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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

September 4, 2021Ottawa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Sep 4, 2021, 3:21 PM CDT for Ottawa 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
Sep 4, 2021, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2021, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
50

County Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 12:00Z on 2021-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 980 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 12:00Z on 2021-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
980 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
653 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

944 
WWUS84 KTSA 042021
SPSTSA

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
321 PM CDT Sat Sep 4 2021
 
OKZ057-058-063-042045-
Craig OK-Delaware OK-Ottawa OK-
321 PM CDT Sat Sep 4 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southeastern Craig,
northern Delaware and southern Ottawa Counties through 345 PM CDT...

At 321 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a
line extending from 3 miles southwest of Fairland to 3 miles
northwest of Cleora. Movement was east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations in or near the path include...
Grove...                          Fairland...
Afton...                          Bernice...
Cleora...                         Honey Creek State Park...
Bernice State Park...             Dodge...
Cayuga...                         

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 288 and 301.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3653 9462 3660 9516 3677 9496 3678 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 268DEG 37KT 3672 9489 3662 9501 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 1:34 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 2 more5 hr
Sep 4, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa37 min
Sep 4, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee37 min
Sep 4, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek27 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.