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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 8, 2004Ottawa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2004, 2:25 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 65 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 8, 2004, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2004, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 8, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 81 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2004-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1067 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2004-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
1067 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1037 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 081925
SVRTUL
OKC115-082030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
225 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 225 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
  A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF PICHER TO 5 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF NARCISSA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...MIAMI...
  COMMERCE...FAIRLAND...NARCISSA...WYANDOTTE...QUAPAW AND PICHER.

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

LAT...LON 3717 9471 3683 9515 3662 9472 3686 9428

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig69 min
Jul 8, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Washington66 min
Jul 8, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata62 min
Jul 8, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Mayes, Rogers115 min
Jul 8, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.