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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 24, 2016McIntosh County, Muskogee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at May 24, 2016, 7:26 PM CDT for McIntosh County, Muskogee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 49 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 24, 2016, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 156 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1931 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1052 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 11.9

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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 May 24, 6:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 6:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Tulsa OK
602 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...UPDATE...

.AVIATION...
CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM/KROG.

RVS is the most likely terminal to be affected by TSRA in the
first few hours of the valid TAF period, with other terminals
unlikely to be impacted directly. The ongoing activity will be
close enough to TUL, though, that will still carry a VCTS, with
no visibility or ceiling restriction. Additional scattered TSRA
may develop and affect the E OK terminals late tonight and into
early tomorrow as well. MVFR ceilings should affect all terminals
from late tonight through much of the day tomorrow, with a gradual
improvement expected during the afternoon.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 255 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016/

DISCUSSION...
Scattered thunderstorms have developed this afternoon in the
vicinity of a decaying outflow boundary that extends from
northeast Oklahoma into north-central Oklahoma. Thunderstorms
have also developed across northwest Arkansas in response to an
MCV migrating across that area. These storms are forming in a
very unstable and weakly sheared environment. Could see damaging
winds to around 70 mph and large hail with these storms. The tornado
threat is low especially along the outflow boundary. This activity
is expected to diminish around sunset. Additional thunderstorms are
expected to develop later this afternoon and evening across western
Oklahoma and western Kansas. This activity could move into eastern
Oklahoma during the overnight hours and also pose a damaging wind
and hail threat. This activity would persist in the morning hours
Wednesday across far eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas.

The chances of showers and thunderstorms decrease some on Wednesday with
no real focus for development. Since the airmass will not be changing
much could see some scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms in
the unstable and weakly capped environment. The chances of thunderstorms
increase Thursday night into Friday as a more significant upper level
shortwave moves out of the southwest and across the plains. This could
occur in the two rounds of thunderstorms, one Thursday night and one
on Friday afternoon. Severe weather will be possible with each round
with large hail and damaging winds the main concern. However, the
threat for tornadoes will also be a concern especially on Friday.

Storm chances diminish over the Holiday weekend. However, they do increase
into the chance range on Monday as a shortwave in the southwesterly flow
aloft moves across the southern plains.

&&

.TSA Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

AVIATION...22

Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 5:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
500 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-251000-
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-
500 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...LATE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

TORNADO.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...MAINLY EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN STILLWATER AND TULSA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AND DEVELOP SOUTHEAST INTO
EASTERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. INSTABILITY AND SHEAR ARE
SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

A LIMITED TORNADO THREAT WILL EXIST AS WELL...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY
STORM THAT INTERACTS WITH THE WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY CURRENTLY
DRAPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ALONG THE DRY LINE WELL TO OUR
WEST MAY EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA LATER TONIGHT.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK LIKELY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
DAILY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND.
INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN HIGH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...SUPPORTING
PERIODIC CHANCES FOR AT LEAST ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...THE
FOCUS FOR MORE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN WEST AND
NORTH OF THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY...RAISING THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 6:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
617 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0617 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 W MOUNDS              35.88N 96.11W
05/24/2016  E65 MPH          CREEK              OK   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

SFP

Local storm report, May 24, 6:32 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
632 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0631 PM     HAIL             MOUNDS                  35.88N 96.06W
05/24/2016  E1.00 INCH       CREEK              OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

KAH

Local storm report, May 24, 6:38 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
638 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0545 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 E SHAMROCK            35.91N 96.51W
05/24/2016                   CREEK              OK   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES AND HOUSES. INJURIES AND

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. HWY 16 BETWEEN SHAMROCK AND BRISTOW.

&&

PBS

Local storm report, May 24, 6:45 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
645 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0634 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 W HECTORVILLE         35.84N 96.00W
05/24/2016  M66 MPH          OKMULGEE           OK   MESONET

&&

KAH

Local storm report, May 24, 6:58 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
658 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MOUNDS                  35.88N 96.06W
05/24/2016                   CREEK              OK   PUBLIC

            LARGE TREE LIMB DOWNED. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.

&&

KAH

Special weather statement, May 24, 7:26 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
726 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

OKZ066-067-070-071-250115-
MUSKOGEE OK-MCINTOSH OK-WAGONER OK-OKMULGEE OK-
726 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN OKMULGEE...NORTHERN
MCINTOSH...SOUTH CENTRAL WAGONER AND NORTHERN MUSKOGEE COUNTIES UNTIL
815 PM CDT...

AT 726 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF BOYNTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
MUSKOGEE...                       OKMULGEE...
FORT GIBSON...                    CHECOTAH...
HASKELL...                        MORRIS...
SCHULTER...                       OKTAHA...
TAFT...                           BOYNTON...
GRAYSON...                        COUNCIL HILL...
RENTIESVILLE...                   HOFFMAN...
STIDHAM...                        BALD HILL...
LAKE EUFAULA STATE PARK...        KEEFETON...
WAINWRIGHT...                     SUMMIT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 244 AND
268.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3557 9612 3581 9574 3580 9514 3528 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 295DEG 25KT 3561 9570

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee	47 min
May 24, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah	31 min
May 24, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah	49 min
May 24, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah	33 min
May 24, 10:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	48 min
May 24, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	44 min
May 24, 10:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	39 min
May 24, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	48 min
May 24, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	47 min
May 24, 11:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	45 min
May 24, 11:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	44 min
May 24, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	45 min
May 24, 11:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek	4 hr
May 25, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	47 min
May 25, 12:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Atoka	36 min
May 25, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa	47 min
May 25, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	45 min
May 25, 12:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa	4 hr
May 25, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	50 min
May 25, 1:34 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	26 min
May 25, 1:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Creek	27 hr
May 25, 1:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Wagoner	4 hr
May 25, 1:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg, Pushmataha	53 min
May 25, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee	46 min
May 25, 2:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	51 min
May 25, 2:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee	3 hr
May 25, 2:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah	65 min
May 25, 3:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	4 hr
May 25, 3:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	55 min
May 25, 3:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	51 min
May 25, 3:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	44 min
May 25, 3:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	36 hr
May 25, 4:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	44 min
May 25, 6:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	34 min
May 25, 6:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	36 hr
May 25, 6:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata and 6 more	3 hr
May 25, 7:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	3 hr
May 25, 8:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Creek, Tulsa, Wagoner	3 hr
May 25, 8:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	4 days
May 25, 8:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	30 hr
May 25, 8:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Sequoyah and 2 more	2 hr
May 25, 10:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	30 hr
May 25, 2:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	47 hr
May 25, 2:46 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee	66 hr
May 25, 2:46 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	22 hr
May 24, 9:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford, Washington	29 min
May 25, 4:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	44 min
May 25, 4:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	35 min
May 25, 4:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Sebastian	41 min
May 25, 8:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	59 min
May 25, 8:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Crawford, Washington	48 min
May 25, 9:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	41 min

Nearby

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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.