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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 10, 20085 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2008, 12:47 AM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 43 min. 2 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: Apr 10, 2008, 12:47 AM CDT (05:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2008, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Haskell County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:50 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
Apr 10, 1:00 AM CDT	HAIL 0.75	2 Sw Quinton, OK
Apr 10, 1:10 AM CDT	HAIL 1	5 N Enterprise, OK	AT EVERGREEN MARINA

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 23 minutes after it went out.

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
Apr 9, 10:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 193 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: 570 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 392 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 550 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 100547
SVRTSA
OKC061-091-101-121-135-100630-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0188.080410T0547Z-080410T0630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1247 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  WESTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  WESTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  EASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHEASTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1246 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS
  TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOCKER...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 55 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...QUINTON...
  EUFAULA...ENTERPRISE...WHITEFIELD...BRIARTOWN...STIGLER...PORUM...
  WARNER...KEEFETON...TAMAHA...WEBBERS FALLS...GORE...BRAGGS AND
  VIAN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 269 AND 307.

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.

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

LAT...LON 3567 9512 3565 9512 3565 9507 3546 9479
      3503 9541 3504 9550 3497 9551 3495 9552
      3517 9571 3575 9524
TIME...MOT...LOC 0547Z 220DEG 48KT 3509 9552

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 100614
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
114 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

OKC061-091-101-135-100630-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0188.000000T0000Z-080410T0630Z/
MUSKOGEE OK-SEQUOYAH OK-MCINTOSH OK-HASKELL OK-
114 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT
FOR WESTERN HASKELL...EASTERN MCINTOSH...WESTERN SEQUOYAH AND EASTERN
MUSKOGEE COUNTIES...

AT 113 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL
AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITEFIELD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WHITEFIELD...
BRIARTOWN...PORUM...STIGLER...WARNER...WEBBERS FALLS...BRAGGS...
BOX...GORE...VIAN...MC KEY AND TAMAHA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 276 AND 307.

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.

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

LAT...LON 3575 9524 3567 9512 3565 9512 3565 9507
      3546 9479 3507 9534 3516 9535 3517 9538
      3533 9543
TIME...MOT...LOC 0614Z 230DEG 37KT 3520 9527

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 100623
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
123 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

OKC091-100633-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0188.000000T0000Z-080410T0630Z/
MCINTOSH OK-
123 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM.

LAT...LON 3546 9479 3507 9534 3531 9535 3532 9533
      3536 9534 3557 9528 3565 9512 3565 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0623Z 224DEG 35KT 3521 9524

$$

OKC061-101-135-100630-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0188.000000T0000Z-080410T0630Z/
MUSKOGEE OK-SEQUOYAH OK-HASKELL OK-
123 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT
FOR WESTERN HASKELL...WESTERN SEQUOYAH AND SOUTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE
COUNTIES...

AT 118 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL
AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEWISVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WHITEFIELD...
BRIARTOWN...WEBBERS FALLS...PORUM...BOX...GORE...VIAN...MC KEY...
TAMAHA AND STIGLER.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 279 AND 307.

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.

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

LAT...LON 3546 9479 3507 9534 3531 9535 3532 9533
      3536 9534 3557 9528 3565 9512 3565 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 0623Z 224DEG 35KT 3521 9524

$$

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 Apr 9, 9:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 9:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
946 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

.MESOSCALE UPDATE...
THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS ARE RESULTING THE
EFFECTIVE SURFACE BOUNDARY BEING REFOCUSED
FROM NORTHWEST OF HUGO TO SOUTHERN
LE FLORE COUNTY TO NEAR MENA.

THE CELL CROSSING LE FLORE COUNTY HAS
SIGNIFICANTLY WEAKENED AFTER CROSSING THE
BOUNDARY WITH THE CELL NEAR MENA NOW
THE FOCUS IN THAT AREA.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM THURSDAY 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 7 PM THURSDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ002-ARZ010-
     ARZ011-ARZ019-ARZ020-ARZ029.

