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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 336, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 26, 2008Osage County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2008, 8:29 PM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 61 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: May 26, 2008, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2008, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Osage County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 26, 9:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Burbank, OK
May 26, 9:35 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Burbank, 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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 31 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 26, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 54 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: 917 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 601 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 297 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 502 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.1
Supercell composite: 13.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 270131
SVRTSA
OKC113-270230-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0336.080527T0129Z-080527T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
829 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 827 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND
  DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BURBANK...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BURBANK...
  SHIDLER...GRAINOLA...FORAKER AND PEARSONIA.

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.

TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. TAKE COVER
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3671 9705 3670 9694 3676 9689 3676 9683
      3679 9676 3699 9675 3698 9614 3660 9669
      3648 9696 3653 9700 3656 9690 3659 9690
      3660 9693 3658 9701 3660 9707 3668 9708
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 254DEG 35KT 3675 9679

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 270153
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
853 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

OKC113-270230-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0336.000000T0000Z-080527T0230Z/
OSAGE OK-
853 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN OSAGE COUNTY...

AT 848 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
BURBANK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 22 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BURBANK...
APPERSON...WEBB CITY...SHIDLER...GRAINOLA...FORAKER AND PEARSONIA.

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.

THIS STORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3671 9705 3670 9694 3676 9689 3676 9683
      3679 9676 3699 9675 3698 9614 3660 9669
      3648 9696 3653 9700 3656 9690 3659 9690
      3660 9693 3658 9701 3660 9707 3668 9708
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 227DEG 19KT 3667 9678

$$

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 26, 8:10 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 8:10 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
810 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

.DISCUSSION...
GOOD INSTABILITY REMAINS OVER THE REGION TONIGHT ALONG WITH
EXCELLENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS SOMEWHAT LACKING
BUT INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET WILL MAKE UP FOR THAT SOME OVER THE
NEXT FEW HOURS. BELIEVE THAT WITH TIME THE TORNADO THREAT WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND THE HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND THREAT
WILL INCREASE. SEE LITTLE CHANGE IN THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME
BUT WILL LIKELY UPDATE WITH TRENDS LATER THIS EVENING.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM TUESDAY FOR OKZ054-OKZ055-OKZ056-
     OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-OKZ062-OKZ063.

AR...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...10
LONG TERM....15

Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 5:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
503 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-271000-
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-
500 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
TORNADO.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
	ONSET...ONGOING.

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

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

DISCUSSION...
MULTIPLE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES CRIS-CROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS
EVENING WITH A DRYLINE ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES.
VERY UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS ACROSS THE REGION AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL EXISTS WITH SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAVING THE GREATEST THREAT BUT
CAN NOT RULE OUT LOCAL HEAVY RAIN IN ANY AREA.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO A STRONG POSSIBILITY WITH
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. TORNADOES ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY BUT IS A
MUCH WEAKER THREAT COMPARED TO THE HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND
POTENTIAL.

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

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

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY
CAUSING AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE. SOME THUNDERSTORMS
COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A WEAKER COLD
FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA THIS WEEKEND BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 26, 4:08 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
408 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

ARZ001-002-010-262215-
BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-WASHINGTON AR-
408 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...NORTHWESTERN CARROLL AND BENTON

AT 408 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTH OF PEA RIDGE TO CENTERTON TO 4
MILES NORTHWEST OF GENTRY...MOVING EAST AT 18 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WALNUT HILL...ROCKY
COMFORT...FAIRMOUNT...BLAND...SHADY GROVE...MILLER...HILL TOP...
BENTONVILLE...ROGERS...LOWELL...GENTRY...PEA RIDGE...GATEWAY...
HEALING SPRINGS...SPRINGTOWN...HIGHFILL...CAVE SPRINGS...WAR EAGLE...
MONTE NE...LOOKOUT...VAUGHN...LARUE...CENTERTON...AVOCA...BELLA
VISTA...GARFIELD...BEAVER LAKE...BUSCH...SPRINGDALE...JOHNSON...
SONORA...TONTITOWN...ELM SPRINGS AND OAK GROVE.

THESE STORMS 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 3631 9382 3630 9386 3624 9386 3623 9388
      3620 9389 3608 9409 3628 9458 3638 9436
      3650 9421 3650 9395 3650 9393 3649 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 285DEG 16KT 3651 9411 3635 9425
          3629 9452

Special weather statement, May 26, 7:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
700 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

OKZ054-059-270100-
OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-
700 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CENTRAL OSAGE AND PAWNEE

AT 700 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MARAMEC...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...FAIRFAX...PAWNEE...HALLETT...
MARAMEC...BLACKBURN...SKEDEE AND RALSTON.

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 3657 9687 3659 9652 3621 9651 3621 9680
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 177DEG 17KT 3627 9669

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	60 min
May 26, 7:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	56 min
May 26, 8:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	4 days
May 26, 8:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	14 hr
May 26, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	61 min
May 26, 10:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Osage	6 hr
May 26, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	54 min
May 26, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	77 min
May 26, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	61 min
May 27, 12:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington	56 min
May 27, 12:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers	74 min
May 27, 12:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	6 hr
May 27, 12:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Choctaw, Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington	18 days
May 27, 1:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	63 min
May 27, 1:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Washington	19 days
May 27, 1:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Tulsa, Wagoner	20 days
May 27, 2:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	6 hr
May 27, 3:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	65 min
May 27, 4:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	67 min
May 27, 4:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	6 hr
May 27, 4:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah	76 min
May 27, 6:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	20 days
May 27, 6:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore, Pushmataha, Sequoyah	77 min
May 27, 8:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, LeFlore, Osage, Pawnee, Sequoyah, Tulsa and 1 more	20 days
May 27, 8:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Choctaw, Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	22 days
May 27, 8:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington	2 hr
May 27, 9:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	119 min
May 27, 9:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Creek	13 hr
May 27, 9:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Muskogee	11 hr
May 27, 9:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	6 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.