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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Aug 12, 2016, 3:06 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 24 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
- Aug 12, 2016, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Choctaw County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 937 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1673 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Aug 12, 3:05 PM CDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 3:05 PM CDT, 1 minute before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 144 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-131030- 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- 144 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOOD. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. DANGEROUS HEAT. RISK...SIGNIFICANT. AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES SLOWLY SOUTHWARD OVER THE REGION. THE GREATER CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MAINLY ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS AHEAD OF THE FRONT COMBINED WITH INCREASING INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW FOR A LIMITED SEVERE POTENTIAL...WITH LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. ALSO...SOME PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITHIN THE STRONGER STORMS COULD CREATE LOCALIZED AREAS OF POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS. HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 100 TO NEAR 110 DEGREE RANGE WILL REMAIN COMMON THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS OVER LOCATIONS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT THAT DO NOT RECEIVE RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO STALL JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALSO LOOKS TO LIFT NORTHWARD TOWARD THE REGION FOR THE START OF NEXT WEEK WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL COULD BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM SUNDAY AND MONDAY. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 12, 1:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
147 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016
OKZ049-053-073-121930-
PUSHMATAHA OK-PITTSBURG OK-CHOCTAW OK-
147 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CHOCTAW...SOUTH
CENTRAL PITTSBURG AND WESTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT...
AT 147 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF STANLEY TO 7 MILES EAST OF LANE.
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
ANTLERS... CLAYTON...
KOSOMA... SNOW...
DUNBAR... KELLOND...
STANLEY... MOYERS...
CLAYTON LAKE STATE PARK... EUBANKS...
FINLEY...
LAT...LON 3416 9586 3416 9578 3450 9578 3451 9567
3459 9567 3460 9570 3474 9557 3470 9551
3468 9551 3468 9548 3454 9526 3400 9576
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 320DEG 10KT 3463 9557 3432 9586
69Special weather statement, Aug 12, 2:35 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 1:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 38 min |
| Aug 12, 1:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 40 min |
| Aug 12, 1:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer | 20 min |
| Aug 12, 2:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 25 min |
| Aug 12, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 2:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 2:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 27 min |
| Aug 12, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 36 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.