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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at May 20, 2018, 1:36 AM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 24 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
- May 20, 2018, 1:36 AM CDT (06:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2018, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Osage County, OK
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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, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 12:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 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, 8 hours 29 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
Special weather statement, May 20, 12:58 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 19, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 31 min |
| May 20, 12:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Kay | 32 min |
| May 20, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 48 min |
| May 20, 1:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 28 min |
| May 20, 1:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 25 min |
| May 20, 2:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 28 min |
| May 20, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 26 min |
| May 20, 2:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 28 min |
| May 20, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 39 min |
| May 20, 2:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 26 min |
| May 20, 2:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 32 min |
| May 20, 3:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 26 min |
| May 20, 3:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 37 min |
| May 20, 3:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Washington | 3 hr |
| May 20, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 38 min |
| May 20, 3:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 27 min |
| May 20, 4:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Osage | 3 hr |
| May 20, 4:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes | 31 min |
| May 20, 4:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 27 min |
| May 20, 4:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Nowata, Ottawa | 35 min |
| May 20, 4:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Ottawa | 51 min |
| May 20, 5:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 24 min |
| May 20, 8:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 30 hr |
| May 20, 2:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 42 min |
| May 20, 3:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 23 min |
| May 20, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 37 min |
| May 20, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 24 min |
| May 20, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 25 min |
| May 20, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.