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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at May 17, 2016, 4:29 AM CDT for Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 31 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 17, 2016, 4:29 AM CDT (09:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2016, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 490 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 826 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted.
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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 17, 2:59 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 2:59 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 510 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2016 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-171030- 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- 510 PM CDT MON MAY 16 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...GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM MIAMI TO MCALESTER. ONSET...AFTER 10 PM. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. ONSET...AFTER MIDNIGHT. DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHERN KANSAS THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS MAY POSE AN INITIAL LARGE HAIL RISK...HOWEVER THE PRIMARY CONCERN WILL BE LOCALIZED STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS LATE TONIGHT. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK MAY BE REQUIRED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE DAILY TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS AN UNSETTLED PATTERN REMAINS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE PRIMARY WAVE ALOFT WILL PASS ON FRIDAY WITH DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS RETURNING BY NEXT WEEKEND. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
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Special weather statement, May 17, 2:07 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 8:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 4 days |
| May 17, 2:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 23 min |
| May 17, 2:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 31 min |
| May 17, 4:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 35 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.