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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 14, 2017Choctaw County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2017, 8:30 PM CDT for Choctaw 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

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The facts

Issued: Aug 14, 2017, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired: Aug 14, 2017, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Choctaw County, OK

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 14, 6:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 6:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 5:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 4:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
413 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2017

OKZ073-075-142200-
Pittsburg OK-Latimer OK-
413 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN LATIMER AND SOUTHEASTERN
PITTSBURG COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

At 413 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles north of Krebs to 3 miles northwest of
Hartshorne to 5 miles south of Blanco. Movement was east at 25 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations in or near the path include...
Wilburton...                      Hartshorne...
Krebs...                          Quinton...
Alderson...                       Damon...
Higgins...                        Blocker...
Robbers Cave State Park...        Haileyville...
Gowen...                          Dow...
Bache...                          Featherston...

LAT...LON 3461 9586 3486 9569 3508 9577 3515 9535
      3506 9535 3506 9530 3486 9523 3468 9542
      3468 9551 3460 9552
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 269DEG 21KT 3502 9567 3487 9562 3466 9577

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 5:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 6:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 6:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 8:30 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 15, 2:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	LeFlore	3 hr
Aug 15, 3:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	LeFlore	3 hr
Aug 15, 3:30 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg and 1 more	4 hr
Aug 15, 3:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee	31 min
Aug 15, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	63 min
Aug 15, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington	42 min
Aug 15, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	58 min
Aug 15, 5:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Tulsa	3 hr
Aug 15, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	31 min
Aug 15, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	51 min
Aug 15, 3:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Franklin	3 hr
Aug 15, 5:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Franklin	4 hr
Aug 15, 5:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Franklin	3 hr
Aug 15, 6:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin	3 hr
Aug 15, 8:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin	9 hr
Aug 15, 10:09 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Crawford, Franklin	24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.