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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 24, 2021Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 24, 2021, 10:48 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 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 24, 2021, 10:48 PM CDT (03:48 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 2021, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Pittsburg County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 147 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2021-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2021-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
353 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

838 
WWUS84 KTSA 250348
SPSTSA

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1048 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021
 
OKZ073-250430-
Pittsburg OK-
1048 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY
UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...

At 1047 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 4 miles west of
Wardville, moving northeast at 40 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations in or near the path include...
Mcalester...                      Kiowa...
Savanna...                        Ashland...
Mcalester Regional Airport...     Haywood...
Blanco...                         Pittsburg...
Arpelar...                        

LAT...LON 3467 9588 3468 9589 3468 9609 3483 9609
      3502 9590 3473 9561 3463 9588
TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 230DEG 33KT 3466 9612 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell47 min
Mar 24, 11:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg48 min
Mar 25, 12:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah36 min
Mar 25, 12:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah48 min
Mar 25, 5:47 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSAMuskogee26 hr

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.