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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 14, 2016Latimer County, LeFlore County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2016, 4:16 AM CDT for Latimer County, LeFlore County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 59 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
Jul 14, 2016, 4:16 AM CDT (09:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2016, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3256 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3256 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-185 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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 14, 4:13 AM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 4:13 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 4:57 PM CDT, 11 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
457 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-141030-
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-
457 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...PRIMARILY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40.
	ONSET...AFTER 8 PM INTO OVERNIGHT.

DANGEROUS HEAT.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...AFTERNOON.

DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS
KANSAS AND INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND EVENTUALLY SPREAD SOUTH AND
SOUTHEAST LATER THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. CONDITIONS
WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF A LIMITED SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX...AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE PRIMARY
HAZARD.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THURSDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT
POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING THURSDAY MORNING...WITH FURTHER
DEVELOPMENT LIKELY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT FOCUSED
ALONG A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT.  STRONG INSTABILITY AND FAVORABLE
WINDS ALOFT WILL SUPPORT SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL BOTH DURING
THE DAY THURSDAY AS WELL AS THURSDAY NIGHT.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...WITH
HOT AND DRY WEATHER PREVAILING FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 14, 2:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
215 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

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

0150 AM     TSTM WND GST     1 W BIXBY               35.94N 95.90W
07/14/2016  M66 MPH          TULSA              OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 2:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
243 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

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

0235 AM     TSTM WND GST     2 W CHECOTAH            35.47N 95.56W
07/14/2016  M59 MPH          MCINTOSH           OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 2:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
255 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

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

0254 AM     HAIL             EUFAULA                 35.29N 95.58W
07/14/2016  E0.75 INCH       MCINTOSH           OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:21 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
321 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

OKZ049-073>076-140915-
PUSHMATAHA OK-PITTSBURG OK-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-LE FLORE OK-
321 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN PITTSBURG...LE FLORE...
LATIMER...NORTHERN PUSHMATAHA AND SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL
415 AM CDT...

AT 321 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF KEOTA TO 2 MILES SOUTH OF ROBBERS CAVE
STATE PARK TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STUART. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT
40 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...
MCALESTER...                      POTEAU...
WILBURTON...                      STIGLER...
CLAYTON...                        HEAVENER...
HARTSHORNE...                     KREBS...
TALIHINA...                       WISTER...
HOWE...                           KIOWA...
SAVANNA...                        KEOTA...
RED OAK...                        MCCURTAIN...
BOKOSHE...                        FANSHAWE...
ALDERSON...                       KINTA...

LAT...LON 3452 9567 3459 9567 3459 9579 3465 9588
      3468 9589 3468 9593 3478 9609 3487 9609
      3498 9541 3534 9502 3504 9444 3460 9459
      3440 9548
TIME...MOT...LOC 0821Z 300DEG 33KT 3526 9502 3496 9532 3484 9606
Local storm report, Jul 14, 3:33 AM CDT, 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:16 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 10:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAKay39 min
Jul 14, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek61 min
Jul 14, 12:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa46 min
Jul 14, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Tulsa32 min
Jul 14, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee41 min
Jul 14, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner26 min
Jul 14, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner49 min
Jul 14, 2:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more50 min
Jul 14, 3:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore54 min
Jul 14, 3:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha43 min
Jul 14, 10:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage, Pawnee52 min
Jul 14, 11:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee59 min
Jul 14, 11:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Nowata, Rogers, Washington54 min
Jul 14, 11:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek, Tulsa62 min
Jul 14, 11:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee38 min
Jul 14, 11:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Ottawa57 min
Jul 14, 11:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington57 min
Jul 14, 12:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Pawnee, Tulsa42 min
Jul 14, 12:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee23 min
Jul 14, 12:19 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Tulsa6 min
Jul 14, 12:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes, Rogers66 min
Jul 14, 12:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner59 min
Jul 14, 12:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee56 min
Jul 14, 12:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington3 hr
Jul 14, 12:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner56 min
Jul 14, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers, Wagoner67 min
Jul 14, 12:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Ottawa34 min
Jul 14, 1:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers and 2 more3 hr
Jul 14, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, McIntosh, Mayes and 5 more55 min
Jul 14, 1:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg28 min
Jul 14, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg49 min
Jul 14, 1:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Sequoyah3 hr
Jul 14, 1:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 1 more3 hr
Jul 14, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh and 3 more60 min
Jul 14, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha54 min
Jul 14, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha60 min
Jul 14, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah59 min
Jul 14, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha58 min
Jul 14, 3:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw68 min
Jul 14, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore, Pushmataha54 min
Jul 14, 2:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACrawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington3 hr
Jul 14, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington48 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.