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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 13, 2005Craig County, Delaware County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2005, 7:45 PM CDT for Craig County, Delaware County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min. 3 reports 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
Aug 13, 2005, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2005, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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
Aug 13, 7:50 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 701 E Disney, OK
Aug 13, 8:16 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Se Fairland, OKNUMEROUS 2 TO 3 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS DOWN AND SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES IN THE FAIRLAND AND NORTH GRAND LAKE AREA.
Aug 13, 8:26 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGWyandotte, OK10 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMB BLOWN DOWN ONTO A HOUSE AND CARPORT. ESTIMATED 5000 DOLLARS IN DAMAGE.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 00:00Z on 2005-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1047 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2005-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
1047 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 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.

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 140045
SVRTSA
OKC035-041-115-140130-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0310.050814T0045Z-050814T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
745 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 736 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS TO 60 MPH. 
  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF VINITA TO 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEACH...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...KETCHUM...
  CLEORA...JAY...BLUEJACKET...BERNICE...AFTON...MAYSVILLE...GROVE...
  NARCISSA...FAIRLAND AND WYANDOTTE.

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

LAT...LON 3640 9460 3617 9492 3617 9501 3652 9501
      3652 9517 3680 9528 3690 9467

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 140110
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
810 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005

OKC035-041-115-140130-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-050814T0130Z/
OTTAWA OK-CRAIG OK-DELAWARE OK-
810 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
DELAWARE...CRAIG AND OTTAWA COUNTIES...

AT 806 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING WINDS TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLUEJACKET
TO 5 MILES WEST OF MAYSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...GROVE...
NARCISSA...FAIRLAND...OTTAWA AND WYANDOTTE.

LAT...LON 3640 9460 3617 9492 3617 9501 3652 9501
      3652 9517 3680 9528 3690 9467

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Ottawa21 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.