&&

SHORT TERM...08
LONG TERM....99

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 4:45 PM CDT, 8 hours 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
445 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

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-
445 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING LIKELY
TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
TORNADO.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

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

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

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

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

DISCUSSION...
SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH THURSDAY
AS A POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW TAKES SHAPE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST
UNITED STATES TONIGHT AND MOVES ACROSS THE PLAINS ON
THURSDAY. THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION WILL BECOME MORE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AS A WARM FRONT
THAT IS CURRENTLY ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
SURGES TO THE NORTH. THE WARM FRONT WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHERN
KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI BY SUNRISE THURSDAY. THE GREATEST
THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT
WHERE THE AIRMASS WILL BE MORE UNSTABLE. WITH ADEQUATE DEEP LAYER
SHEAR IN PLACE...SUPERCELLS WILL BE POSSIBLE. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS AND TORNADOES WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT.
ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT. SOME
OF THOSE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AS WELL. LARGE HAIL WILL
BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN WITH THESE STORMS.

HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE A MAJOR CONCERN ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AS SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ROLL
ACROSS THE REGION. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE COMMON ACROSS
THE AREA WITH A FEW LOCATIONS RECORDING UPWARDS OF 7 INCHES OF
RAIN. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.
SEE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH/OKCFFATSA/ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THURSDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL...
HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS.
MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.
TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING THURSDAY
MORNING AS THE POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES ACROSS KANSAS AND AN
ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW PUSHES INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS. STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE A DRY LINE/COLD FRONT
THAT WILL EXTEND SOUTH OF THE SURFACE LOW AS IT MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST
DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WILL ALL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME TO AN
END BY THURSDAY EVENING AS THE DRY LINE/COLD FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE
AREA.

DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE UPCOMING WEEK.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE
WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING EVENT TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 9, 9:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
928 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

ARZ029-OKZ076-100315-
LE FLORE OK-SEBASTIAN AR-
928 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     SOUTHWESTERN SEBASTIAN

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     EASTERN LE FLORE

AT 928 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HEAVENER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...HODGEN...HEAVENER...
PATTERSON...HARTFORD...ARKOLA...HUNTINGTON AND MIDLAND.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3477 9470 3511 9448 3509 9424 3494 9433
      3494 9437 3491 9443 3480 9442 3472 9448
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 211DEG 30KT 3485 9451

Special weather statement, Apr 9, 9:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
950 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

OKZ075-076-100330-
LATIMER OK-LE FLORE OK-
950 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     WESTERN LE FLORE AND EASTERN LATIMER

AT 950 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF YANUSH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...YANUSH...BENGAL...DAMON...
PANOLA...RED OAK...TALIHINA...SUMMERFIELD AND FANSHAWE.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3469 9539 3469 9540 3506 9519 3499 9474
      3468 9501
TIME...MOT...LOC 0250Z 220DEG 40KT 3469 9525

Special weather statement, Apr 9, 10:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1014 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

OKZ075-100400-
LATIMER OK-
1014 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     LATIMER

AT 1014 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIGGINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...WILBURTON...
HIGGINS...DAMON...GOWEN AND PANOLA.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3469 9552 3486 9552 3487 9551 3492 9551
      3507 9530 3506 9524 3491 9510 3468 9548
TIME...MOT...LOC 0314Z 232DEG 35KT 3475 9557

Local storm report, Apr 9, 11:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1129 PM CDT WED APR 09 2008

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

1129 PM     HAIL             EXCELSIOR               35.20N 94.31W
04/09/2008  E0.88 INCH       SEBASTIAN          AR   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

JDS

Special weather statement, Apr 9, 11:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1134 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

OKZ073-100515-
PITTSBURG OK-
1134 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     PITTSBURG

AT 1134 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIOWA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MCALESTER...KIOWA...
PITTSBURG...BLANCO...SAVANNA...HARTSHORNE...HAILEYVILLE...DOW...
HAYWOOD...BACHE...ALDERSON AND KREBS.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3461 9590 3467 9591 3467 9604 3469 9609
      3507 9579 3487 9551 3460 9567 3459 9588
TIME...MOT...LOC 0434Z 221DEG 29KT 3461 9598

