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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 305, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 13, 2008Creek County, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2008, 6:46 PM CDT for Creek County, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 59 min. 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: May 13, 2008, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2008, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Creek County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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
May 13, 7:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Paden, OK
May 13, 7:20 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Boley, OK
May 13, 7:34 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	3 Ese Boley, OK
May 13, 7:35 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Bearden, OK
May 13, 7:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	4 Sw Okemah, OK

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 4 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 14 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
May 13, 2:03 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 96 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: 847 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -518 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 636 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 580 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 132347
SVRTSA
OKC037-107-140045-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0305.080513T2346Z-080514T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
646 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 642 PM 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 PADEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CASTLE...
  OKEMAH...WELTY...OKFUSKEE AND SLICK.

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 3583 9620 3530 9618 3529 9644 3546 9645
      3542 9658 3550 9663 3561 9663
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 238DEG 23KT 3555 9653

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 132357
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
657 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

OKC037-107-140045-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0305.000000T0000Z-080514T0045Z/
CREEK OK-OKFUSKEE OK-
657 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR OKFUSKEE AND SOUTHERN CREEK COUNTIES...

AT 651 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
PADEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PADEN...BOLEY...
BEARDEN...CASTLE...OKEMAH...WELTY...MASON...SLICK AND OKFUSKEE.

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 3583 9620 3530 9618 3529 9644 3546 9645
      3542 9658 3550 9663 3561 9663
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 243DEG 18KT 3549 9660

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 140016
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
717 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

OKC037-140027-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0305.000000T0000Z-080514T0045Z/
CREEK OK-
717 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CREEK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3530 9618 3529 9644 3546 9645 3542 9658
      3550 9663 3559 9659 3564 9649 3564 9620
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 253DEG 21KT 3550 9642

$$

OKC107-140045-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0305.000000T0000Z-080514T0045Z/
OKFUSKEE OK-
717 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR OKFUSKEE COUNTY...

AT 712 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BOLEY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CASTLE...
WELTY...OKEMAH...MASON AND OKFUSKEE.

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 3530 9618 3529 9644 3546 9645 3542 9658
      3550 9663 3559 9659 3564 9649 3564 9620
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 253DEG 21KT 3550 9642

$$

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 13, 5:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 5:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
530 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

.DISCUSSION...
SENT A QUICK UPDATE WHICH REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF TORNADO WATCH
312...INCLUSIVE OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
TORNADO WATCH 311 LEFT AS IS. AS OF LATE AFTERNOON...SQUALL LINE
ORGANIZING ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ALONG ADVANCING COLD FRONT.
NO OTHER CHANGES TO FORECAST.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...23

Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 5:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
518 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-141000-
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-
518 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

..SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...

...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE...

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...AFTER 5 PM...BECOMING LIMITED AFTER 10 PM.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...WEST OF A LINE FROM GROVE TO ANTLERS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...AFTER 5 PM.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...EASTERN OKLAHOMA LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
                FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS EVENING...SHIFTING INTO SOUTHEAST
                OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT.

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

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...THIS EVENING.

DISCUSSION...
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS IN PLACE LATE THIS AFTERNOON OUT AHEAD OF
SURFACE COLD FRONT THAT HAS ENTERED EASTERN OKLAHOMA. STORMS HAVE
INITIATED ALONG THE FRONT...AND IT APPEARS THAT NEW UPDRAFTS WILL
BE SUSTAINED AS THE CAP CONTINUES TO WEAKEN.

A FEW ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN ONGOING ACROSS NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS...HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FOCUSED
ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA ALONG THE FRONT. SURFACE BASED CAPE
VALUES ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE FRONT AROUND 3000 J/KG...LIFTED
INDEX VALUES OF -8 TO -10 ...AND ADEQUATE SHEAR IN PLACE WILL BE
SUFFICIENT FOR POSSIBLE SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT ACROSS NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA LATE THIS AFTER NOON OR EARLY EVENING. AS THESE STORMS
INTENSIFY QUICKLY THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES THIS EVENING.

THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AND BE POSITIONED SOUTH OF
I-44 TOWARDS MIDNIGHT. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL END NORTH OF THE
FRONT...WHILE CONTINUING INTO THE OVERNIGHT TO THE SOUTH. AT THAT
TIME THE WIND PROFILES WILL FAVOR A MORE LINEAR MODE OF STORMS
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BECOMING THE MAIN THREAT...HOWEVER
ANY MORE ORGANIZED STORM CLUSTERS COULD SPAWN A TORNADO.

STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SOUTH OF THE FRONT OVER NORTH
TEXAS AND MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT.
SEVERE WEATHER PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED...ESPECIALLY IN
AREAS ENGAGED IN ONGOING CLEAN-UP FROM SATURDAYS STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS NORTH TEXAS ON
WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND NORTH
OF THE FRONT AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS DEEP LAYERED LIFT
INCREASES AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW. THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD EXPAND IN COVERAGE LATER WEDNESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AS THE MAIN UPPER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW EJECT ACROSS
THE AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY DEVELOP AS WELL...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
RAIN POSSIBLE.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND DISCUSSIONS.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 13, 4:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
424 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

ARZ019-020-029-132200-
CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-SEBASTIAN AR-
424 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     NORTHEASTERN SEBASTIAN AND FRANKLIN

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD

AT 424 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
BURNVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...CONCORD...PINEY...PLEASANT HILL...
CROSSROADS...MILLTOWN...OZARK...MULBERRY...CHARLESTON...BRANCH...
URSULA...PETER PENDER...VESTA...MEG...DENNING...CECIL...ALTUS...
TONEY...LONELM...CRAVENS...JETHRO...FERN...WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE...
GREENWOOD...BARLING...LAVACA...DAYTON...WITCHERVILLE...WASHBURN...
BURNVILLE...EXCELSIOR...FORT CHAFFEE...JENNY LIND...RYE HILL...
BLOOMER...CENTRAL CITY...ALMA...KIBLER...SHIBLEY AND DYER.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH.

LAT...LON 3545 9370 3507 9420 3528 9445 3532 9444
      3572 9400
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 225DEG 25KT 3520 9420

Special weather statement, May 13, 5:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
511 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

ARZ020-132245-
FRANKLIN AR-
511 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     EASTERN FRANKLIN

AT 511 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
ALTUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ALIX...OZARK...DENNING...ALTUS...
WATALULA...MOUNTAIN TOP AND WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH.

LAT...LON 3568 9370 3537 9370 3537 9376 3538 9378
      3537 9378 3533 9378 3532 9382 3547 9393
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 240DEG 33KT 3545 9377

Special weather statement, May 13, 5:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
518 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

OKZ064-132300-
CREEK OK-
518 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CREEK

AT 518 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
EAST OF SHAMROCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...BRISTOW...MILFAY...SLICK...
DEPEW...SHAMROCK...DRUMRIGHT AND KELLYVILLE.

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 3609 9620 3578 9619 3567 9662 3598 9663
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 242DEG 26KT 3592 9648

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 3:03 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Muskogee	17 hr
May 13, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	42 min
May 13, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Tulsa	38 min

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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.