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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 15, 2017Sequoyah County, Oklahoma; Crawford County, Franklin County, Washington County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2017, 9:46 PM CDT for Sequoyah County, Oklahoma; Crawford County, Franklin County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 59 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 15, 2017, 9:46 PM CDT (02:46 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2017, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Washington County, AR, Sequoyah County, OK

The radar

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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 Aug 15, 9:28 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 9:28 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 9:15 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 15, 6:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
638 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0637 PM     HEAVY RAIN       15 W SAPULPA            36.00N 96.38W
08/15/2017  E3.25 INCH       CREEK              OK   PUBLIC

            3.25 INCHES OF RAIN IN ABOUT 2 HOURS NEAR HIGHWAY 33 AND
            48 INTERSECTION.

&&

CAS

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 7:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
707 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2017

OKZ062-063-067-068-160045-
Cherokee OK-Delaware OK-Wagoner OK-Mayes OK-
707 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE...MAYES...
EASTERN WAGONER AND NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM
CDT...

At 707 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 2 miles west of Pryor to 6 miles southeast of Chouteau
to 3 miles north of Okay. Movement was east at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations in or near the path include...
Tahlequah...                      Wagoner...
Pryor...                          Pryor Creek...
Chouteau...                       Locust Grove...
Salina...                         Langley...
Okay...                           Hulbert...
Spavinaw...                       Pensacola...
Hoot Owl...                       Peggs...
Cherokee State Park...            Rose...
Leach...                          Spavinaw State Park...
Sportsmen Acres Community...      Sequoyah State Park...

LAT...LON 3650 9503 3615 9490 3582 9497 3582 9542
      3608 9537 3634 9543
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 259DEG 22KT 3630 9537 3610 9529 3590 9533

69

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 7:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
716 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2017

OKZ066-067-070-160100-
Muskogee OK-Okmulgee OK-Wagoner OK-
716 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAGONER...MUSKOGEE
AND NORTHEASTERN OKMULGEE COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

At 716 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 2 miles east of Porter to 4 miles southeast of Morris.
Movement was northeast at 35 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations in or near the path include...
Muskogee...                       Fort Gibson...
Haskell...                        Morris...
Oktaha...                         Braggs...
Taft...                           Boynton...
Council Hill...                   Tullahassee...
Greenleaf State Park...           Keefeton...
Wainwright...                     Summit...
Jamesville...                     Eram...
Choska...

LAT...LON 3585 9576 3583 9526 3582 9527 3581 9526
      3581 9513 3556 9514 3555 9594
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 245DEG 31KT 3587 9548 3558 9579

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 7:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
752 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2017

OKZ062-063-067>069-160200-
Adair OK-Cherokee OK-Delaware OK-Wagoner OK-Mayes OK-
752 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN DELAWARE...SOUTHEASTERN
MAYES...NORTHERN ADAIR...SOUTHEASTERN WAGONER AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES
UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

At 752 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 4 miles south of Rose to 5 miles north of Tahlequah to
2 miles northeast of Fort Gibson. Movement was east at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations in or near the path include...
Tahlequah...                      Fort Gibson...
Westville...                      Locust Grove...
West Siloam Springs...            Colcord...
Kansas...                         Okay...
Hulbert...                        Watts...
Oaks...                           Eldon...
Proctor...                        Christie...
Peggs...                          Rose...
Leach...                          Scraper...
Twin Oaks...                      Sequoyah State Park...

LAT...LON 3632 9459 3601 9454 3577 9483 3580 9513
      3581 9513 3581 9524 3582 9533 3600 9523
      3622 9516
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 265DEG 22KT 3616 9501 3600 9499 3583 9523

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 8:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
839 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2017

ARZ001-010-019-OKZ068-069-072-160245-
Benton AR-Washington AR-Crawford AR-Adair OK-Sequoyah OK-Cherokee OK-
839 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BENTON...
NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD...WASHINGTON...NORTHERN SEQUOYAH...ADAIR AND
EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT...

At 839 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 4 miles southeast of Scraper to near Maryetta to 2
miles north of Marble City. Movement was east at 40 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations in or near the path include...
Fayetteville...                   Springdale...
Tahlequah...                      Siloam Springs...
Stilwell...                       Cedarville...
Mountainburg...                   Natural Dam...
Farmington...                     Prairie Grove...
Elkins...                         Tontitown...
West Fork...                      Lincoln...
Westville...                      Greenland...
Winslow...                        Watts...
Marble City...                    Chester...

This includes Interstate 49 between mile markers 27 and 72.

LAT...LON 3620 9408 3588 9395 3558 9415 3553 9508
      3583 9498 3610 9500
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 263DEG 33KT 3606 9478 3583 9467 3561 9483

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 9:46 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, 7:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes	38 min
Aug 15, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	44 min
Aug 15, 7:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	68 min
Aug 15, 8:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	66 min
Aug 15, 10:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	3 hr
Aug 16, 8:06 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Sequoyah	25 hr
Aug 16, 2:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh and 11 more	13 hr
Aug 16, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	47 min
Aug 15, 10:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Crawford	3 hr
Aug 15, 11:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Crawford	3 hr

Nearby

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

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.