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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 20, 2018Kay County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at May 20, 2018, 12:58 AM CDT for Kay County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 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 20, 2018, 12:58 AM CDT (05:58 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 2018, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Kay County, OK

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2018-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1717 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2018-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
1717 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1316 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.0

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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 20, 12:00 AM CDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 12:00 AM CDT, 58 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1200 AM CDT Sun May 20 2018

.AVIATION...
CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM/KROG.
Additional storm chances will increase at all sites later tonight
as an ongoing thunderstorm complex moves east northeast. Will
carry tempo groups at all sites into mid morning. Cigs to largely
remain VFR, but vsbys will fall into MVFR categories in
thunderstorms. Expect VFR conditions at all sites after 16z-18z.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 928 PM CDT Sat May 19 2018/

..UPDATE...

DISCUSSION...
Convective lull ongoing across the forecast area at this time with
focus turning to widespread convection being maintained over SW OK
/ NW TX region. Low level flow is shown to remain steady with
while mid level flow remains rather meager with resultant
propagation vectors allowing any sustained convective complex to
push into eastern OK later tonight. The remnant outflow boundary
across NE OK has become more diffuse however it may also serve as
somewhat of a focus later tonight.

Updated forecast will increase precip chances across SE OK while
also maintaining rather high chances across NE OK. Severe weather
potential is expected to remain rather isolated with the outside
potential for a more organized complex to emerge into SE OK later
tonight. This potential seems rather low at this point but will
reflect the possibility in related graphics.

&&

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

AVIATION.....23
Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 5:07 PM CDT, 7 hours 51 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
507 PM CDT Sat May 19 2018

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-201015-
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-
507 PM CDT Sat May 19 2018

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.
TORNADO.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Along Interstate 44 in northeast Oklahoma.
	ONSET...Through mid evening.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Primarily Eastern Oklahoma.
	ONSET...Ongoing...continuing into overnight hours.

DISCUSSION...
Severe storms across far northeast Oklahoma have recently
weakened and moved north into Kansas.  Additional storms
are developing across north central Oklahoma north of
a strong outflow boundary.  These storms will pose mainly
periodic chances of large hail as they spread eastward
across northeast Oklahoma.  Should any storm develop along
or south of the outflow boundary it would pose a more
substantial severe weather risk.

Through the late evening and overnight hours the focus
will be toward storms moving eastward across Oklahoma.
These storms may spread into eastern Oklahoma after 10 PM
and maintain some risk of severe weather, primarily with
locally damaging winds.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Activation of the Regional Spotter Network Possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.
SUNDAY through FRIDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Thunderstorm chances will persist daily through next
week, however any severe weather risk looks to remain
isolated as winds aloft remain light.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage31 min
May 20, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage48 min
May 20, 1:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage24 min
May 20, 1:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee28 min
May 20, 1:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage25 min
May 20, 2:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg28 min
May 20, 2:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage26 min
May 20, 2:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee28 min
May 20, 2:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee39 min
May 20, 2:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer26 min
May 20, 2:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee32 min
May 20, 3:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa26 min
May 20, 3:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington37 min
May 20, 3:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAWashington3 hr
May 20, 3:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa, Wagoner38 min
May 20, 3:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee27 min
May 20, 4:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAOsage3 hr
May 20, 4:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, Mayes31 min
May 20, 4:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Nowata27 min
May 20, 4:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Delaware, Nowata, Ottawa35 min
May 20, 4:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Ottawa51 min
May 20, 5:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware24 min
May 20, 8:17 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa30 hr
May 20, 2:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha42 min
May 20, 3:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa23 min
May 20, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa37 min
May 20, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair24 min
May 20, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware25 min
May 20, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair43 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.