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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 2, 2018Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jun 2, 2018, 12:49 PM CDT for Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2018, 12:49 PM CDT (17:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2018, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Sequoyah County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2018-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2602 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2018-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2602 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-176 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
909 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 Jun 2, 12:42 PM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 12:42 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1242 PM CDT Sat Jun 2 2018

.AVIATION...
CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM/KROG.
Scattered to broken mid clouds are expected to continue to spread
across the CWA as a cold front moves through the region. Along and
ahead of the front...scattered convection will be possible over
mainly Northwest Arkansas into Southeast Oklahoma through the
afternoon hours and will carry VCTS for Northwest Arkansas TAF
sites. Behind the frontal boundary...breezy northerly winds are
forecast with lighter northerly winds overnight into Sunday. Cloud
cover should begin to clear out this evening with mostly clear
conditions forecast overnight into Sunday.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 1052 AM CDT Sat Jun 2 2018/

..UPDATE...

DISCUSSION...
At mid morning...a cold front was located from Southwest Oklahoma
to Northeast Kansas. Out ahead of the front...an outflow boundary
associated with the decaying MCS over Southwest Missouri was
pushing rain cooled air southward into far Northeast Oklahoma.
Across the rest of Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest
Arkansas...mostly clear to mostly cloudy skies were common with
temps in the mid/upper 80s over East Central/Southeast Oklahoma
and West Central Arkansas.

Through this afternoon...the outflow boundary is expected to slow
its progression southward and get overtaken by the cold front
pushing southeast into/across the CWA. Will keep a slight chance
pop along/near the outflow boundary through the morning hours and
then continue the increasing pops for the afternoon hours across
Southeast Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas ahead of the front.
Large amounts of CAPE with marginal shear values are forecast ahead
of the front as the cap currently in place looks to erode this
afternoon. These conditions will allow for at least a limited
severe potential this afternoon into the evening hours before the
front exits the CWA. Damaging winds and large hail look to be the
main threats.

Also ahead of the cold front...dewpoints in the mid 70s and temps
warming into the low/mid 90s will aid in afternoon heat index
values reaching to the 105-106 degree range over parts of
Southeast Oklahoma and West Central Arkansas. Thus...will issue a
heat advisory for these locations running 18z-00z with the thought
that parts of the advisory could be cancelled early behind the
cold front. Behind the front...across Northeast Oklahoma into far
Northwest Arkansas...afternoon temps in the upper 80s to low 90s
will be possible along with breezy northerly winds.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   64  88  62  87 /   0   0   0  10
FSM   66  87  63  89 /  30   0   0  10
MLC   65  85  61  85 /  10   0   0  10
BVO   58  86  57  87 /   0   0   0  10
FYV   59  82  53  83 /  20   0   0  10
BYV   61  85  57  84 /  20   0   0  10
MKO   63  85  60  87 /  10   0   0  10
MIO   60  84  57  86 /   0   0   0  10
F10   65  84  61  85 /  10   0   0  10
HHW   69  88  63  88 /  40   0   0  10

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for OKZ049-053-073>076.

AR...Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for ARZ029.

&&

AVIATION.....20
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 11:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1249 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2018

ARZ010-019-OKZ068>070-072-074-021830-
Washington AR-Crawford AR-Haskell OK-Adair OK-Muskogee OK-
Sequoyah OK-Cherokee OK-
1249 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD...
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...NORTHEASTERN HASKELL...NORTHWESTERN
SEQUOYAH...SOUTHERN ADAIR...SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE AND SOUTHEASTERN
MUSKOGEE COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...

At 1248 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 3 miles southwest of Stilwell to 3 miles east of
Porum. Movement was east at 30 mph.

Dime size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations in or near the path include...
Sallisaw...                       Stilwell...
Vian...                           Porum...
Marble City...                    Tamaha...
Brushy...                         Strickler...
Brushy Lake State Park...         Bunch...
Box...                            Mc Key...
Odell...

This includes Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 288 and
310.

LAT...LON 3585 9425 3529 9490 3531 9533 3582 9468
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 264DEG 25KT 3578 9468 3537 9521

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 10:52 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryTSAChoctaw, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg, Pushmataha8 hr
Jun 2, 1:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell37 min
Jun 2, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore34 min
Jun 2, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore45 min
Jun 2, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore23 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.