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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

February 29, 2016Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Feb 29, 2016, 10:42 PM CST for Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 33 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
Feb 29, 2016, 10:42 PM CST (04:42 UTC)
Expired
Feb 29, 2016, 11:15 PM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Tulsa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2016-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2016-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3079 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 Feb 29, 8:59 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 29, 8:59 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 29, 5:03 PM CST, 5 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
503 PM CST MON FEB 29 2016

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-011130-
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-
503 PM CST MON FEB 29 2016

...SEVERE WEATHER LIKELY OVERNIGHT...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...AFTER 10 PM.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...AFTER 10 PM.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...AFTER 10 PM.

FIRE WEATHER DANGER.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE LATE THIS EVENING WITH
WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR WILL BE PRESENT TO
SUPPORT SEVERE WEATHER...WITH LARGE HAIL TO GOLF BALL
TO BASEBALL SIZE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.  THE
SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL IS LIKELY TO BE MAXIMIZED ACROSS
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...BEFORE STORMS DEVELOP
EAST AND SOUTHWARD AWAY FROM THE STRONGEST INSTABILITY.
HOWEVER AS THE STORMS MATURE AND SPREAD EASTWARD THERE
WILL BE AN INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE WIND
GUSTS.  THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LIKELY TO END BY 9 AM
TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK LIKELY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY...VERY HIGH FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS...AND A LIMITED POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER...
WILL BE ONGOING AFTER SUNRISE TUESDAY BEFORE QUICKLY SHIFTING
FURTHER EAST.  GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND DRIER CONDITIONS WILL
THEN DEVELOP DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY...WHICH WILL RAISE FIRE
WEATHER CONCERNS.  GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON BOTH WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY AS ANOTHER FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM PASSES THROUGH
THE REGION.  THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN LATE IN THE UPCOMING
WEEKEND.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 29, 10:42 PM CST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1042 PM CST MON FEB 29 2016

OKZ060-061-064-066-067-070-010515-
ROGERS OK-MUSKOGEE OK-CREEK OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-OKMULGEE OK-
1042 PM CST MON FEB 29 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN OKMULGEE...SOUTHWESTERN
ROGERS...WESTERN WAGONER...NORTHWESTERN MUSKOGEE...SOUTHEASTERN CREEK
AND SOUTHEASTERN TULSA COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CST...

AT 1042 PM CST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM TULSA TO NEAR SAPULPA TO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SLICK...
AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
TULSA...                          BROKEN ARROW...
BIXBY...                          SAPULPA...
JENKS...                          GLENPOOL...
COWETA...                         CATOOSA...
HASKELL...                        INOLA...
KIEFER...                         BEGGS...
MOUNDS...                         SLICK...
STONEBLUFF...                     ONETA...
LIBERTY...                        HECTORVILLE...
LEONARD...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 220 AND 237.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3595 9618 3618 9590 3619 9544 3602 9559
      3576 9570 3567 9641
TIME...MOT...LOC 0442Z 254DEG 38KT 3607 9586 3597 9612 3575 9630

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 29, 11:15 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWagoner45 min
Feb 29, 11:42 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee48 min
Feb 29, 11:56 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee49 min
Mar 1, 12:05 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg25 min
Mar 1, 12:08 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee37 min
Mar 1, 12:29 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Sequoyah46 min
Mar 1, 12:31 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg44 min
Mar 1, 12:59 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah46 min
Mar 1, 1:08 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore52 min
Mar 1, 1:35 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore40 min
Mar 1, 2:00 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa15 min
Mar 1, 2:07 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee38 min
Mar 1, 2:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pittsburg, Pushmataha60 min
Mar 1, 2:18 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa27 min
Mar 1, 2:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa, Wagoner24 min
Mar 1, 2:35 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHughes40 min
Mar 1, 2:36 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa39 min
Mar 1, 3:16 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer44 min
Mar 1, 3:33 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee42 min
Mar 1, 4:33 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh42 min
Mar 1, 3:50 PM CSTFire Weather WatchTSACraig, Creek, Mayes, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 6 more12 hr
Mar 1, 12:55 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton50 min
Mar 1, 1:27 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton48 min
Mar 1, 1:34 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford, Franklin, Madison41 min
Mar 1, 1:46 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll44 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Oklahoma, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.