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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 290, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 26, 2005Mayes County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2005, 6:21 PM CDT for Mayes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 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 26, 2005, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2005, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mayes County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 26, 6:23 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Pryor, OK

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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: 224 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -218 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1460 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 262321
SVRTSA
OKC097-270015-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0290.050726T2321Z-050727T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
621 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WINDS
  TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRYOR...
  MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PRYOR...
  SALINA...PENSACOLA...LANGLEY AND SPAVINAW.

STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3635 9543 3617 9541 3625 9500 3652 9503

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 262341
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
641 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

OKC097-270015-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0290.000000T0000Z-050727T0015Z/
MAYES OK-
641 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR MAYES
COUNTY...

AT 637 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF SALINA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SALINA...
LANGLEY...PENSACOLA...STRANG AND SPAVINAW.

LAT...LON 3638 9531 3621 9532 3625 9500 3652 9503

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 270011
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
711 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

OKC097-270021-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0290.000000T0000Z-050727T0015Z/
MAYES OK-
711 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MAYES COUNTY EXPIRES AT 715 PM
CDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3638 9531 3621 9532 3625 9500 3652 9503

$$

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 26, 3:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 3:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
308 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

.DISCUSSION...
UNSEASONABLY STRONG COLD FRONT NOW ENTERING FAR WESTERN PORTIONS
OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH WIDESPREAD LIGHT PRECIP AND EMBEDDED
THUNDER OCCURRING ON THE COOL SIDE OF THE BOUNDARY. BULK OF
SYNOPTIC SCALE DYNAMICS WILL REMAIN TO OUR NORTH...HOWEVER STILL
EXPECTING GOOD COVERAGE OF PRECIP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT
AS THE FRONT SWEEPS EASTWARD. ANY HEAVY RAINFALL CONCERNS WILL BE
HIGHLY ISOLATED AS STRENGTH OF DEEP CONVECTION WILL BE LIMITED BY
MEAGER LAPSE RATES AND RESULTANT LACK OF INSTABILITY...WITH THIS
SAME REASONING LIMITING THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. CURRENT
READINGS ACROSS KANSAS SUPPORT LOWS WELL INTO THE 60S MOST
LOCATIONS.

BULK OF PRECIP WILL END DURING THE MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY AS
SYNOPTIC SCALE SUBSIDENCE AND DRIER LOW LEVEL AIR MOVE INTO THE
AREA. EXPECTING WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER TO LINGER...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA...FOR MOST OF THE DAY LEAVING A
STRUGGLE FOR TEMPS TO BREAK THE 80 DEGREE MARK. HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND WITH CLEARING
SKIES...FORECAST LOWS WILL APPROACH OR BREAK RECORD VALUES AT MANY
LOCATIONS.

ABNORMALLY COLD START TO THURSDAY AND FORECAST TEMPERATURE
PROFILES WILL ALLOW FOR A REFRESHING JULY DAY WITH HIGH TEMPS 5 TO
10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ALONG WITH LIGHT WINDS. SURFACE RIDGE AXIS
REMAINS IN PLACE...AND CONTINUED LACK OF CLOUD COVER WILL ALLOW
FOR ANOTHER UNSEASONABLY COLD NIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT.

MODERATING TEMPS BEGIN FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK THOUGH
SURFACE RIDGING IS EXPECTED TO BE RATHER STUBBORN. RESULTANT LACK
OF TROPICAL MOISTURE RETURN SHOULD ALLOW OVERNIGHT LOWS TO REMAIN
AT OR BELOW NORMAL...WHILE HIGH TEMPS WILL PUSH TO MORE NORMAL
READINGS. FORECAST REMAINS DRY FROM LATE WEEK INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   64  81  58  88 /  90  20  10   0
FSM   69  78  63  87 /  70  60  10  10
MLC   66  79  60  86 /  80  40  10  10
BVO   62  80  55  86 /  90  10  10   0
FYV   63  76  55  83 /  80  60  10   0
BYV   62  73  60  81 /  80  60  10  10
MKO   66  79  59  87 /  90  40  10   0
MIO   62  79  57  85 /  90  20  10   0
F10   64  79  59  85 /  90  40  10   0
HHW   71  79  64  88 /  60  50  20  10

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM FORECASTER ID= 18
LONG TERM FORECASTER ID= 07

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 1:11 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
111 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-270615-
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-
111 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...AFTER 4 PM.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...THIS EVENING.

DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON
REACHING THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR BY AROUND 7 PM. THE FRONT WILL
CONTINUE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP NEAR AND BEHIND THE FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING AND WILL SPREAD SOUTH OVERNIGHT.

ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED DUE TO UNFAVORABLE WIND
PROFILES ALOFT. HOWEVER...ISOLATED PULSE TYPE SEVERE STORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING IN
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MILES
AN HOUR AND HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER
THREATS WITH THE STORMS.

WIND FIELDS ALOFT WILL BE PARALLEL TO THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SO
TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS EARLY TONIGHT. THIS MAY RESULT IN
LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN A FEW PLACES.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING IN NROTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENDING DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY AS DRIER AND
COOLER AIR FILTERS INTO THE AREA. DRY WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL
INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
415 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

OKZ058-262200-
OTTAWA OK-
415 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     OTTAWA

AT 415 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
WEST OF OTTAWA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...COMMERCE...WYANDOTTE...OTTAWA...
PEORIA AND QUAPAW.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
500 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

OKZ058-262300-
OTTAWA OK-
500 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     OTTAWA

AT 500 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
OTTAWA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MIAMI...COMMERCE...FAIRLAND...
WYANDOTTE...OTTAWA...PEORIA...QUAPAW...CARDIN AND PICHER.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

Local storm report, Jul 26, 5:29 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
529 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0525 PM     HAIL             4 N WYANDOTTE           36.85N 94.72W
07/26/2005  0.75 INCH        OTTAWA             OK   PUBLIC

&&

NMK

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:58 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
558 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

OKZ065-066-071-262345-
MCINTOSH OK-OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-
558 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     OKMULGEE

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     OKFUSKEE

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     MCINTOSH

AT 558 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WELEETKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...WELEETKA...HENRYETTA...
BRYANT...DEWAR...HOFFMAN...GRAYSON AND SCHULTER.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 6:08 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
608 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

OKZ060-064-270000-
CREEK OK-TULSA OK-
608 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     TULSA AND CREEK

AT 608 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SAPULPA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...TULSA...BIXBY...JENKS...
GLENPOOL...BROKEN ARROW...KIEFER AND SAPULPA.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 6:15 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
615 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

OKZ062-270000-
MAYES OK-
615 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     MAYES

AT 615 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PRYOR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...PRYOR...CHOUTEAU...SALINA...
SPAVINAW...STRANG...PENSACOLA AND LANGLEY.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.