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 10 N Claremore, OK | CURRENT SNOW DEPTH AT BLUE CREEK. STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 28, 12:43 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Cleveland, OK | CURRENT SNOW DEPTH. STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 28, 1:10 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Inola, OK | CURRENT SNOW DEPTH. |
| Feb 28, 1:30 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | 7 S Chelsea, OK | EVENT TOTAL |
| Feb 28, 2:25 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Chelsea, OK | STORM TOTAL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
197 WWUS44 KTSA 281540 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 940 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 OKZ054>059-061-062-010000- /O.UPG.KTSA.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150301T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.WS.W.0002.150228T1540Z-150301T0600Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-ROGERS-MAYES- 940 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...ROGERS...MAYES...PAWNEE...OTTAWA...WASHINGTON... OSAGE...CRAIG AND NOWATA. * THIS WARNING REPLACES THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WITH SOME PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA TODAY INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS ANTICIPATED. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS DEFINITION... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR IS OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DELAY TRAVEL AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$ ARZ010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-064>076-010000- /O.CON.KTSA.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150301T0600Z/ WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW- CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 940 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH... MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...SEBASTIAN AND FRANKLIN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT SLEET AND OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. * 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A THIN COATING OF ICE WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THAT SEE THE CHANGEOVER TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN. IMPACTS... * ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$ ARZ001-002-OKZ060-063-010000- /O.CON.KTSA.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150301T0600Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-TULSA-DELAWARE- 940 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...TULSA AND DELAWARE. IN ARKANSAS...BENTON AND CARROLL. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * ROADS IN THE ADVISORY AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
1 follow-up statement
244 WWUS44 KTSA 282101 WSWTSA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 301 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 OKZ054>059-061-062-010515- /O.CAN.KTSA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150301T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KTSA.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150301T1200Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-ROGERS-MAYES- 301 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...ROGERS...MAYES...PAWNEE...OTTAWA...WASHINGTON... OSAGE...CRAIG AND NOWATA. * AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW THIS AFTERNOON WILL TRANSITION TO LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING WITH SCATTERED AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A LIGHT ICE GLAZE OF A FEW HUNDREDTHS LIKELY. IMPACTS... * ROADS IN THE ADVISORY REMAIN SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES. DEFINITION... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$ ARZ010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-064>076-010515- /O.EXT.KTSA.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150301T1200Z/ WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW- CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 301 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ADJUSTED THE TIMING OF THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AND IT IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH... MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...SEBASTIAN AND FRANKLIN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY. IMPACTS... * ROADS IN THE ADVISORY REMAIN SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$ ARZ001-002-OKZ060-063-010515- /O.EXT.KTSA.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150301T1200Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-TULSA-DELAWARE- 301 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ADJUSTED THE TIMING OF THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AND IT IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...TULSA AND DELAWARE. IN ARKANSAS...BENTON AND CARROLL. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW THIS AFTERNOON WILL TRANSITION TO LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING WITH SCATTERED AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A LIGHT GLAZE OF A FEW HUNDREDTHS LIKELY. IMPACTS... * ROADS IN THE ADVISORY REMAIN SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND NON-TREATED SURFACES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. ATTEMPT TO STAY ON TREATED ROADWAYS. EXPECT TRAVEL DELAYS. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.