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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 15, 2022Adair County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at May 15, 2022, 6:21 PM CDT for Adair County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 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 15, 2022, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2022, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 40

County Adair County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 122 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: 403 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 15, 1:52 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 1:52 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
152 PM CDT Sun May 15 2022

...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM...

.SHORT TERM...
(The rest of this afternoon and tonight)
Issued at 152 PM CDT Sun May 15 2022

A steady stream of thunderstorms will continue to pummel
far northeast Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas into the early
evening hours in the developing northwesterly flow aloft. These
storms will continue to produce heavy rains, strong gusty winds
and hail up to the size of quarters. Additional thunderstorms
are set to develop in the vicinity of an outflow boundary
across northeast Oklahoma that currently extends from near Westville
across the Tulsa metro and just to near Stillwater. The
boundary is expected to become nearly stationary with the strong
heating taking place across the area and a meso low developing
across north-central Oklahoma. With a weakening cap and surface CAPE
values of 4000-5000 J/KG, rapid storm development is expected late
this afternoon near the boundary. The thunderstorms are then
expected to congeal into an MCS this evening and spread to the
south-southeast in advance of a cold front moving through the
region. These storms will be capable of producing large hail
to the size of tennis balls, 80 mph winds and possibly a tornado
early in the event near the outflow boundary. The thunderstorms
should mostly be out of the area by early Monday morning.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Monday through Sunday)
Issued at 152 PM CDT Sun May 15 2022

High pressure is set to prevail across the region on Monday
as the cold front eventually stalls across north Texas. There
will be a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms Monday
night into Tuesday morning as a mid-level shortwave moves
across the region. Portions of northeast Oklahoma and northwest
Arkansas may see scattered showers and storms Tuesday night into
Wednesday morning as the stalled front moves back north as a warm
front. The timing of the late week/weekend storm system seems
to be a little faster, so pops have been increased across
the area on Friday. Will continue the pops for Saturday for
now. However, they may be removed with later forecasts if the
faster timing of this system pans out. Regardless, it looks
like cooler temperatures are on tap for the weekend.

&&

.AVIATION...
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 1253 PM CDT Sun May 15 2022

VFR conditions will prevail outside of storm activity into the
evening. MVFR/IFR vsbys possible with any storms that directly
affect terminals. Most confident in the near term over in far NW
AR where tempo IFR was inserted. The latest data suggests some
potential for MVFR cigs behind a cold front late tonight into
Monday morning.

Lacy

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   60  81  64  86 /  50   0  20  20
FSM   65  83  64  87 /  70   0  20  20
MLC   63  83  65  88 /  60   0  20  20
BVO   57  80  60  86 /  30   0  20  20
FYV   59  81  60  84 /  70   0  20  20
BYV   58  77  57  81 /  70   0  20  20
MKO   60  80  62  85 /  60   0  20  20
MIO   56  77  59  83 /  70   0  20  20
F10   61  80  64  86 /  60   0  20  20
HHW   66  85  66  90 /  50   0  20  20

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...None.
AR...None.
&&

SHORT TERM...10
LONG TERM....10
AVIATION...30

Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 4:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
450 PM CDT Sun May 15 2022

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-161030-
Adair OK-Benton AR-Carroll AR-Cherokee OK-Choctaw OK-Craig OK-
Crawford AR-Creek OK-Delaware OK-Franklin AR-Haskell OK-Latimer OK-
Le Flore OK-Madison AR-Mayes OK-McIntosh OK-Muskogee OK-Nowata OK-
Okfuskee OK-Okmulgee OK-Osage OK-Ottawa OK-Pawnee OK-Pittsburg OK-
Pushmataha OK-Rogers OK-Sebastian AR-Sequoyah OK-Tulsa OK-Wagoner OK-
Washington OK-Washington AR-
450 PM CDT Sun May 15 2022

...SEVERE STORMS ONGOING THIS AFTERNOON...

This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

TORNADO.
 	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...East-Central and Southeast Oklahoma.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Significant.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and West Central Arkansas.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...East-Central into Southeast Oklahoma.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...East-Central into Southeast Oklahoma.
	ONSET...This Afternoon.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...East-Central into Southeast Oklahoma.
	ONSET...This Afternoon.

DISCUSSION...

There is an enhanced risk of severe storms this afternoon across
much of eastern Oklahoma and west central Arkansas. The greatest
risk is located across east-central into southeast Oklahoma into
west-central Arkansas near an advancing outflow boundary. Very
large hail to around 2 inches in diameter, damaging winds to
around 70 mph and a low tornado threat will accompany the storms.
The tornado threat will be higher with any storm that can hug the
boundary. The storms may eventually congeal into a cluster with a
damaging wind threat into southeast Oklahoma this evening.
Additional storms are also possible across northeast Oklahoma
behind the outflow boundary and will pose a large hail threat as
well. Locally heavy rainfall and a limited flash flood threat are
possible across east-central into southeast Oklahoma as well.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Activation of the Regional Spotter Network Expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.
MONDAY thru WEDNESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
THURSDAY...High Wind Potential.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...

