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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 14, 2018Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2018, 3:13 PM CDT for Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 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 14, 2018, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2018, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Tulsa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 12:00Z on 2018-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 260 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 12:00Z on 2018-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
260 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1662 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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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 Jul 14, 12:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 12:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1220 PM CDT Sat Jul 14 2018

.AVIATION...
CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM/KROG.
A few showers linger across NE OK this afternoon, with isolated
thunder. Coverage will remain too low to include thunder at KBVO,
but will carry VCSH. Thunder chances will increase after 00Z at
all NE OK sites and will be covered with VCTS and PROB groups.
Outside of thunder areas and at the remaining sites, VFR
elements will prevail through the period.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 1019 AM CDT Sat Jul 14 2018/

DISCUSSION...
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms persist across
northeast Oklahoma this morning. A well defined MCV moving across
southeast Kansas this morning the likely culprit for the ongoing
activity. Latest updates mainly for adjusting pops across
northeast Oklahoma for the morning hours. Will keep an eye on
cloud trends as they may impact forecasted high temperatures
across the aforementioned area this afternoon. Heat advisory
headlines will be left as is given the latest cloud and
precipitation trends. Will likely need an update around noon for
afternoon pops/potential temp adjustments.

Latest update to ZFP sent...AFM and PFM out shortly.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for OKZ049-074>076.

AR...Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for ARZ020-029.

&&

AVIATION.....23
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 12:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1240 PM CDT Sat Jul 14 2018

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-151015-
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-
1240 PM CDT Sat Jul 14 2018

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Northeast Oklahoma.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

DANGEROUS HEAT.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Most of eastern Oklahoma and west central Arkansas.
	ONSET...Afternoon.

DISCUSSION...
Isolated showers and thunderstorms will remain ongoing through
the afternoon, mainly across northeast Oklahoma. Severe weather is
not expected, though one or two strong storms are possible and
will be capable of producing winds to 50 miles an hour.

Additionally, afternoon temperatures will again be hot,
especially across those areas not affected by cloud cover and
thunderstorms. The greatest potential for heat index values over
105 degrees is across southeast Oklahoma and west central
Arkansas. A Heat Advisory is in effect through 7 PM.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Spotter Activation Not Expected.

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

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
It will remain hot and humid into late next week with a chance
for showers and thunderstorms nearly every day. Although coverage
will likely remain limited, there will be the continued threat
for downburst winds and dangerous lightning with the stronger
storms.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:26 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
226 PM CDT SAT JUL 14 2018

OKZ055-060-061-142000-
Tulsa OK-Rogers OK-Washington OK-
226 PM CDT SAT JUL 14 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL ROGERS...SOUTH
CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEASTERN TULSA COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM
CDT...

At 226 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Collinsville,
moving northeast at 15 mph.

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

Locations in or near the path include...
Skiatook...                       Collinsville...
Vera...

LAT...LON 3629 9588 3639 9596 3652 9578 3636 9565
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 239DEG 13KT 3638 9587

Lacy
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 3:00 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 2 more17 hr
Jul 14, 2:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers34 min
Jul 14, 2:59 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryTSACherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 15 more29 hr
Jul 14, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa53 min
Jul 14, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes51 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.