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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Nov 30, 2019, 4:05 AM CST for Adair County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 25 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
- Nov 30, 2019, 4:05 AM CST (10:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2019, 4:30 AM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Adair County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 355 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Nov 30, 3:09 AM CST, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 3:09 AM CST, 56 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Tulsa OK 456 PM CST Fri Nov 29 2019 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-301130- 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- 456 PM CST Fri Nov 29 2019 ...SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE TONIGHT... This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as much of Eastern Oklahoma. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...Limited. AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Western Arkansas. ONSET...Mainly after Midnight. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...Limited. AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Western Arkansas. ONSET...Mainly after Midnight. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...Limited. AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Western Arkansas. ONSET...Mainly after Midnight. DISCUSSION... The threat of thunderstorms will increase over Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas through tonight ahead of a cold front forecast to move into the region late tonight. A few strong to marginally severe storms are possible late this evening and overnight tonight. Hail to the size of quarters look to be the main threat. After midnight tonight into very early Saturday morning, surface-based instability may develop into Southeast Oklahoma, which would result in a threat of larger hail and increase the damaging wind threat. Locally heavy rainfall will be possible within the strong showers and thunderstorms through tonight with rainfall amounts up to one inch in some areas, with isolated amounts up to 2 inches possible. This could create localized areas of flash flooding conditions tonight. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... Local Spotter Activation May Be Needed. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. SATURDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Very High Fire Weather Potential...High Wind Potential. SUNDAY...High Wind Potential. MONDAY through THURSDAY...No Hazards. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... Showers along with isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected to be ongoing early Saturday along and ahead of a cold front pushing through the region. The greater thunderstorm potential is forecast over far Southeast Oklahoma into Western Arkansas through mid morning. Precipitation should taper off from west to east behind the front...with clearing skies and gusty west to southwesterly winds in the 25 to 40 mph range. The stronger gusts look to be over Northeast Oklahoma. These winds combined with much drier air behind the front could increase fire weather concerns for parts of Eastern Oklahoma Saturday afternoon. Gusty winds and limited fire weather conditions are forecast to continue into Sunday before an upper level low pressure system finally exits the Plains. weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 30, 4:05 AM CST, 0 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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| Nov 29, 6:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 49 min |
| Nov 29, 7:25 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 50 min |
| Nov 30, 5:40 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 50 min |
| Nov 30, 6:22 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 23 min |
| Nov 30, 6:38 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 22 min |
| Nov 30, 6:54 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee | 6 hr |
| Nov 30, 7:02 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 28 min |
| Nov 30, 7:23 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 10:54 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 7 hr |
| Nov 30, 12:44 PM CST | River Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 22 hr |
| Nov 30, 12:45 PM CST | River Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 37 hr |
| Nov 30, 12:57 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 27 hr |
| Nov 30, 5:22 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 23 min |
| Nov 30, 5:24 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 36 min |
| Nov 30, 5:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll, Madison, Washington | 45 min |
| Nov 30, 6:25 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 35 min |
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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.