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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 3, 2016Creek County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2016, 6:57 PM CDT for Creek County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2016, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Creek County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.

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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: 1279 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 859 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 9.8

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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 Jul 3, 6:50 PM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 6:50 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 4:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
429 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-041015-
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-
429 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

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

.DAY ONE...REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

.TORNADO.
    RISK...LIMITED.
 	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON.  THIS ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE IN
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH THE THREAT FOR
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. A BRIEF TORNADO OR
TWO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT WITH ANY ISOLATED SUPERCELLS THIS AFTERNOON
OR EVENING.

FLASH FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS AS STORMS SPREAD ACROSS
THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS
EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WIDESPREAD 2 TO 3 INCH RAINFALL
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY WITH LOCALLY 5 INCHES
POSSIBLE.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE
ADDITIONAL RAINS COULD ALSO LEAD TO NOTABLE RISES ON A FEW AREA
RIVERS.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY EARLY IN
THE DAY ON MONDAY...WITH PRECIPITATION ENDING BY MONDAY
EVENING.

THE HEAT WILL RETURN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND INTO
NEXT WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE REGION.
TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE PREVALENT BEGINNING TUESDAY
AND CONTINUING INTO NEXT WEEKEND.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
529 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

OKZ054-059-032300-
PAWNEE OK-OSAGE OK-
529 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES
UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

AT 528 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHIDLER TO 5 MILES WEST OF
RALSTON TO 3 MILES EAST OF GLENCOE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
PAWHUSKA...                       PAWNEE...
HOMINY...                         CLEVELAND...
FAIRFAX...                        SHIDLER...
WYNONA...                         JENNINGS...
RALSTON...                        WESTPORT...
OSAGE...                          BURBANK...
HALLETT...                        BLACKBURN...
TERLTON...                        MARAMEC...
SKEDEE...                         PEARSONIA...
BIGHEART...                       APPERSON...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3650 9703 3653 9700 3656 9689 3658 9689
      3660 9691 3659 9695 3678 9679 3678 9675
      3679 9675 3697 9618 3617 9631 3617 9682
      3625 9682 3625 9692 3633 9693 3634 9703
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 248DEG 22KT 3670 9661 3649 9683 3624 9686

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
544 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

OKZ060-064-032315-
CREEK OK-TULSA OK-
544 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CREEK AND WEST
CENTRAL TULSA COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 544 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTH OF TERLTON TO 2 MILES EAST OF DRUMRIGHT
TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AVERY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.

DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
BRISTOW...                        MANNFORD...
DRUMRIGHT...                      OILTON...
DEPEW...                          SHAMROCK...
KEYSTONE STATE PARK...            SILVER CITY...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 178 AND 200.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3616 9662 3616 9625 3586 9628 3577 9651
      3576 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 262DEG 21KT 3612 9648 3598 9655 3584 9666

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
556 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

OKZ056-057-061-032345-
ROGERS OK-CRAIG OK-NOWATA OK-
556 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN ROGERS...NOWATA AND
CRAIG COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 555 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LENAPAH TO 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WATOVA TO 5 MILES WEST OF TALALA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
VINITA...                         NOWATA...
CHELSEA...                        OOLOGAH...
DELAWARE...                       LENAPAH...
TALALA...                         NEW ALLUWE...
WHITE OAK...                      WATOVA...
PYRAMID CORNERS...                CENTRAILIA...
HOLLOW...                         CENTRALIA...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3663 9514 3651 9540 3651 9543 3649 9544
      3641 9579 3642 9580 3642 9581 3690 9580
      3700 9552 3700 9511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 252DEG 23KT 3682 9555 3663 9562 3653 9580

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:00 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
600 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

OKZ054-059-032345-
PAWNEE OK-OSAGE OK-
600 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN OSAGE AND NORTHWESTERN
PAWNEE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 600 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES EAST OF PEARSONIA TO 3 MILES EAST OF BURBANK
TO 8 MILES WEST OF FAIRFAX. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
PAWHUSKA...                       FAIRFAX...
SHIDLER...                        WYNONA...
RALSTON...                        BURBANK...
ELGIN...                          GRAINOLA...
FORAKER...                        HULAH...
OSAGE HILLS STATE PARK...         PEARSONIA...
BIGHEART...                       EASTERN KAW LAKE...
WEBB CITY...                      APPERSON...
PERSHING...                       WAH SHA SHE STATE PARK...
NELAGONEY...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3700 9600 3696 9600 3654 9627 3646 9701
      3653 9698 3657 9689 3660 9691 3659 9695
      3675 9688 3674 9683 3677 9682 3678 9675
      3700 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 247DEG 21KT 3681 9638 3670 9668 3659 9685

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:13 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
613 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

OKZ060-064-040000-
CREEK OK-TULSA OK-
613 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CREEK AND WEST CENTRAL TULSA
COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 612 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF MANNFORD TO 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BRISTOW TO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF STROUD. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
WESTERN TULSA...                  SAND SPRINGS...
BRISTOW...                        SAPULPA...
MANNFORD...                       DRUMRIGHT...
KELLYVILLE...                     OILTON...
DEPEW...                          SLICK...
SHAMROCK...                       KEYSTONE STATE PARK...
GRAY...                           MILFAY...
SILVER CITY...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 178 AND 216.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3616 9662 3616 9603 3586 9612 3585 9619
      3579 9619 3569 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 261DEG 21KT 3605 9637 3586 9642 3579 9662

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:57 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 3:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Ottawa, Rogers	43 min
Jul 3, 3:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 14 more	27 hr
Jul 3, 3:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa, Rogers	48 min
Jul 3, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	29 min
Jul 3, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	31 min
Jul 3, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	34 min
Jul 3, 4:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	31 min
Jul 3, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage, Pawnee, Washington	46 min
Jul 3, 4:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Washington	6 hr
Jul 3, 4:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	36 min
Jul 3, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	29 min
Jul 3, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	37 min
Jul 3, 5:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	5 hr
Jul 3, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Washington	35 min
Jul 3, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	31 min
Jul 3, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	31 min
Jul 3, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Nowata	49 min
Jul 3, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	45 min
Jul 3, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	47 min
Jul 3, 6:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Rogers	5 hr
Jul 3, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	16 min
Jul 3, 8:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	113 min
Jul 3, 10:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	2 hr

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