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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 30, 2016, 9:13 PM CDT for Craig County, Nowata County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2016, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2016, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Craig County, OK, Nowata County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 9:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Nw Welch, OK | LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN...VERY STRONG WINDS REPORTED AT RESIDENCE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
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 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
560
WWUS84 KTSA 310213
SPSTSA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
913 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
OKZ056-057-310245-
CRAIG OK-NOWATA OK-
913 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN NOWATA AND NORTHERN
CRAIG COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT...
AT 911 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EDNA TO 14 MILES EAST OF LENAPAH
TO 5 MILES EAST OF DELAWARE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
NOWATA... WELCH...
DELAWARE... BLUEJACKET...
PYRAMID CORNERS... CENTRAILIA...
HOLLOW... CENTRALIA...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3700 9503 3699 9504 3698 9503 3697 9504
3696 9502 3695 9499 3676 9510 3665 9579
3687 9554 3700 9541
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 245DEG 44KT 3698 9531 3685 9537 3675 9555
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 30 min |
| Mar 30, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 40 min |
| Mar 30, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 29 min |
| Mar 30, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 46 min |
| Mar 30, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 25 min |
| Mar 30, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 24 min |
| Mar 30, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 52 min |
| Mar 30, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig | 12 min |
| Mar 30, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 25 min |
| Mar 30, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 29 min |
| Mar 30, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 34 min |
| Mar 30, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 34 min |
| Mar 30, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 34 min |
| Mar 30, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 25 min |
| Mar 30, 10:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 38 min |
| Mar 30, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 1:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 6:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 2:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 2:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton, Carroll | 36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.