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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 13, 20214 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Oct 13, 2021, 6:39 AM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 66 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: Oct 13, 2021, 6:39 AM CDT (11:39 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2021, 7:45 AM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 55

Counties Creek County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 182 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 496 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -164 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 662 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 331 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 372 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.5

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The text

As transmitted.

481 
WWUS84 KTSA 131139
SPSTSA

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
639 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021
 
OKZ054>057-059>061-064-066-131245-
Tulsa OK-Okmulgee OK-Craig OK-Osage OK-Rogers OK-Pawnee OK-Nowata OK-
Washington OK-Creek OK-
639 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Craig,
northwestern Rogers, southeastern Osage, Creek, Washington, Nowata,
southeastern Pawnee, northwestern Okmulgee and central Tulsa Counties
through 745 AM CDT...

At 639 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a
line extending from 2 miles southeast of Caney to 4 miles southwest
of Avant to near Oilton to Davenport. Movement was east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations in or near the path include...
Tulsa...                          Bartlesville...
Sand Springs...                   Bristow...
Nowata...                         Owasso...
Sapulpa...                        Jenks...
Glenpool...                       Skiatook...
Collinsville...                   Dewey...
Mannford...                       Drumright...
Chelsea...                        Kiefer...
Sperry...                         Mounds...
Kellyville...                     Oologah...

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 178 and 226.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3657 9541 3622 9583 3564 9620 3565 9662
      3606 9662 3642 9617 3700 9595 3700 9523
TIME...MOT...LOC 1139Z 253DEG 37KT 3700 9589 3644 9611 3608 9656 3570
9675

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 13, 4:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	42 min
Oct 13, 5:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	48 min
Oct 13, 6:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Osage, Washington	42 min
Oct 13, 6:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	57 min
Oct 13, 7:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	46 min
Oct 13, 7:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa	41 min
Oct 13, 8:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	52 min
Oct 13, 8:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	45 min
Oct 13, 8:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	42 min
Oct 13, 8:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee, Wagoner	48 min
Oct 13, 8:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	42 min
Oct 13, 8:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	23 min
Oct 13, 9:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	50 min
Oct 13, 9:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	28 min
Oct 13, 9:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	24 min
Oct 13, 9:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	13 min
Oct 13, 9:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	44 min
Oct 13, 9:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Sequoyah	41 min
Oct 13, 10:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	38 min
Oct 13, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	66 min
Oct 13, 4:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	3 hr
Oct 13, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	32 min
Oct 13, 4:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore	39 min
Oct 13, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	63 min
Oct 13, 5:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	3 hr
Oct 13, 5:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	51 min
Oct 13, 6:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Franklin, Sebastian	44 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.