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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 21, 2022Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 21, 2022, 12:08 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 37 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
Mar 21, 2022, 12:08 PM CDT (17:08 UTC)
Expired
Mar 21, 2022, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
40

County Pittsburg County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2022-03-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2022-03-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 267 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

114 
WWUS84 KTSA 211708
SPSTSA

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1208 PM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022
 
OKZ073-211745-
Pittsburg OK-
1208 PM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Pittsburg County through 1245 PM CDT...

At 1207 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm 3 miles
southwest of Haywood, moving north at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations in or near the path include...
Mcalester...                      Haywood...
Scipio...                         Arpelar...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3490 9609 3511 9604 3512 9603 3512 9601
      3515 9601 3511 9576 3475 9591 3478 9609
TIME...MOT...LOC 1707Z 195DEG 40KT 3485 9599 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 12:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee25 min
Mar 21, 12:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer31 min
Mar 21, 12:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell35 min
Mar 21, 1:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah33 min
Mar 21, 1:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee, Wagoner26 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.