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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 314, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 10, 2006Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2006, 1:19 AM CDT for Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 71 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: May 10, 2006, 1:19 AM CDT (06:19 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2006, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 71 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Okfuskee County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:22 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
May 10, 1:48 AM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Okemah, 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 9, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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: 3059 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 905 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 313 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.2
Supercell composite: 16.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 100619
SVRTSA
OKC107-100730-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0314.060510T0619Z-060510T0730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
119 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 114 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF PADEN TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PADEN...MOVING EAST AT
  35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...PADEN...
  BOLEY...WELTY...CASTLE...BEARDEN...OKEMAH...OKFUSKEE...CLEARVIEW...
  PHAROAH AND WELEETKA.

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

LAT...LON 3564 9662 3540 9661 3544 9644 3530 9650
      3533 9604 3555 9609 3563 9619

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 100641
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
141 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

OKC107-100730-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0314.000000T0000Z-060510T0730Z/
OKFUSKEE OK-
141 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT
FOR OKFUSKEE COUNTY...

AT 139 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL
SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BEARDEN TO CASTLE TO WELTY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WELTY...MASON...
OKEMAH...CLEARVIEW...OKFUSKEE...WELEETKA AND PHAROAH.

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

LAT...LON 3564 9662 3551 9657 3542 9653 3530 9650
      3533 9604 3555 9609 3563 9619

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 100731
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
231 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

OKC107-100741-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0314.000000T0000Z-060510T0730Z/
OKFUSKEE OK-
231 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OKFUSKEE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 230
AM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 3564 9662 3551 9657 3542 9653 3530 9650
      3533 9604 3555 9609 3563 9619

$$

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 May 10, 12:48 AM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 12:48 AM CDT, 31 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1248 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

.MESOSCALE UPDATE...
MIDNIGHT OBS AND ANALYSES INDICATE THE STORM IN WAGONER WILL BE
MOVING INTO A MORE STABLE AREA AS IT MOVES TOWARD CHEROKEE
COUNTY. SURFACE BASED LIFTED TRANSITIONS FROM -4 TO ZERO FROM
WAGONER TO CHEROKEE COUNTY. CAPE DROPS FROM MID 600S TO AROUND
500. EXPECT THIS STORM TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES EAST.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 PM WEDNESDAY FOR OKZ049-OKZ053-OKZ054-
     OKZ055-OKZ056-OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-OKZ062-
     OKZ063-OKZ064-OKZ065-OKZ066-OKZ067-OKZ068-OKZ069-OKZ070-
     OKZ071-OKZ072-OKZ073-OKZ074-OKZ075-OKZ076.

AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 PM WEDNESDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ002-ARZ010-
     ARZ011-ARZ019-ARZ020-ARZ029.

&&

SHORT TERM FORECASTER ID= 1
LONG TERM FORECASTER ID= 1

Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 11:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1111PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-101000-
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-
1111 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHERN PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA
TONIGHT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

TORNADO.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
A LARGE COMPLEX OF STORMS THAT FORMED ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE
EVENING REMAINS ONGOING OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE AREA.
OCCASIONAL REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUE WITH THIS ACTIVITY.
THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA DURING
THE FIRST PART OF THE NIGHT.

MEANWHILE...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED DURING THE EVENING
WELL TO THE WEST OF THE AREA...AND THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS WILL BRING
THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER...MAINLY TO SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS AS IT TRACKS
GENERALLY ALONG AND NEAR THE RED RIVER VALLEY THROUGH MORNING.
IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY IN THE STRONGER
STORMS WITH FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TONIGHT.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

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

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS COULD REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING BUT
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY WEATHER TO THE AREA FOR THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND AS ANOTHER
COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 10:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1050 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

1046 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 W LOCUST GROVE        36.20N 95.24W
05/09/2006  E60 MPH          MAYES              OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

            AT MILE MARKER 1 ON TURNPIKE

&&

NMK

Local storm report, May 9, 11:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1155 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

1152 PM     HAIL             GLENPOOL                35.96N 96.01W
05/09/2006  E0.88 INCH       TULSA              OK   BROADCAST MEDIA

1153 PM     HAIL             TULSA                   36.13N 95.92W
05/09/2006  E0.75 INCH       TULSA              OK   AMATEUR RADIO

            11TH AND UTICA

1154 PM     HAIL             TULSA                   36.13N 95.92W
05/09/2006  E0.88 INCH       TULSA              OK   AMATEUR RADIO

            INDEPENDANCE AND HARVARD

&&

NMK

Local storm report, May 10, 12:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1203 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

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

1159 PM     HAIL             JENKS                   36.02N 95.97W
05/09/2006  E0.88 INCH       TULSA              OK   AMATEUR RADIO

            121ST AND S. ELM

&&

NMK

Local storm report, May 10, 12:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1209 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

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

1206 AM     HAIL             BIXBY                   35.94N 95.88W
05/10/2006  E1.00 INCH       TULSA              OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

1207 AM     HAIL             BIXBY                   35.94N 95.88W
05/10/2006  E1.75 INCH       TULSA              OK   AMATEUR RADIO

            151ST STREET MEMORIAL

&&

NMK

Local storm report, May 10, 12:21 AM CDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1221 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

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

1207 AM     HAIL             4 E DISNEY              36.48N 94.94W
05/10/2006  E1.75 INCH       DELAWARE           OK   PUBLIC

            LAKEMONT SHORES OFF HIGHWAY 28...HAIL BROKE OUT SKYLIGHT.
            KILLED A DOG. HAILED FROM 1147 PM TIL 1203 AM.

&&

SFP

Special weather statement, May 10, 1:15 AM CDT, 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
115 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

OKZ068-100645-
CHEROKEE OK-
115 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     CHEROKEE

AT 115 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES
WEST OF HULBERT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...TAHLEQUAH...HULBERT...ELDON AND LOST
CITY.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 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
May 9, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer	80 min
May 9, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	65 min
May 9, 7:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	61 min
May 9, 7:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	117 min
May 9, 7:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Latimer	49 min
May 9, 7:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	31 min
May 9, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	84 min
May 9, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	LeFlore	66 min
May 9, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh	63 min
May 9, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee	31 min
May 9, 8:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	33 min
May 9, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	92 min
May 9, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer	29 min
May 9, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee	19 min
May 9, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Sequoyah	62 min
May 9, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	95 min
May 9, 9:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Choctaw, LeFlore, Pushmataha	115 min
May 9, 9:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	67 min
May 9, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Wagoner	76 min
May 9, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware	88 min
May 9, 11:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	54 min
May 10, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Tulsa, Wagoner	60 min
May 10, 12:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	54 min
May 10, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Wagoner	46 min
May 10, 1:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	64 min
May 10, 1:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	55 min
May 10, 2:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee	56 min
May 10, 2:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	27 min
May 10, 2:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh	34 min
May 10, 3:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	58 min
May 10, 3:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	48 min
May 10, 3:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	53 min
May 10, 4:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	32 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.