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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 11, 2016Choctaw County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Apr 11, 2016, 7:39 AM CDT for Choctaw County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 36 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: Apr 11, 2016, 7:39 AM CDT (12:39 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2016, 8:15 AM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Choctaw County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 228 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 152 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 Apr 11, 6:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 6:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 6:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 11, 1:39 AM CDT, 6 hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
139 AM CDT MON APR 11 2016

OKZ060-061-066-067-110715-
ROGERS OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-OKMULGEE OK-
139 AM CDT MON APR 11 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL OKMULGEE...
SOUTHWESTERN ROGERS...NORTHWESTERN WAGONER AND SOUTHEASTERN TULSA
COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CDT...

AT 138 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF
MOUNDS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
TULSA...                          BROKEN ARROW...
OWASSO...                         BIXBY...
JENKS...                          GLENPOOL...
COWETA...                         CATOOSA...
ONETA...                          LIBERTY...
HECTORVILLE...                    LEONARD...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 222 AND 240.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3616 9558 3577 9591 3586 9609 3586 9603
      3599 9603 3630 9586
TIME...MOT...LOC 0638Z 209DEG 46KT 3588 9597

Special weather statement, Apr 11, 2:27 AM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
227 AM CDT MON APR 11 2016

OKZ049-073-075-110815-
PUSHMATAHA OK-PITTSBURG OK-LATIMER OK-
227 AM CDT MON APR 11 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PITTSBURG...
SOUTHWESTERN LATIMER AND NORTHERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES UNTIL 315 AM
CDT...

AT 227 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLANCO TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF
DAISY...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
CLAYTON...                        ALBION...
YANUSH...                         DUNBAR...
TUSKAHOMA...                      KIAMICHI...
STANLEY...                        NASHOBA...
CLAYTON LAKE STATE PARK...        SARDIS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3451 9578 3451 9567 3459 9567 3460 9574
      3470 9569 3479 9507 3444 9506 3443 9578
TIME...MOT...LOC 0727Z 261DEG 43KT 3469 9560 3446 9575

Special weather statement, Apr 11, 3:23 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
323 AM CDT MON APR 11 2016

OKZ076-110900-
LE FLORE OK-
323 AM CDT MON APR 11 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY UNTIL
400 AM CDT...

AT 323 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF TALIMENA STATE PARK TO 14 MILES
EAST OF NASHOBA...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
HEAVENER...                       BIG CEDAR...
MUSE...                           OCTAVIA...
WHITESBORO...                     HEAVENER RUNESTONE STATE PARK...
HONOBIA...                        HODGEN...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3463 9494 3488 9489 3493 9445 3452 9446
      3451 9452 3451 9494
TIME...MOT...LOC 0823Z 258DEG 48KT 3483 9486 3443 9496

Special weather statement, Apr 11, 4:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
401 AM CDT MON APR 11 2016

ARZ020-029-110930-
SEBASTIAN AR-FRANKLIN AR-
401 AM CDT MON APR 11 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN FRANKLIN AND CENTRAL
SEBASTIAN COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CDT...

AT 400 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAVACA TO NEAR BURNVILLE TO 5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARTFORD...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON...                     GREENWOOD...
LAVACA...                         MANSFIELD...
ALTUS...                          HARTFORD...
HUNTINGTON...                     BRANCH...
MIDLAND...                        DENNING...
WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE...             WASHBURN...
BURNVILLE...                      FORT CHAFFEE...
BLOOMER...                        PATTERSON...
CAULKSVILLE...                    CROSSROADS...
CECIL...                          VESTA...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3537 9372 3542 9380 3531 9381 3532 9392
      3523 9392 3523 9402 3514 9403 3514 9414
      3510 9414 3506 9425 3506 9423 3497 9424
      3494 9445 3504 9444 3520 9423 3536 9421
      3539 9419 3538 9414 3545 9415 3549 9371
TIME...MOT...LOC 0900Z 271DEG 45KT 3540 9414 3517 9417 3496 9442

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Special weather statement, Apr 11, 7:39 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 7:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	39 min
Apr 10, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	49 min
Apr 10, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	43 min
Apr 10, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Washington	38 min
Apr 10, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Washington	33 min
Apr 10, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Washington	47 min
Apr 10, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Washington	47 min
Apr 10, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	49 min
Apr 10, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	56 min
Apr 10, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Washington	45 min
Apr 10, 10:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	47 min
Apr 11, 12:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	43 min
Apr 11, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pawnee	17 min
Apr 11, 1:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Okmulgee	41 min
Apr 11, 1:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	26 min
Apr 11, 1:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	36 min
Apr 11, 1:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Pawnee	28 min
Apr 11, 2:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Tulsa	43 min
Apr 11, 2:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	48 min
Apr 11, 3:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	37 min
Apr 11, 8:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	13 min
Apr 11, 8:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	28 min
Apr 11, 8:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	30 min
Apr 11, 8:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	26 min
Apr 11, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	32 min
Apr 11, 2:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	48 min
Apr 11, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	48 min
Apr 11, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	16 min
Apr 11, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	32 min
Apr 11, 4:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	29 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.