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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Apr 26, 2016, 8:24 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 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 26, 2016, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Pawnee County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 2869 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1035 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 13.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 26, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 518 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-271000- 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- 518 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016 ...SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED TONIGHT... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. TORNADO. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...AFTER 8 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...SIGNIFICANT. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...AFTER 8 PM. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ONSET...OVERNIGHT. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ONSET...OVERNIGHT. DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING FROM NORTH CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE EAST INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND EVENTUALLY NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. STRONG INSTABILITY AND INCREASING WIND SHEAR WILL SUPPORT A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER RISK ACROSS THE AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH THE TORNADO POTENTIAL BEING GREATEST PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT. THE TORNADIC POTENTIAL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS DEFINED AS STORMS CONGEAL LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...ALTHOUGH SOME TORNADIC POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WEDNESDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY...MAINLY ACROSS FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH AREAS OF FLOODING GIVEN THE EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS. AN UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH CONTINUED THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 8:24 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
824 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
OKZ054-059-270215-
PAWNEE OK-OSAGE OK-
824 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN OSAGE AND WESTERN
PAWNEE COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...
AT 823 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MORRISON...
MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
PAWNEE... FAIRFAX...
SHIDLER... RALSTON...
BURBANK... GRAINOLA...
SOUTHERN KAW LAKE... WEBB CITY...
APPERSON...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3700 9654 3616 9682 3624 9682 3625 9692
3633 9693 3634 9703 3651 9703 3655 9690
3658 9689 3660 9692 3658 9698 3659 9705
3668 9706 3670 9703 3668 9694 3675 9689
3674 9683 3677 9682 3678 9675 3700 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 200DEG 52KT 3629 9701
69The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 61 min |
| Apr 26, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 23 min |
| Apr 26, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee and 3 more | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Wagoner | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 11:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 11:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Rogers and 2 more | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 11:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Pushmataha, Sequoyah | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 11:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 12:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware | 14 min |
| Apr 27, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 12:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha and 1 more | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 17 min |
| Apr 27, 8:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 5 days |
| Apr 27, 12:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 12:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 1:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 1:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison, Washington | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian, Washington | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 1:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Franklin | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Franklin, Madison | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.