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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

January 25, 2021Choctaw County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jan 25, 2021, 6:21 AM CST for Choctaw County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 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
Jan 25, 2021, 6:21 AM CST (12:21 UTC)
Expired
Jan 25, 2021, 7:15 AM CST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Choctaw County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 228 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-01-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 964 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-01-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 424 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
964 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
424 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
543 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.9
Supercell composite
8.7

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The text

As transmitted.

860 
WWUS84 KTSA 251221
SPSTSA

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
621 AM CST Mon Jan 25 2021
 
OKZ049-053-075-076-251315-
Choctaw OK-Latimer OK-Pushmataha OK-Le Flore OK-
621 AM CST Mon Jan 25 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN PUSHMATAHA...SOUTH
CENTRAL LATIMER...EASTERN CHOCTAW AND SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTIES
UNTIL 715 AM CST...

At 621 AM CST, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 2 miles northwest of Albion to 7 miles southwest of
Goodland. Movement was northeast at 60 mph.

Penny size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations in or near the path include...
Hugo...                           Fort Towson...
Sawyer...                         Rattan...
Albion...                         Octavia...
Big Cedar...                      Hugo Lake State Park...
Kiamichi...                       Whitesboro...
Goodland...                       Messer...
Raymond Gary State Park...        Nashoba...
Oleta...                          Muse...
Cloudy...                         Grant...
Ord...                            Fallon...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3388 9554 3393 9556 3394 9560 3390 9568
      3472 9515 3487 9445 3451 9447 3450 9505
      3425 9505 3424 9515 3394 9516 3396 9523
      3389 9526 3390 9526 3391 9527 3387 9529
TIME...MOT...LOC 1221Z 244DEG 50KT 3469 9512 3390 9563 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 25, 2:21 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAAdair, Cherokee5 hr
Jan 25, 3:53 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg37 min
Jan 25, 4:31 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell44 min
Jan 25, 4:41 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner3 hr
Jan 25, 5:14 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Sequoyah46 min
Jan 25, 5:19 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSADelaware3 hr
Jan 25, 5:29 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg46 min
Jan 25, 5:39 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw36 min
Jan 25, 6:06 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah39 min
Jan 25, 11:12 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee, Delaware19 hr
Jan 25, 11:12 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware21 hr
Jan 25, 11:12 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee41 hr
Jan 25, 6:39 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford, Franklin, Sebastian51 min
Jan 25, 7:28 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford32 min
Jan 25, 8:49 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMadison41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.