Low thunderstorm chances will return late Monday night and Tuesday
morning as a warm front lifts north across the area. A cold front
will move into the area Friday, bringing another chance of
thunderstorms. Unsettled weather will continue into next weekend,
with storm chances continuing.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

Lacy

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 15, 5:49 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
549 PM CDT SUN MAY 15 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0546 PM     HAIL             GORE                    35.53N 95.11W
05/15/2022  E2.50 INCH       SEQUOYAH           OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

RJS

Local storm report, May 15, 5:54 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
554 PM CDT SUN MAY 15 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0552 PM     HAIL             3 ESE WEBBERS FALLS     35.49N 95.07W
05/15/2022  E1.00 INCH       SEQUOYAH           OK   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

Local storm report, May 15, 6:00 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
600 PM CDT SUN MAY 15 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0557 PM     HAIL             BOKOSHE                 35.19N 94.79W
05/15/2022  E1.25 INCH       LE FLORE           OK   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

Local storm report, May 15, 6:13 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
613 PM CDT SUN MAY 15 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0423 PM     HAIL             3 NE COOKSON            35.74N 94.88W
05/15/2022  E2.00 INCH       CHEROKEE           OK   PUBLIC

            REPORT VIA TWITTER FROM THE MEDIA.

&&

RJS

Special weather statement, May 15, 6:13 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
613 PM CDT Sun May 15 2022

OKZ073-160015-
Pittsburg OK-
613 PM CDT Sun May 15 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Pittsburg County through 715 PM CDT...

At 611 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over
Horntown, moving south at 25 mph. Large hail is expected to fall
over Hughes County.

HAZARD...Nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations in or near the path include...
Kiowa...                          Ashland...
Haywood...                        Scipio...
Arpelar...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
southeastern Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3505 9609 3506 9607 3509 9606 3512 9603
      3512 9601 3515 9601 3515 9595 3468 9590
      3468 9609
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 353DEG 21KT 3510 9624

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

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Special weather statement, May 15, 6:21 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
621 PM CDT Sun May 15 2022

ARZ010-OKZ069-160015-
Washington AR-Adair OK-
621 PM CDT Sun May 15 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Washington and central Adair Counties through 715 PM CDT...

At 621 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm 5 miles
west of Watts, moving southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel 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...
Stilwell...                       Lincoln...
Westville...                      Watts...
Adair State Park...               Christie...
Devils Den State Park...          Strickler...
Cincinnati...                     Maryetta...
Baron...                          Ballard...
Clyde...                          Canehill...
Odell...                          Summers...
Morrow...

This includes Interstate 49 near mile marker 41.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
northwestern Arkansas...and northeastern Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3576 9469 3616 9478 3616 9457 3615 9456
      3611 9455 3610 9451 3575 9417
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 320DEG 25KT 3609 9468

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 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
May 15, 12:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	22 min
May 15, 12:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington	50 min
May 15, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	47 min
May 15, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	28 min
May 15, 1:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes	38 min
May 15, 1:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	33 min
May 15, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Washington	48 min
May 15, 1:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	28 min
May 15, 1:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes	47 min
May 15, 1:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	40 min
May 15, 1:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	36 min
May 15, 1:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	32 min
May 15, 2:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	24 min
May 15, 2:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	12 min
May 15, 2:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware	25 min
May 15, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	37 min
May 15, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	65 min
May 15, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah	57 min
May 15, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	66 min
May 15, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Sequoyah	58 min
May 15, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	31 min
May 15, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Sequoyah	64 min
May 15, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	32 min
May 15, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	53 min
May 15, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	53 min
May 15, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah	52 min
May 15, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	LeFlore	55 min
May 15, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	55 min
May 15, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	62 min
May 15, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	39 min
May 15, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	54 min
May 15, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	12 min
May 15, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore	32 min
May 15, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Wagoner	46 min
May 14, 7:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	49 min
May 14, 7:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	34 min
May 14, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison	40 min
May 14, 8:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	31 min
May 14, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	28 min
May 14, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	43 min
May 14, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Benton, Washington	47 min
May 15, 3:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	31 min
May 15, 11:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll, Madison	61 min
May 15, 12:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll, Madison	55 min
May 15, 12:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Madison, Washington	64 min
May 15, 12:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison, Washington	58 min
May 15, 12:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	3 hr
May 15, 1:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison, Washington	67 min
May 15, 1:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Madison, Washington	3 hr
May 15, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison, Washington	64 min
May 15, 2:07 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Franklin, Johnson, Logan	18 hr
May 15, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin	47 min
May 15, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	53 min
May 15, 6:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	66 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.