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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Tulsa, OK

September 13, 2005Osage County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 13, 2005, 10:29 PM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 61 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
Sep 13, 2005, 10:29 PM CDT (03:29 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 2005, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
61 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), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 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
Sep 13, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2005-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2659 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2005-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2659 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2043 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 140329
SVRTSA
OKC113-140430-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0331.050914T0329Z-050914T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1029 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1027 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
  DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF HOMINY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HOMINY AND
  AVANT.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3646 9669 3638 9651 3625 9633 3619 9603
      3652 9604

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 140347
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1047 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

OKC113-140430-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-050914T0430Z/
OSAGE OK-
1047 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR 
SOUTHERN OSAGE COUNTY...

AT 1044 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF HOMINY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HOMINY AND
AVANT.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3646 9669 3638 9651 3625 9633 3619 9603
      3652 9604

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage59 min
Sep 13, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington75 min
Sep 13, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata63 min
Sep 13, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage44 min
Sep 13, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee70 min
Sep 13, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Ottawa52 min
Sep 13, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Tulsa45 min
Sep 13, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.