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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 208, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 10, 2002Osage County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2002, 7:09 PM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 2002, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2002, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Osage County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 7:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 EFairfax, OKThunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew trees and power lines down.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 96 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2002-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1555 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2002-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1555 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2216 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

491 
WUUS54 KTSA 110009
SVRTUL
OKC113-110100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
745 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 708 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
  A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF SHIDLER TO                   
  SKIATOOK...MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...PAWHUSKA...
  SHIDLER...HOMINY...AVANT...WYNONA...FAIRFAX...BARNSDALL...FORAKER
  AND SKIATOOK.

WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. STAY 
INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3692 9661 3643 9598 3615 9606 3655 9677

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 10, 3:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 3:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA
300 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2002

MID-UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL MN THIS
AFTERNOON WITH AN ASSOCIATED SFC COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM WESTERN
MN INTO SOUTHWESTERN NE. WITH A SFC TROF ACROSS CENTRAL KS AND INTO
MO. WILL SOME WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
AREA THIS EVENING THAT ARE MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN. THUNDERSTORMS
CURRENTLY ACROSS KS AND MO WILL LIKELY FORM IN A COMPLEX AND CLIP
PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN OK AND NORTHWEST AR LATE TONIGHT...WILL GO
WITH HIGH CHC POPS ACROSS THOSE AREAS. A OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY/PRE-FRONTAL TROF WL SET UP ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY AN
WILL SPARK SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH CAPE VALUES IN THE 2000 TO 3000
J/KG RANGE AND LI VALUES AROUND -6. THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM
DROPS INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...SO WILL CONTINUE SOME TYPE
OF POPS THROUGH FRIDAY.

COOLED DOWN TEMPS A TAD IN THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FCST. MAY
HAVE TO ADD SOME POPS FOR WEEKEND FORECAST AND EARLY NEXT WEEK IF
AVN IS CORRECT AND THE UPPER LOW BASICALLY CUTS OFF ACROSS OK.

TUL  75  91  70  89 /  40  50  30  20
FSM  74  92  71  91 /  40  50  40  30
MLC  73  93  71  90 /  30  50  40  30
BVO  72  91  68  89 /  40  50  30  20
FYV  70  87  67  84 /  50  50  30  20
BYV  72  85  68  84 /  60  50  30  20
MIO  73  87  68  89 /  50  50  30  20
MKO  75  91  71  91 /  40  50  30  20
F10  75  93  71  92 /  30  50  40  30
HHW  76  93  73  91 /  30  50  40  30

FORECAST ID= 10
.TSA...
AR...NONE.
OK...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 1:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-111200-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
145 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2002

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING AS STRONG DAYTIME HEATING MAKES THE ATMOSPHERE
MODERATELY UNSTABLE. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONCENTRATED ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WHERE CONDITIONS ARE MORE FAVORABLE FOR
DEVELOPMENT. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THIS EVENING...A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL ORGANIZE ACROSS
MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS. THE COMPLEX WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST...
AND COULD AFFECT EXTREME NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF ARKANSAS LATE TONIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE
WEAKENING BY THE TIME THEY REACH NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA OR NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS TONIGHT...BUT WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL AGAIN BE
POSSIBLE.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT. INCREASING WIND FIELDS...AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THE
KANSAS/MISSOURI THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX...AND A WEAK COLD FRONT
MOVING SOUTH FROM KANSAS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE A GREATER
CONCENTRATION OF THUNDERSTORMS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:00 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-111200-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
700 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2002

A BOW ECHO WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
THIS EVENING.  WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN
REPORTED WITH THIS FEATURE.  THE STRONG WINDS MAY PUSH AS FAR SOUTH
AS TAHLEQUAH...MUSKOGEE...OKMULGEE AND BRISTOW BEFORE THE STORMS
WEAKEN.

AN UPDATE TO THIS STATEMENT CAN BE EXPECTED AROUND 9 PM TO ACCOUNT
FOR FUTURE TRENDS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage33 min
Jul 10, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee58 min
Jul 10, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee51 min
Jul 10, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee52 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.