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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 6, 2016Washington County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Oct 6, 2016, 8:15 AM CDT for Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 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
Oct 6, 2016, 8:15 AM CDT (13:15 UTC)
Expired
Oct 6, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 192 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2016-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 914 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2016-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 247 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
914 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
980 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted.

511 
WWUS84 KTSA 061315
SPSTSA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
815 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2016
 
OKZ054>056-061400-
NOWATA OK-WASHINGTON OK-OSAGE OK-
815 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL OSAGE...WEST CENTRAL
NOWATA AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM CDT...

AT 815 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF
WYNONA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
BARTLESVILLE...                   DEWEY...
BARNSDALL...                      COPAN...
WYNONA...                         OCHELATA...
WANN...                           OKESA...
WOLCO...                          TALLANT...
PERSHING...                       NELAGONEY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3682 9562 3636 9630 3649 9645 3700 9586
      3700 9584
TIME...MOT...LOC 1315Z 226DEG 43KT 3649 9631 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 6, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee67 min
Oct 6, 2:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage37 min
Oct 6, 2:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage48 min
Oct 6, 4:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage44 min
Oct 6, 4:57 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAOsage4 hr
Oct 6, 5:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage4 hr
Oct 6, 7:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage, Washington38 min
Oct 6, 7:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee52 min
Oct 6, 8:17 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa5 days
Oct 6, 8:42 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSANowata, Osage, Pawnee, Washington3 hr
Oct 6, 10:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSANowata, Osage, Washington3 hr
Oct 6, 2:23 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSANowata41 hr
Oct 6, 2:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage31 min
Oct 6, 2:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchTSANowata, Pawnee, Washington13 hr

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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.