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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 6, 2020Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2020, 6:13 PM CDT for Sequoyah 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
Aug 6, 2020, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Sequoyah County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 2020-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 47 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2020-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
47 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-283 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1009 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

478 
WWUS84 KTSA 062313
SPSTSA

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
613 PM CDT Thu Aug 6 2020
 
OKZ072-074-070000-
Haskell OK-Sequoyah OK-
613 PM CDT Thu Aug 6 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN HASKELL AND WESTERN
SEQUOYAH COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

At 613 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 3 miles southeast of
Lake Tenkiller State Park, moving southeast at 25 mph.

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

Locations in or near the path include...
Sallisaw...                       Vian...
Gans...                           Tamaha...
Lake Tenkiller State Park...      Mc Key...
Box...                            

This includes Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 291 and
308.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3535 9466 3534 9471 3536 9474 3536 9477
      3533 9479 3532 9481 3531 9482 3528 9497
      3559 9511 3564 9497 3564 9493
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 324DEG 22KT 3557 9499 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 3:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWagoner47 min
Aug 6, 4:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee24 min
Aug 6, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee36 min
Aug 6, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee48 min
Aug 6, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee40 min
Aug 6, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah33 min
Aug 6, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah50 min
Aug 6, 6:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford, Franklin52 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.