Alert archive / Oklahoma / Special Weather Statements in 2016
Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jun 18, 2016, 7:20 PM CDT for Pittsburg 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
- Jun 18, 2016, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Pittsburg County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 2057 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1266 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
665
WWUS84 KTSA 190020
SPSTSA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
720 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016
OKZ073-190100-
PITTSBURG OK-
720 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL PITTSBURG COUNTY
UNTIL 800 PM CDT...
AT 719 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF SCIPIO TO NEAR SAVANNA. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
MCALESTER... SAVANNA...
HAYWOOD... SCIPIO...
ARPELAR...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3505 9609 3505 9607 3506 9606 3507 9577
3480 9577 3481 9609
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 065DEG 17KT 3505 9584 3481 9583
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 43 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.