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 12:31 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1231 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

OKZ071-073>075-100615-
HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-MCINTOSH OK-PITTSBURG OK-
1231 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CENTRAL MCINTOSH...SOUTHWESTERN HASKELL...EASTERN PITTSBURG AND
     NORTHWESTERN LATIMER

AT 1231 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2
MILES SOUTHWEST OF KREBS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...EUFAULA...MCALESTER...
HARTSHORNE...HAILEYVILLE...DOW...BACHE...ALDERSON...KREBS...
BLOCKER...FEATHERSTON...CROWDER...QUINTON AND CANADIAN.

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.

LAT...LON 3541 9558 3502 9527 3474 9575 3492 9588
TIME...MOT...LOC 0531Z 220DEG 27KT 3493 9572

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	59 min
Apr 9, 7:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah	43 min
Apr 9, 7:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	27 min
Apr 9, 7:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	48 min
Apr 9, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah	45 min
Apr 9, 7:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	35 min
Apr 9, 7:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	58 min
Apr 9, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	20 min
Apr 9, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	58 min
Apr 9, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah	27 min
Apr 9, 8:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	67 min
Apr 9, 8:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	9 days
Apr 9, 8:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	44 min
Apr 9, 8:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner	4 hr
Apr 9, 8:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	LeFlore	61 min
Apr 9, 8:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	34 min
Apr 9, 8:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Osage, Tulsa	54 hr
Apr 9, 8:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Tulsa	60 hr
Apr 9, 8:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Washington	48 hr
Apr 9, 8:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	3 days
Apr 9, 8:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair	36 hr
Apr 9, 8:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	59 hr
Apr 9, 8:52 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	24 hr
Apr 9, 8:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore	67 min
Apr 9, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer	29 min
Apr 9, 9:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	5 days
Apr 9, 9:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	6 days
Apr 9, 9:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Pawnee	41 hr
Apr 9, 9:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	4 hr
Apr 9, 9:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	47 min
Apr 9, 9:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore	5 hr
Apr 9, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	47 min
Apr 9, 9:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	40 min
Apr 9, 9:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	4 days
Apr 9, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	58 min
Apr 9, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	53 min
Apr 9, 10:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	51 min
Apr 9, 10:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	46 min
Apr 9, 10:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	LeFlore	38 min
Apr 9, 10:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	8 hr
Apr 9, 10:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	8 hr
Apr 9, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	44 min
Apr 9, 11:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	4 hr
Apr 9, 11:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	41 min
Apr 9, 11:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Osage	15 hr
Apr 10, 12:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 6 more	6 hr
Apr 10, 12:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	44 min
Apr 10, 12:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	14 hr
Apr 10, 12:52 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner	6 hr
Apr 10, 1:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa, Rogers	6 hr
Apr 10, 1:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Sequoyah	45 min
Apr 10, 2:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee, Wagoner	41 min
Apr 10, 2:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	46 min
Apr 10, 2:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	30 hr
Apr 10, 2:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	54 min
Apr 10, 2:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	3 days
Apr 10, 2:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	65 min
Apr 10, 2:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore	4 hr
Apr 10, 3:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	54 min
Apr 10, 3:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	64 min
Apr 10, 3:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	48 min
Apr 10, 4:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Muskogee	82 min
Apr 10, 4:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	94 min
Apr 10, 4:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	30 min
Apr 10, 4:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah	88 min
Apr 10, 4:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Wagoner	65 min
Apr 10, 4:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	75 min
Apr 10, 5:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	58 min
Apr 10, 5:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	30 min
Apr 10, 5:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	52 min
Apr 10, 8:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Muskogee	29 hr
Apr 10, 8:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Nowata	12 hr
Apr 10, 8:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	28 hr
Apr 10, 2:34 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 13 more	7 hr

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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.