National Weather Service - Tulsa, Oklahoma (TSA) is a local weather forecast office responsible for monitoring weather conditions for 7 counties in Northwestern

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, and 25 counties in Eastern Oklahoma. The current office in

Tulsa Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with ...

maintains a WSR-88D (NEXRAD) radar system, and

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(AWIPS) that greatly improve forecasting in the region. Tulsa is in charge of weather forecasts, warnings and local statements as well as

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weather and

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broadcasts in its service area. The office operates two Doppler radars, one in Tulsa (INX), and the other in

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(SRX). Steve Piltz is the Meteorologist-In-Charge (MIC) of this office.

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NWS Forecast Office Tulsa, OK

Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with ...

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