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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 291, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 26, 2005Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2005, 8:03 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 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, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2005, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pittsburg County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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, 8:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	13 Ne Crowder, OK	NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES IN LONGTOWN NEAR LAKE EUFAULA.

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 27 minutes after it went out.

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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 164 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: 1466 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1113 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 270103
SVRTSA
OKC121-270145-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0291.050727T0103Z-050727T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 759 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 3 MILES WEST OF CROWDER...MOVING
  EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CROWDER...
  CANADIAN AND QUINTON.

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

LAT...LON 3520 9579 3505 9575 3511 9534 3518 9545
      3530 9546

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 270119
SVSTSA

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

OKC121-270145-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0291.000000T0000Z-050727T0145Z/
PITTSBURG OK-
819 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
PITTSBURG COUNTY...

AT 816 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO
60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF CANADIAN...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...QUINTON.

PERSONS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR
INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. DONT BE
CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM

LAT...LON 3522 9572 3504 9568 3511 9534 3518 9545
      3530 9546

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 270142
SVSTSA

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

OKC121-270152-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0291.000000T0000Z-050727T0145Z/
PITTSBURG OK-
842 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PITTSBURG COUNTY EXPIRES AT
845 PM CDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3522 9572 3504 9568 3511 9534 3518 9545
      3530 9546

$$

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, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 3:08 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 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, 6 hours 52 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, 6:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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

OKZ069-270015-
ADAIR OK-
629 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     ADAIR

AT 629 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES
WEST OF BALLARD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...BALLARD AND WATTS.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND 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, 6:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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

ARZ001-270045-
BENTON AR-
656 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     BENTON

AT 656 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
WEST OF CENTERTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...WALNUT HILL...MILLER...HILL
TOP...BENTONVILLE...ROGERS...PEA RIDGE...VAUGHN...LARUE...
CENTERTON...AVOCA...HIWASSE...BELLA VISTA AND GARFIELD.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND 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, 7:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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

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

0623 PM     HAIL             PRYOR                   36.31N 95.32W
07/26/2005  0.75 INCH        MAYES              OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

NMK

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 7:05 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

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

OKZ063-270045-
DELAWARE OK-
705 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     DELAWARE

AT 705 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CHLOETA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...JAY...CHLOETA...ZENA...
DISNEY AND MAYSVILLE.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 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, 7:40 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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

OKZ071-270130-
MCINTOSH OK-
740 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     MCINTOSH

AT 740 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
HANNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...EUFAULA...HANNA...VERNON...
RAIFORD...VIVIAN...STIDHAM AND ONAPA.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH.

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 7:52 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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

OKZ073-074-270130-
HASKELL OK-PITTSBURG OK-
752 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     HASKELL AND PITTSBURG

AT 752 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES WEST OF ENTERPRISE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ENTERPRISE AND
WHITEFIELD.

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Sequoyah	16 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.