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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 13, 2021Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Apr 13, 2021, 4:24 AM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 36 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
Apr 13, 2021, 4:24 AM CDT (09:24 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 2021, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Pittsburg County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 246 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1192 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
1192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 13, 3:40 AM CDT, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 3:40 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 12, 4:46 PM CDT, 11 hours 38 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
446 PM CDT Mon Apr 12 2021

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-131015-
Adair OK-Benton AR-Carroll AR-Cherokee OK-Choctaw OK-Craig OK-
Crawford AR-Creek OK-Delaware OK-Franklin AR-Haskell OK-Latimer OK-
Le Flore OK-Madison AR-Mayes OK-McIntosh OK-Muskogee OK-Nowata OK-
Okfuskee OK-Okmulgee OK-Osage OK-Ottawa OK-Pawnee OK-Pittsburg OK-
Pushmataha OK-Rogers OK-Sebastian AR-Sequoyah OK-Tulsa OK-Wagoner OK-
Washington OK-Washington AR-
446 PM CDT Mon Apr 12 2021

This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.

.DAY ONE...Through Tonight.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Most of Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...This Evening.

FIRE WEATHER DANGER.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Northeast Oklahoma.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

DISCUSSION...
Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop by early to
mid evening across parts of eastern Oklahoma and into northwest Arkansas.
One or two storms may approach severe limits with hail the main threat.

Also, grassland fires will still have the potential to rapidly spread
into the early evening. However, the fire danger will lessen after sunset
as rain chances increase and winds diminish.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Local Spotter Activation May Be Needed.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.
TUESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
WEDNESDAY through SUNDAY...No Hazards.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Showers and scattered thunderstorms are forecast to spread
across the region Tuesday night into early Wednesday.
Severe weather is not expected. The remainder of the
forecast through the weekend will feature below normal
temperatures and periodic chances of rain.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 13, 4:24 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 7:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah42 min
Apr 12, 8:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAFranklin26 min
Apr 12, 9:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAFranklin13 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.