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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 9, 2021Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at May 9, 2021, 2:21 AM CDT for Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 24 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
May 9, 2021, 2:21 AM CDT (07:21 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2021, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Sequoyah County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2021-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2021-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-429 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
370 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

916 
WWUS84 KTSA 090721
SPSTSA

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
221 AM CDT Sun May 9 2021
 
OKZ068-069-072-090745-
Adair OK-Sequoyah OK-Cherokee OK-
221 AM CDT Sun May 9 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN SEQUOYAH...
SOUTHWESTERN ADAIR AND SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 245 AM
CDT...

At 221 AM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 3 miles south of
Lake Tenkiller State Park, moving northeast at 55 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations in or near the path include...
Vian...                           Gore...
Marble City...                    Cookson...
Brushy Lake State Park...         Cherokee Landing State Park...
Bunch...                          Lake Tenkiller State Park...
Brushy...                         Box...

This includes Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 289 and
297.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3544 9502 3546 9503 3546 9508 3549 9510
      3550 9512 3553 9513 3562 9513 3591 9472
      3563 9454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0721Z 235DEG 49KT 3556 9505 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 11:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers25 min
May 9, 12:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers29 min
May 9, 1:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata30 min
May 9, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Rogers24 min
May 9, 1:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes33 min
May 9, 1:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa46 min
May 9, 1:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware28 min
May 9, 2:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware37 min
May 9, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton30 min
May 9, 3:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford29 min
May 9, 3:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington43 min
May 9, 3:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll28 min
May 9, 4:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMadison28 min
May 9, 10:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll33 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.