Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2008, 12:45 PM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr. 5 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
- Mar 31, 2008, 12:45 PM CDT (17:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2008, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 12:56 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 N Big Cabin, OK | |
| Mar 31, 1:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 5 N Wagoner, OK | |
| Mar 31, 1:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Wyandotte, OK | TREES DOWN...BUILDINGS DAMAGED FROM WYANDOTTE ON EAST TO THE COUNTY LINE. |
| Mar 31, 2:28 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Peggs, OK | |
| Mar 31, 2:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 5 N Wagoner, OK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 8:44 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 640 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 10.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KTSA 311745
SVRTSA
OKC021-035-041-097-115-145-311945-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0113.080331T1745Z-080331T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1245 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
SOUTHERN CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
SOUTHERN OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EASTERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
* AT 1244 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM ADAIR TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAGONER...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WHITE OAK...
PRYOR...CHOUTEAU...BIG CABIN...PENSACOLA...VINITA...WAGONER...
SALINA...LANGLEY...LOCUST GROVE...KETCHUM...DISNEY...SPAVINAW...
CLEORA...CHLOETA...AFTON...BERNICE...ROSE...PEGGS...HULBERT...
FAIRLAND...LEACH...GROVE...JAY...TWIN OAKS...WYANDOTTE...OAKS...
KANSAS...SCRAPER...COLCORD AND WEST SILOAM SPRINGS.
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...BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
THIS STORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3686 9463 3617 9457 3617 9479 3598 9481
3583 9541 3651 9543 3652 9533 3654 9532
3661 9536 3662 9543 3668 9543
TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 261DEG 32KT 3645 9525 3586 9556
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 311850
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
149 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
OKC035-311859-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-080331T1945Z/
CRAIG OK-
149 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CRAIG COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3686 9463 3617 9457 3617 9479 3598 9481
3583 9541 3629 9543 3631 9541 3652 9506
3653 9501 3678 9499
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 251DEG 41KT 3680 9466 3623 9482
3600 9532
$$
OKC021-041-097-115-145-311945-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-080331T1945Z/
WAGONER OK-DELAWARE OK-OTTAWA OK-CHEROKEE OK-MAYES OK-
149 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR MAYES...NORTHERN CHEROKEE...SOUTHERN OTTAWA...DELAWARE AND
EASTERN WAGONER COUNTIES...
AT 144 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL
SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WYANDOTTE TO TWIN OAKS TO
WAGONER...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE
LOCATED OVER EASTERN OTTAWA...SOUTHERN DELAWARE...SOUTHEAST
MAYES AND NORTHEAST WAGONER.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...TWIN OAKS...
PEGGS...HULBERT...COLCORD...LOST CITY...KANSAS...OAKS AND SCRAPER.
LAT...LON 3686 9463 3617 9457 3617 9479 3598 9481
3583 9541 3629 9543 3631 9541 3652 9506
3653 9501 3678 9499
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 251DEG 41KT 3680 9466 3623 9482
3600 9532
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 311913
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
214 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
OKC115-311924-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-080331T1945Z/
OTTAWA OK-
214 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN OTTAWA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3617 9457 3617 9479 3598 9481 3583 9541
3629 9543 3631 9541 3643 9501 3653 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 250DEG 40KT 3637 9457 3613 9490
3602 9532
$$
OKC021-041-097-145-311945-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-080331T1945Z/
WAGONER OK-DELAWARE OK-CHEROKEE OK-MAYES OK-
214 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN MAYES...NORTHERN CHEROKEE...SOUTHERN DELAWARE AND
EASTERN WAGONER COUNTIES...
AT 211 PM 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 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLCORD TO SCRAPER TO WAGONER...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PEGGS...TWIN
OAKS...OAKS...COLCORD AND KANSAS.
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.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
LAT...LON 3617 9457 3617 9479 3598 9481 3583 9541
3629 9543 3631 9541 3643 9501 3653 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 250DEG 40KT 3637 9457 3613 9490
3602 9532
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 57 min |
| Mar 31, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 66 min |
| Mar 31, 3:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Delaware, Haskell and 10 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 62 min |
| Mar 31, 4:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 5:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 5:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 6:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 6:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 6:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 6:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 6:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 25 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Rogers | 62 min |
| Mar 31, 7:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 7:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers, Washington | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 7:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 7:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Rogers, Washington | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 7:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 7:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 7:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 8:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 57 min |
| Mar 31, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 61 min |
| Mar 31, 8:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Washington | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 9:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 115 min |
| Mar 31, 10:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 67 min |
| Mar 31, 10:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 10:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 66 min |
| Mar 31, 11:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 62 min |
| Mar 31, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers | 62 min |
| Mar 31, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 11:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 9 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 93 min |
| Mar 31, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 60 min |
| Mar 31, 11:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Rogers, Wagoner | 77 min |
| Mar 31, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Tulsa | 89 min |
| Mar 31, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 75 min |
| Mar 31, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Rogers, Wagoner | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 117 min |
| Mar 31, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 75 min |
| Mar 31, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 71 min |
| Mar 31, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 114 min |
| Mar 31, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 59 min |
| Mar 31, 2:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Wagoner | 96 min |
| Mar 31, 2:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 3:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 94 min |
| Mar 31, 3:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 64 min |
| Mar 31, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 87 min |
| Mar 31, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 87 min |
| Mar 31, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha, Sequoyah | 117 min |
| Mar 31, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 60 min |
| Mar 31, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 61 min |
| Mar 31, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 47 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.