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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 11, 2018LeFlore County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2018, 5:03 PM CDT for LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 27 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: Jul 11, 2018, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2018, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County LeFlore 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 Jul 11, 3:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 3:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 12:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 1:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
131 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2018

OKZ068-070-111900-
Muskogee OK-Cherokee OK-
131 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE AND
NORTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

At 129 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 5 miles north of
Pumpkin Center, moving southwest at 20 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations in or near the path include...
Muskogee...                       Fort Gibson...
Braggs...                         Pumpkin Center...
Keefeton...

LAT...LON 3570 9500 3557 9534 3580 9543 3582 9535
      3581 9534 3581 9527 3582 9527 3583 9525
      3584 9525 3586 9523 3589 9511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 065DEG 16KT 3578 9516

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
216 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2018

OKZ068-070-072-111945-
Muskogee OK-Sequoyah OK-Cherokee OK-
216 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN SEQUOYAH...
SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE AND NORTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM
CDT...

At 215 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Pumpkin Center,
moving northwest at 15 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations in or near the path include...
Muskogee...                       Fort Gibson...
Braggs...                         Cookson...
Greenleaf State Park...           Pumpkin Center...
Lake Tenkiller State Park...

LAT...LON 3574 9490 3558 9500 3564 9540 3581 9532
      3581 9527 3582 9527 3583 9525 3585 9523
      3586 9523 3588 9526
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 118DEG 13KT 3570 9509

Lacy

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:03 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
503 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2018

OKZ049-076-112230-
Pushmataha OK-Le Flore OK-
503 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA AND
SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

At 502 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Big Cedar,
moving west at 20 mph. Another strong thunderstorm was located 5
miles south of Fanshawe...moving west at 20 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations in or near the path include...
Heavener...                       Talimena State Park...
Lake Wister State Park...         Heavener Runestone State Park...
Whitesboro...                     Muse...
Big Cedar...                      Hodgen...
Summerfield...                    Honobia...

LAT...LON 3453 9505 3486 9501 3486 9500 3493 9500
      3493 9456 3471 9447 3453 9447
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 088DEG 16KT 3469 9464

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	29 min
Jul 11, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	29 min
Jul 11, 2:53 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh and 12 more	5 hr
Jul 11, 3:47 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 15 more	28 hr
Jul 11, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	44 min

Nearby

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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.