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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2023, 3:08 AM CDT for Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 52 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
- Jul 11, 2023, 3:08 AM CDT (08:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2023, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 50
County Okfuskee County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:11 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
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1640 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1234 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Jul 11, 12:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 12:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Tulsa OK 532 PM CDT Mon Jul 10 2023 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-111030- 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- 532 PM CDT Mon Jul 10 2023 This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as much of Eastern Oklahoma. .DAY ONE...This Evening and Tonight. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...Limited. AREA...Generally West of a line from Bartlesville to Hugo. ONSET...After 1 AM. DISCUSSION... A thunderstorm complex is forecast to move southeast into eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas late tonight. Organized severe weather is not anticipated through tonight, however a few strong to marginally severe wind gusts may be possible generally along and west of a line from Bartlesville to Hugo in eastern Oklahoma. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... Local Spotter Activation May Be Needed. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. TUESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Dangerous Heat Potential. WEDNESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...High Wind Potential...Dangerous Heat Potential. THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Dangerous Heat Potential. SUNDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... Scattered thunderstorms are forecast to continue across eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas Tuesday morning. Once they move out, hotter and more humid weather moves in through Thursday with only low thunderstorm chances across far northeast Oklahoma and far northwest Arkansas. Afternoon heat index values from 105 to 110 degrees will be common Wednesday and Thursday. Unsettled weather will return late this week through the weekend as a weak frontal boundary approaches from the north and stalls somewhere in our vicinity. This will result in daily thunderstorm chances, along with somewhat cooler temperatures. weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 3:08 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
308 AM CDT Tue Jul 11 2023
OKZ065-066-110900-
Okmulgee OK-Okfuskee OK-
308 AM CDT Tue Jul 11 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of south central
Okmulgee and eastern Okfuskee Counties through 400 AM CDT...
At 308 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near
Castle, moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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...
Okemah... Weleetka...
Bearden... Castle...
Clearview... Pharoah...
Bryant... Mason...
This includes Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 214 and
233.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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LAT...LON 3558 9636 3538 9597 3537 9598 3529 9598
3529 9627 3541 9644 3546 9644 3546 9646
TIME...MOT...LOC 0808Z 305DEG 26KT 3547 9635
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee | 42 min |
| Jul 11, 3:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 37 min |
| Jul 11, 3:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Okfuskee | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 6:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 30 min |
| Jul 11, 7:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:57 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | TSA | Craig, Creek, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Mayes and 11 more | 30 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:57 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 9 more | 30 hr |
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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.