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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 13, 2021Latimer County, LeFlore County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Oct 13, 2021, 4:51 PM CDT for Latimer County, LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 39 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, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2021, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 50

Counties Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 244 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: 722 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -164 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 440 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 590 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.7

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The text

As transmitted.

470 
WWUS84 KTSA 132151
SPSTSA

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
451 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021
 
OKZ049-074>076-132230-
Haskell OK-Latimer OK-Pushmataha OK-Le Flore OK-
451 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southeastern 
Haskell, north central Pushmataha, central Latimer and central Le 
Flore Counties through 530 PM CDT...

At 449 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms moving 
across northern Pushmataha, eastern Latimer, and Le Flore Counties, 
moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree small limbs and blow 
         around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects 
         is possible.

Locations in or near the path include...
Poteau...                         Clayton...
Pocola...                         Heavener...
Spiro...                          Panama...
Talihina...                       Wister...
Howe...                           Red Oak...
Bokoshe...                        Fanshawe...
Cameron...                        Albion...
Talimena State Park...            Tuskahoma...
Kiamichi...                       Damon...
Bengal...                         Yanush...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3473 9548 3504 9506 3522 9480 3531 9444
      3498 9445 3450 9526
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 231DEG 33KT 3460 9523 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

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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, 6:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Nowata, Tulsa, Washington	66 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, 4:57 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.