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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 23, 2021Creek County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 23, 2021, 3:23 AM CDT for Creek County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 52 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
Mar 23, 2021, 3:23 AM CDT (08:23 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2021, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Creek County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 284 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

082 
WWUS84 KTSA 230823
SPSTSA

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
323 AM CDT Tue Mar 23 2021
 
OKZ064-065-230915-
Okfuskee OK-Creek OK-
323 AM CDT Tue Mar 23 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN CREEK AND NORTHWESTERN
OKFUSKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 415 AM CDT...

At 323 AM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 4 miles southeast of Avery to 7 miles north of Prague
to 5 miles northwest of St. Louis. Movement was northeast at 30 mph.

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

Locations in or near the path include...
Bristow...                        Drumright...
Boley...                          Depew...
Paden...                          Castle...
Shamrock...                       Welty...
Silver City...                    Milfay...
Mason...                          

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 178 and 195.
 
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.

&&

LAT...LON 3601 9662 3617 9643 3616 9642 3565 9625
      3538 9644 3546 9644 3546 9647 3543 9650
      3543 9652 3546 9654 3544 9657 3543 9656
      3542 9656 3541 9654 3539 9654 3541 9658
      3540 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 0823Z 217DEG 27KT 3584 9670 3560 9666 3513 9692 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 9:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee27 min
Mar 22, 9:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg25 min
Mar 22, 10:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa29 min
Mar 22, 10:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha55 min
Mar 22, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Wagoner42 min
Mar 22, 11:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Nowata, Rogers26 min
Mar 22, 11:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Sequoyah60 min
Mar 23, 3:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage, Pawnee55 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.