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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 29, 2016Osage County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2016, 11:18 AM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 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 29, 2016, 11:18 AM CDT (16:18 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Osage County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 209 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2016-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1734 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2016-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1734 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
907 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.8

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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 29, 9:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 9:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 4:54 AM CDT, 6 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
454 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-301000-
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-
454 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON.

DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS MORNING WERE MOVING INTO
PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND ITS POSSIBLE THIS ACTIVITY
MAY INCREASE SOME IN COVERAGE LATER THIS MORNING ACROSS
PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS ACTIVITY. THERE ARE ALSO SIGNALS THAT A THUNDERSTORM
COMPLEX MAY DEVELOP IN PARTS OF KANSAS TODAY AND TRACK
SOUTHEAST INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE
STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH THIS REMAINS A RATHER
LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR EARLY TO MID
WEEK BEFORE A MORE DEFINED UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS
FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE PLAINS. LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY
SHOULD HAVE THE HIGHEST THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND SEVERE WEATHER
POTENTIAL AS THE UPPER LOW APPROACHES.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 5:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
532 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

OKZ073-075-291115-
PITTSBURG OK-LATIMER OK-
532 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL PITTSBURG AND
NORTHWESTERN LATIMER COUNTIES UNTIL 615 AM CDT...

AT 532 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER KREBS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
MCALESTER...                      HARTSHORNE...
KREBS...                          CROWDER...
ALDERSON...                       CANADIAN...
ARROWHEAD STATE PARK...           BLOCKER...
HAILEYVILLE...                    GOWEN...
BACHE...                          DOW...
FEATHERSTON...

LAT...LON 3523 9559 3487 9533 3480 9578 3494 9591
TIME...MOT...LOC 1032Z 243DEG 17KT 3492 9570
Special weather statement, May 29, 6:06 AM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
606 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

OKZ073>075-291145-
PITTSBURG OK-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
606 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL PITTSBURG...NORTHERN
LATIMER AND SOUTH CENTRAL HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL 645 AM CDT...

AT 606 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ROBBERS CAVE STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
WILBURTON...                      RED OAK...
KINTA...                          LEQUIRE...
ROBBERS CAVE STATE PARK...        LEWISVILLE...
PANOLA...

LAT...LON 3505 9551 3523 9502 3494 9493 3494 9500
      3492 9500 3489 9545
TIME...MOT...LOC 1106Z 253DEG 23KT 3497 9539
Special weather statement, May 29, 6:43 AM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 29, 6:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 29, 8:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 29, 11:18 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1118 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

OKZ054-291700-
OSAGE OK-
1118 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTY UNTIL
NOON CDT...

AT 1117 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF
PEARSONIA...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL OSAGE
COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3700 9632 3680 9639 3681 9651 3700 9651
TIME...MOT...LOC 1617Z 190DEG 14KT 3687 9645

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 4:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg46 min
May 29, 5:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg43 min
May 29, 6:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer39 min
May 29, 6:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee47 min
May 29, 11:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek31 min
May 29, 1:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage44 min
May 29, 2:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers38 min
May 29, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage40 min
May 29, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage35 min
May 29, 2:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage3 hr
May 29, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage37 min
May 29, 3:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage39 min
May 29, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington37 min
May 29, 3:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage24 min
May 29, 3:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa34 min
May 29, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa30 min
May 29, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington24 min
May 29, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage32 min
May 29, 4:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAOsage3 hr
May 29, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington32 min
May 29, 4:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore26 min
May 29, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes35 min
May 29, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington32 min
May 29, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes29 min
May 29, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington34 min
May 29, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWagoner23 min
May 29, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes14 min
May 29, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes34 min
May 29, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa, Wagoner30 min
May 29, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes26 min
May 29, 5:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes37 min
May 29, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes29 min
May 29, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa, Wagoner31 min
May 29, 6:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSARogers, Tulsa, Wagoner3 hr
May 29, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Mayes33 min
May 29, 6:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee, Mayes3 hr
May 29, 6:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers32 min
May 29, 8:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian38 min

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Sources

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