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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2016, 4:57 PM CDT for Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 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 31, 2016, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Sequoyah County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1051 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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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 31, 3:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 3:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
336 PM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016
.DISCUSSION...
Dewpoints have remained higher than expected this afternoon, which
has resulted in the need for a heat advisory for parts of
northeast Oklahoma. Some drying of the low level airmass is
expected over the next couple days, resulting in more marginal
conditions for an advisory, so will hold off on any heat headlines
after this evening.
Ioslated showers and thunderstorms are developing this afternoon.
This activity will dissipate by sunset, but will need a pre-first
period mention to cover the ongoing activity. Isolated diurnal
convection will remain possible just about any day this upcoming
week, especially over the favored terrain areas, but coverage will
be to low to include in the forecast at this time.
The main story over the next week will be the heat. An upper ridge
will remain over the center of the country all week. Low level
thermal progs suggest a slow warming trend over the next few days,
which will be aided by the decreasing dewpoints, followed by near
steady-state temperatures late this week through next weekend. The
GFS has backed off on any frontal intrusions next weekend, and
there is no real reason for the decrease in daytime high
temperatures shown by its MOS guidance other than a trend towards
climatology at the longer time ranges. The more steady-state
ECMWF MOS has the right idea.
Stayed close to guidance temperatures the next couple days.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL 78 98 77 99 / 10 10 10 10
FSM 76 98 74 99 / 10 10 10 10
MLC 77 97 75 98 / 10 10 10 10
BVO 75 97 73 98 / 10 10 10 10
FYV 73 93 71 94 / 10 10 10 10
BYV 74 92 72 93 / 10 10 10 10
MKO 75 97 73 98 / 10 10 10 10
MIO 76 95 74 96 / 10 10 10 10
F10 77 97 75 98 / 10 10 10 10
HHW 76 99 74 100 / 10 10 10 10
&&
.TSA Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
OK...Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for OKZ054>057-059>062-
064>067-070>075.
AR...None.
&&
SHORT TERM...10
LONG TERM....05
PLATEHazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 4:49 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 3:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
347 PM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016
OKZ072-312115-
SEQUOYAH OK-
347 PM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL SEQUOYAH COUNTY UNTIL 415
PM CDT...
AT 347 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SALLISAW...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
SALLISAW... GANS...
BRUSHY LAKE STATE PARK... MC KEY...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 299 AND
313.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3537 9466 3535 9483 3536 9483 3537 9485
3536 9486 3535 9489 3537 9490 3538 9489
3540 9490 3540 9492 3545 9495 3558 9478
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 250DEG 10KT 3544 9483Special weather statement, Jul 31, 4:14 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
414 PM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016
OKZ069-072-312145-
ADAIR OK-SEQUOYAH OK-
414 PM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN SEQUOYAH AND SOUTHERN
ADAIR COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
AT 413 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SALLISAW...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A SECOND STRENGTHENING THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED EAST OF BUNCH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
SALLISAW... MARBLE CITY...
BRUSHY... BUNCH...
BRUSHY LAKE STATE PARK... MC KEY...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 298 AND
312.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3535 9478 3545 9496 3564 9484 3564 9481
3569 9481 3580 9474 3566 9448 3565 9448
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 213DEG 14KT 3547 9482Special weather statement, Jul 31, 4:18 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
418 PM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016
OKZ066-071-312145-
MCINTOSH OK-OKMULGEE OK-
418 PM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN OKMULGEE AND
NORTHWESTERN MCINTOSH COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
AT 418 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HENRYETTA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
HENRYETTA... MORRIS...
DEWAR... SCHULTER...
GRAYSON... HOFFMAN...
STIDHAM... LAKE EUFAULA STATE PARK...
HITCHITA... PIERCE...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 233 AND
257.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3553 9597 3564 9580 3540 9558 3527 9596
3530 9598 3538 9598 3538 9604 3544 9609
3545 9608
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 238DEG 16KT 3541 9596Local storm report, Jul 31, 4:42 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 1:50 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TSA | Craig, Creek, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Mayes and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 31, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 28 min |
| Jul 31, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 31 min |
| Jul 31, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 27 min |
| Jul 31, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 37 min |
| Jul 31, 4:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Sequoyah | 115 min |
| Jul 31, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 35 min |
| Jul 31, 2:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 45 min |
| Jul 31, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 36 min |
| Jul 31, 2:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Madison | 43 min |
| Jul 31, 2:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 40 min |
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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.