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Heat Advisory 19, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this heat advisory at Jul 31, 2016, 1:50 PM CDT for 16 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2016, 1:50 PM CDT (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 1036 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 31, 12:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 12:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 12:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1247 PM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-011030- 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- 1247 PM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. ONSET...LATE AFTERNOON. DANGEROUS HEAT. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONOGING. DISCUSSION... TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO TOP OUT IN THE 90S ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES RUNNING FROM THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 104. THERE MAY BE A FEW LOCATIONS THAT EVEN TOP OUT WITH A HEAT INDEX OF 105 TO 109 DEGREES. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE BEST CHANCES ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS. THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE WITH WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THE CONCERN. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL INTENSIFY AND PREVAIL THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 DEGREES WILL BE COMMON THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. ANY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL REMAIN VERY LOW...AND PRIMARILY CONFINED TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 28 min |
| Jul 31, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 31 min |
| Jul 31, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 27 min |
| Jul 31, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 37 min |
| Jul 31, 4:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Sequoyah | 115 min |
| Jul 31, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 48 min |
| Jul 31, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 35 min |
| Jul 31, 2:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 45 min |
| Jul 31, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 36 min |
| Jul 31, 2:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Madison | 43 min |
| Jul 31, 2:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 40 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.