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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 30, 2016Craig County, Nowata County, Oklahoma

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.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 30, 9:32 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG7 Nw Welch, OKLARGE 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-03-31Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 319 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
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

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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 

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek30 min
Mar 30, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Washington40 min
Mar 30, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata, Washington29 min
Mar 30, 7:29 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatTSARogers, Tulsa46 min
Mar 30, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage25 min
Mar 30, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata33 min
Mar 30, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig, Nowata24 min
Mar 30, 8:08 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTSAMayes, Rogers52 min
Mar 30, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig12 min
Mar 30, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata25 min
Mar 30, 8:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig29 min
Mar 30, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata34 min
Mar 30, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningTSADelaware, Mayes34 min
Mar 30, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata34 min
Mar 30, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Ottawa33 min
Mar 30, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa25 min
Mar 30, 10:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa38 min
Mar 30, 10:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa45 min
Mar 31, 1:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware38 min
Mar 31, 6:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore42 min
Mar 31, 2:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton35 min
Mar 31, 2:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton, Carroll36 min

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.