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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 24, 2021Haskell County, Latimer County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 24, 2021, 11:27 PM CDT for Haskell County, Latimer County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 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, 11:27 PM CDT (04:27 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2021, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 180 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°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.

408 
WWUS84 KTSA 250427
SPSTSA

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1127 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021
 
OKZ073>076-250515-
Haskell OK-Pittsburg OK-Latimer OK-Le Flore OK-
1127 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN HASKELL...LATIMER...
WEST CENTRAL LE FLORE AND CENTRAL PITTSBURG COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM
CDT...

At 1126 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 4 miles northwest of Mcalester to 4 miles northeast of
Krebs to 11 miles northwest of Stanley. Movement was east at 50 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations in or near the path include...
Mcalester...                      Wilburton...
Stigler...                        Hartshorne...
Krebs...                          Talihina...
Quinton...                        Savanna...
Red Oak...                        Crowder...
Whitefield...                     Alderson...
Kinta...                          Canadian...
Higgins...                        Haywood...
Lequire...                        Damon...
Bengal...                         Blocker...

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 3480 9590 3494 9599 3533 9539 3529 9535
      3530 9531 3526 9525 3528 9522 3521 9500
      3474 9496 3468 9531 3468 9551 3465 9552
      3462 9567
TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 251DEG 44KT 3496 9584 3496 9565 3467 9559 

$$

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, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg42 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

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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.