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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 6, 2026Osage County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 6, 2026, 11:21 AM CST for Osage 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: Mar 6, 2026, 11:21 AM CST (17:21 UTC)
Expired: Mar 6, 2026, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 40

County Osage County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 190 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: 269 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -242 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 681 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 378 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.9

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The text

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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 Mar 6, 11:06 AM CST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 11:06 AM CST, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 6, 5:07 AM CST, 6 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 6, 8:38 AM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 6, 8:45 AM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 6, 9:22 AM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 6, 10:17 AM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 6, 10:46 AM CST, 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 6, 11:21 AM CST, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1121 AM CST Fri Mar 6 2026

OKZ054-061800-
Osage OK-
1121 AM CST Fri Mar 6 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY
THROUGH NOON CST...

At 1121 AM CST, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over
Hominy, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 45 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations in or near the path include...
Barnsdall...                      Hominy...
Wynona...                         Bartlesville Municipal Airport...
Tallant...                        Osage Hills State Park...
Pershing...                       Nelagoney...
Okesa...                          Wolco...
Avant...                          Pawhuska...
Bartlesville...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3677 9600 3652 9600 3632 9641 3649 9650
      3680 9619
TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 225DEG 39KT 3641 9642

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 6, 8:38 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	22 min
Mar 6, 8:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	30 min
Mar 6, 9:22 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	53 min
Mar 6, 10:17 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	43 min
Mar 6, 10:46 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	44 min
Mar 6, 4:06 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	39 min
Mar 6, 4:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	30 min
Mar 6, 4:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	28 min
Mar 6, 4:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	53 min
Mar 6, 4:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek	39 min
Mar 6, 5:07 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	38 min
Mar 6, 5:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	46 min
Mar 6, 5:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	63 min
Mar 6, 5:41 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	19 min
Mar 6, 5:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	31 min
Mar 6, 5:52 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	23 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.