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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at May 9, 2016, 9:35 PM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 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
- May 9, 2016, 9:35 PM CDT (02:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Osage County, OK
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 414 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2076 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
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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 May 9, 6:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 6:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Tulsa OK 616 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016 .AVIATION... CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM/KROG. MVFR/IFR cigs to develop overnight in sct convection that will move from west to east across the area. After 06z...most convection should be east of the AR TAF sites...however MVFR/IFR cigs to continue into the morning. Drier air/subsidence should result in VFR conditions from late morning through the remainder of the TAF period. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 351 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016/ DISCUSSION... An upper low was located over the Oklahoma/Texas Panhandles this afternoon along with an associated surface low over Central Kansas. Extending from the surface low was a cold front/dryline across Western Oklahoma to West/Central Texas. Scattered convection had recently begun to develop along/near the dryline as clearing skies have helped to re-destabilize the atmosphere. Also...ahead of the dryline...scattered showers and thunderstorms were developing out ahead of the dryline across Southeast Oklahoma and West Central Arkansas in response to a 40+KT LLJ overtop areas of warm advection. Across the rest of Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas...afternoon cloud cover had become scattered allowing for conditions to destabilize again after the morning round of showers and thunderstorms. This will aid in setting up round two of thunderstorms...some of which could become severe across Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas. Currently there is a severe thunderstorm watch for Northeast Oklahoma and a tornado watch for Southeast Oklahoma into West Central Arkansas. With afternoon heating...the cap has weakened behind the morning convection allowing for an increasingly unstable atmosphere over the CWA. Elevated thunderstorm activity is expected to continue to develop out ahead of the dryline this afternoon...moving northeast into Northwest Arkansas with a localized large hail/damaging wind gust possible. The main severe potential will be with activity along/near the dryline in Central Oklahoma as it pushes into the CWA over the next couple of hours. Flow over the CWA remains perpendicular to the dryline which should allow for more discrete cells to be possible. This setup interacting with the instability over the CWA will allow for large hail...damaging winds and also a tornado threat to be possible through this evening. Activity along the dryline will continue to move eastward through the CWA this evening as the upper low over the Panhandles shifts eastward. Overnight tonight...the trof axis of the upper low is forecast to move across the CWA around 06z before lifting off to the northeast. As the low lifts northeast...the dryline is expected to become nearly stationary over Central to Northeast Oklahoma with the majority of the thunderstorm potential pushing off to the east into Central Arkansas by 06z. Thus...will carry pops tapering off from west to east during the evening hours with the severe potential weakening late this evening. Tuesday...the dryline is forecast to lose its definition over the region ahead of a wave currently dropping southeast into the Northern Rocky Mountains. With the CWA south of the boundary along with increasing moisture...warmer conditions are expected Tuesday afternoon with highs well into the 80s for much of the region. The warm conditions will continue into Wednesday before the wave over the Rocky Mountain moves into the Northern Plains and pushes a trailing cold front into the CWA Wednesday night. Thus...thunderstorm chances will become possible again Wednesday afternoon and continue Wednesday night ahead of the cold front. At least a limited severe potential looks to be possible with this activity. Northerly upper level flow develops behind the cold front for Thursday and friday helping temperatures to be closer to the seasonal average. Latest model solutions continue to push a secondary cold front south within the northerly upper flow into the CWA for the upcoming weekend. As the front reaches into the region...the upper flow looks to become more zonal and parallel to the front. This could allow for the front to become nearly stationary over the region into the start of the next work week. In response...shower and thunderstorm chances look to again become possible during this time period across the CWA. && .TSA Watches/Warnings/Advisories... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && AVIATION...23
Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 9:00 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 9, 7:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
749 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
ARZ019-029-OKZ076-100130-
CRAWFORD AR-SEBASTIAN AR-LE FLORE OK-
749 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SEBASTIAN...SOUTH CENTRAL
CRAWFORD AND NORTHEASTERN LE FLORE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 749 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
POTEAU...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
FORT SMITH... POTEAU...
GREENWOOD... BARLING...
POCOLA... LAVACA...
SPIRO... ARKOMA...
PANAMA... HACKETT...
HUNTINGTON... BONANZA...
BOKOSHE... MIDLAND...
CAMERON... BURNVILLE...
JENNY LIND... EXCELSIOR...
BLOOMER... SHADY POINT...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 540 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 14.
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 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
ARKANSAS...AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3510 9415 3496 9484 3520 9484 3531 9454
3530 9449 3533 9449 3546 9411
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 248DEG 31KT 3509 9466
69Special weather statement, May 9, 7:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
750 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
ARZ011-020-100115-
MADISON AR-FRANKLIN AR-
750 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MADISON AND
NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...
AT 749 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CASS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
PETTIGREW... BOSTON...
KINGSTON... TAFT...
DUTTON... WEATHERS...
RED STAR... REDDING...
LAT...LON 3595 9349 3593 9349 3592 9351 3588 9351
3588 9352 3576 9352 3577 9370 3560 9370
3572 9386 3609 9348 3608 9345 3597 9345
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 223DEG 38KT 3573 9372Special weather statement, May 9, 7:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 755 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016 OKZ054>056-100130- NOWATA OK-WASHINGTON OK-OSAGE OK- 755 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL OSAGE...WEST CENTRAL NOWATA AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 754 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF AVANT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... BARTLESVILLE... OCHELATA... AVANT... WOLCO... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. LAT...LON 3648 9607 3654 9617 3677 9595 3674 9565 TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 231DEG 38KT 3655 9605
Local storm report, May 9, 8:39 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 44 min |
| May 9, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 49 min |
| May 9, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 9 min |
| May 9, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 13 min |
| May 9, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 35 min |
| May 9, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 32 min |
| May 9, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 36 min |
| May 9, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 35 min |
| May 9, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 34 min |
| May 9, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Washington | 35 min |
| May 9, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Rogers | 39 min |
| May 9, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 31 min |
| May 9, 11:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 52 min |
| May 9, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 41 min |
| May 9, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Madison | 25 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.