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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Apr 29, 2016, 4:26 AM CDT for McIntosh County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 34 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 29, 2016, 4:26 AM CDT (09:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2016, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County McIntosh County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 2063 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 29, 4:06 AM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 4:06 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 4:48 PM CDT, 11 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 448 PM CDT THU APR 28 2016 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-291030- 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- 448 PM CDT THU APR 28 2016 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ONSET...LATE TONIGHT. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ONSET...LATE TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ONSET...LATE TONIGHT. DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS NEAR A WARM FRONT AND MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL THE MAIN CONCERN. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK LIKELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FRIDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. SATURDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS. MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... STORMS WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS FRIDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL DEVELOP LATER IN THE DAY TO OUR WEST AND WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SEVERITY AND TYPE OF SEVERE WEATHER THAT OCCURS WITH THESE STORMS WILL DEPEND ON HOW FAR NORTH THE WARM FRONT RETREATS. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT ON THE COOL SIDE OF THE FRONT...WHILE TORNADOES... HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY. AT THIS TIME...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAVE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS IF THE WARM FRONT SETS UP NEAR THE RED RIVER ON FRIDAY...THE SETUP WOULD FAVOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING POTENTIAL ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AS WELL. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE. SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY BUT WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATER IN THE DAY AS A PACIFIC COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 28, 10:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1054 PM CDT THU APR 28 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1210 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 W STILWELL 35.81N 94.72W
04/27/2016 ADAIR OK PUBLIC
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO BARN.
&&
JBMSpecial weather statement, Apr 29, 4:26 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
426 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
OKZ065-066-070-071-073-074-291000-
OKFUSKEE OK-MUSKOGEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-MCINTOSH OK-HASKELL OK-
OKMULGEE OK-
426 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN OKFUSKEE...
SOUTHEASTERN OKMULGEE...MCINTOSH...NORTHERN PITTSBURG...WEST CENTRAL
MUSKOGEE AND WEST CENTRAL HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM CDT...
AT 426 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HANNA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
EUFAULA... CHECOTAH...
CROWDER... CANADIAN...
INDIANOLA... GRAYSON...
COUNCIL HILL... HANNA...
RENTIESVILLE... HOFFMAN...
STIDHAM... ARROWHEAD STATE PARK...
LAKE EUFAULA STATE PARK... VIVIAN...
RAIFORD... BLOCKER...
HITCHITA... ONAPA...
PIERCE... VERNON...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 240 AND
273.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3564 9580 3545 9532 3501 9555 3514 9601
3515 9593 3529 9598 3529 9606
TIME...MOT...LOC 0926Z 209DEG 43KT 3524 9585The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 31 min |
| Apr 29, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 4:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 6:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:46 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Pushmataha | 37 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 3:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 23 min |
| Apr 29, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 24 min |
| Apr 29, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 23 min |
| Apr 29, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 22 min |
| Apr 29, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 24 min |
| Apr 29, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Rogers, Tulsa | 25 min |
| Apr 29, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 25 min |
| Apr 29, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 20 min |
| Apr 29, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 27 min |
| Apr 29, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Wagoner | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 19 min |
| Apr 29, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 15 min |
| Apr 29, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 25 min |
| Apr 29, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 31 min |
| Apr 29, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 31 min |
| Apr 29, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 23 min |
| Apr 29, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 9 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.