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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK

January 12, 2006LeFlore County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 12, 2006, 8:56 PM CST for LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 34 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: Jan 12, 2006, 8:56 PM CST (02:56 UTC)
Expired: Jan 12, 2006, 9:30 PM CST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County LeFlore County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 12, 9:16 PM CST	HAIL 0.88	Octavia, OK	PEA TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL COVERED THE GROUND

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

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 12, 6:53 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 236 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1244 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 268 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 350 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 130257
SVRTSA
OKC079-130330-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0013.060113T0256Z-060113T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
856 PM CST THU JAN 12 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 930 PM CST

* AT 854 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL
  AND WINDS TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOWE TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  HEAVENER TO 11 MILES WEST OF OCTAVIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MUSE...
  HEAVENER...OCTAVIA AND BIG CEDAR.


A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.

LAT...LON 3517 9447 3482 9475 3450 9490 3451 9447
      3506 9443

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 130315
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
915 PM CST THU JAN 12 2006

OKC079-130330-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060113T0330Z/
LE FLORE OK-
915 PM CST THU JAN 12 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CST FOR 
SOUTHEAST LE FLORE COUNTY...

AT 911 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL
AND WINDS TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF BIG CEDAR TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST
OF BIG CEDAR TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OCTAVIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
50 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN 
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH 
OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER 
CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.

LAT...LON 3503 9443 3479 9461 3450 9473 3451 9447

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 130330
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
930 PM CST THU JAN 12 2006

OKC079-130340-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060113T0330Z/
LE FLORE OK-
930 PM CST THU JAN 12 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LE FLORE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 930
PM CST...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED AREA... 
THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2AM.

LAT...LON 3503 9443 3479 9461 3450 9473 3451 9447

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 12, 7:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	35 min
Jan 12, 7:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee	41 min
Jan 12, 7:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	41 min
Jan 12, 7:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	67 min
Jan 12, 7:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell	26 min
Jan 12, 8:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pushmataha	56 min
Jan 12, 8:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	54 min
Jan 12, 8:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	49 min
Jan 12, 8:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	41 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.