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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 11, 2016Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Apr 11, 2016, 8:45 AM CDT for Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 30 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, 8:45 AM CDT (13:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2016, 9:15 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 12:00Z on 2016-04-11Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2016-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 6:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 6:26 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 11, 3:23 AM CDT, 5 hours 22 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, 4 hours 44 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, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 11, 8:02 AM CDT, 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 11, 8:17 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 11, 8:45 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
845 AM CDT MON APR 11 2016

OKZ049-111415-
PUSHMATAHA OK-
845 AM CDT MON APR 11 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY
UNTIL 915 AM CDT...

AT 845 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RATTAN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
ANTLERS...                        RATTAN...
CLOUDY...                         OLETA...
DELA...                           CORINNE...

LAT...LON 3424 9561 3444 9517 3424 9505 3424 9515
      3417 9515 3416 9543 3416 9555
TIME...MOT...LOC 1345Z 247DEG 33KT 3421 9546

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage39 min
Apr 10, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage49 min
Apr 10, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata43 min
Apr 10, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Washington38 min
Apr 10, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Osage, Washington33 min
Apr 10, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Osage, Washington47 min
Apr 10, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Washington47 min
Apr 10, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage49 min
Apr 10, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage56 min
Apr 10, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Washington45 min
Apr 10, 10:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig47 min
Apr 11, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee43 min
Apr 11, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee17 min
Apr 11, 1:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh, Okmulgee41 min
Apr 11, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek26 min
Apr 11, 1:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa36 min
Apr 11, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Pawnee28 min
Apr 11, 2:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Tulsa43 min
Apr 11, 2:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha48 min
Apr 11, 3:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore37 min
Apr 11, 7:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw36 min
Apr 11, 8:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha13 min
Apr 11, 8:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw28 min
Apr 11, 8:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha26 min
Apr 11, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha32 min
Apr 11, 2:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha48 min
Apr 11, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw48 min
Apr 11, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha16 min
Apr 11, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw32 min
Apr 11, 4:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian29 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.