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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

December 28, 2019Creek County, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Dec 28, 2019, 2:12 PM CST for Creek County, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 33 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: Dec 28, 2019, 2:12 PM CST (20:12 UTC)
Expired: Dec 28, 2019, 2:45 PM CST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Creek County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Dec 28, 11:35 AM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 11:35 AM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 11:54 AM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 28, 1:21 PM CST, 51 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
121 PM CST Sat Dec 28 2019

OKZ054-059-064-282000-
Osage OK-Pawnee OK-Creek OK-
121 PM CST Sat Dec 28 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE...NORTHWESTERN
CREEK AND SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CST...

At 121 PM CST, a strong thunderstorm was located near Drumright,
moving northeast at 45 mph.

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

Locations in or near the path include...
Cleveland...                      Mannford...
Drumright...                      Oilton...
Jennings...                       Westport...
Osage...                          Hallett...
Terlton...                        Shamrock...
Walnut Creek State Park...        Silver City...

LAT...LON 3645 9654 3628 9610 3616 9623 3616 9630
      3610 9630 3581 9662 3616 9662 3616 9668
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 213DEG 38KT 3600 9663

Special weather statement, Dec 28, 1:31 PM CST, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 28, 2:08 PM CST, 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 28, 2:12 PM CST, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
212 PM CST Sat Dec 28 2019

OKZ064>066-282045-
Okmulgee OK-Okfuskee OK-Creek OK-
212 PM CST Sat Dec 28 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CREEK...NORTHWESTERN
OKMULGEE AND OKFUSKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CST...

At 212 PM CST, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles east of Sparks to 4 miles south of Prague to 4
miles southeast of Little to Bowlegs. Movement was northeast at 50
mph.

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

Locations in or near the path include...
Bristow...                        Okemah...
Okfuskee...                       Boley...
Kellyville...                     Depew...
Paden...                          Bearden...
Slick...                          Castle...
Clearview...                      Welty...
Milfay...                         Mason...

This includes the following highways,
 Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 212 and 227.
 Interstate 44 between mile markers 182 and 208.

LAT...LON 3575 9662 3608 9618 3608 9616 3571 9616
      3559 9611 3531 9621 3529 9626 3529 9644
      3546 9644 3546 9647 3543 9650 3543 9652
      3545 9655 3544 9657 3541 9654 3539 9654
      3541 9658 3540 9660 3540 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 234DEG 42KT 3557 9669 3542 9666 3530 9661 3516
9666

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 28, 1:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	39 min
Dec 28, 1:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	29 min
Dec 28, 2:08 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	37 min
Dec 28, 2:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Washington	17 min
Dec 28, 2:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	35 min
Dec 28, 2:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	30 min
Dec 28, 3:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee, Tulsa	25 min
Dec 28, 3:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	44 min
Dec 28, 3:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	8 min
Dec 28, 3:44 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	31 min
Dec 28, 3:50 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Rogers	40 min
Dec 28, 3:52 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Wagoner	38 min
Dec 28, 4:00 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	30 min
Dec 28, 4:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg	43 min
Dec 28, 4:25 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	50 min
Dec 28, 4:32 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	28 min
Dec 28, 4:57 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	48 min
Dec 28, 5:01 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee	29 min
Dec 28, 5:11 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	34 min
Dec 28, 5:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Sequoyah	29 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.