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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 26, 2017Cherokee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 26, 2017, 9:19 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 41 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
Mar 26, 2017, 9:19 PM CDT (02:19 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Cherokee County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 00:00Z on 2017-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2017-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Mar 26, 9:11 PM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 9:11 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
911 PM CDT Sun Mar 26 2017

.DISCUSSION...
Severe thunderstorms continue to roll across southeast
Oklahoma this evening as an upper level low spins across
south-central Kansas. The severe threat will persist into
the overnight hours across southeast Oklahoma into west-central
Arkansas as the low level jet strengthens. Severe thunderstorms
will also be possible over the next few hours near the Kansas/
Oklahoma closer to the upper level low and the surface cold front
moving into the area. Large hail and damaging winds will be
the main concern with the tornado threat diminishing over the next
couple of hours across southeast Oklahoma.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...None.
AR...None.
&&

SHORT TERM...10
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 26, 4:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
457 PM CDT Sun Mar 26 2017

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-271030-
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 Sun Mar 26 2017

...SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...

This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.

.DAY ONE...This evening and Tonight.
TORNADO.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Generally west of a line from Bartlesville to Poteau.
	ONSET...After 7pm.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Significant.
	AREA...All of eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...After 6 pm.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...Generally west of a line of
    Bartlesville to Poteau.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Southeast Oklahoma.
	ONSET...After 10 pm.

DISCUSSION...
Scattered thunderstorms are ongoing late this afternoon across
eastern Oklahoma and will pose only a limited risk of severe
weather.  Further west across south central Oklahoma severe
storms have developed and these storms will intensify and
increase in coverage as they approach southeast Oklahoma
later this evening.  Wind profiles will also strengthen after
sunset and any ongoing storms will experience an increase
in tornadic potential.  Locations south of Interstate 40 should
anticipate severe weather warnings and be ready to take cover
as needed.
Further north scattered severe storms are expected to develop
across northern Oklahoma and spread into northeast Oklahoma
later this evening.  A limited tornadic potential remains across
this area with an increase in damaging wind and large hail
potential increasing likely during the mid to late evening hours.
All storms will generally trend weaker as they continue into
western Arkansas, however the severe weather potential will not
subside until early Monday morning when the storm system pushes
east of the region.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Activation of the Regional Spotter Network Expected especially
along and south of Interstate 40.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
MONDAY and TUESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
WEDNESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Heavy Rain Potential.
THURSDAY through SATURDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Thunderstorms will be ongoing Monday morning but will quickly
move further east with dry weather prevailing through much of
the day Tuesday.  Thunderstorms will become widespread
Tuesday night through Wednesday with a risk of locally heavy
rainfall and severe weather.
The unsettled weather pattern will remain into next weekend
with continued thunderstorm chances with each passing
storm system.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 26, 8:20 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 26, 8:59 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 26, 9:19 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee33 min
Mar 26, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee32 min
Mar 26, 7:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh23 min
Mar 26, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh30 min
Mar 26, 8:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer25 min
Mar 26, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg29 min
Mar 26, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg40 min
Mar 26, 8:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh35 min
Mar 26, 8:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg46 min
Mar 26, 9:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer30 min
Mar 26, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage35 min
Mar 26, 9:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell49 min
Mar 26, 9:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa32 min
Mar 26, 9:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell40 min
Mar 26, 9:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah35 min
Mar 26, 10:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw43 min
Mar 26, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage33 min
Mar 26, 10:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes, Rogers32 min
Mar 26, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore25 min
Mar 26, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage45 min
Mar 26, 11:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage, Washington52 min
Mar 27, 12:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Nowata, Washington34 min
Mar 27, 12:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers, Washington26 min
Mar 27, 1:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Ottawa, Rogers24 min
Mar 27, 1:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes28 min
Mar 27, 2:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware42 min
Mar 27, 2:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig23 min
Mar 26, 10:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford, Sebastian, Washington67 min
Mar 26, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin, Sebastian46 min
Mar 26, 10:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMadison52 min
Mar 27, 3:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton24 min
Mar 27, 3:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton36 min
Mar 27, 4:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford30 min
Mar 27, 4:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford29 min
Mar 27, 5:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMadison33 min
Mar 27, 5:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAFranklin34 min

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Special Weather Statements in Oklahoma, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017

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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.