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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 3, 2018Muskogee County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at May 3, 2018, 9:53 AM CDT for Muskogee County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 37 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: May 3, 2018, 9:53 AM CDT (14:53 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2018, 10:30 AM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Muskogee County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 187 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 236 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 974 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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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 May 3, 5:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 5:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 9:11 AM CDT, 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 3, 6:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 6:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 9:14 AM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 9:27 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 9:43 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 9:53 AM 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
May 2, 9:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	38 min
May 2, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee	46 min
May 2, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	54 min
May 2, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	31 min
May 2, 10:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	48 min
May 2, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington	65 min
May 2, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 3 more	62 min
May 2, 10:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	43 min
May 2, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Rogers, Washington	47 min
May 2, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Muskogee	43 min
May 2, 11:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	52 min
May 2, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	48 min
May 2, 11:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	43 min
May 2, 11:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	56 min
May 2, 11:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	41 min
May 3, 12:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Sequoyah	41 min
May 3, 3:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa	49 min
May 3, 4:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	62 min
May 3, 5:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee	42 min
May 3, 5:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	38 min
May 3, 6:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	43 min
May 3, 6:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	33 min
May 3, 9:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	39 min
May 3, 9:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	31 min
May 3, 9:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 3 more	3 hr
May 3, 9:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	33 min
May 3, 9:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	32 min
May 3, 10:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, McIntosh, Mayes and 4 more	3 hr
May 3, 10:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	32 min
May 3, 10:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Delaware	3 hr
May 3, 10:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	24 min
May 3, 11:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	23 min
May 3, 11:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	60 min
May 3, 11:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	28 min
May 3, 12:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	59 min
May 3, 2:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	30 hr
May 3, 2:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	35 hr
May 3, 2:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	46 hr
May 3, 2:28 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	16 hr
May 3, 6:17 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Sequoyah	14 hr
May 3, 12:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Washington	53 min
May 3, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	43 min
May 3, 1:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll, Madison	53 min
May 3, 1:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	45 min
May 3, 1:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	46 min
May 3, 6:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll, Madison, Washington	65 min
May 3, 12:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	48 min
May 3, 1:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	36 min
May 3, 1:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Franklin	26 min

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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.