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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 366, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 1, 2008Osage County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2008, 7:07 AM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 53 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: Jun 1, 2008, 7:07 AM CDT (12:07 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2008, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Osage County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:07 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
Jun 1, 7:41 AM CDT	HAIL 1	Fairfax, OK
Jun 1, 8:06 AM CDT	HAIL 0.75	2 E Ralston, 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 34 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
Jun 1, 1:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 1, 5:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 61 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: 981 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 011207
SVRTSA
OKC113-011300-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0366.080601T1207Z-080601T1300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
707 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT

* AT 703 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
  WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES WEST OF BURBANK...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 28 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BURBANK AND
  FAIRFAX.

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

LAT...LON 3672 9704 3670 9694 3676 9689 3678 9679
      3664 9630 3633 9651 3634 9657 3640 9654
      3638 9659 3643 9663 3644 9671 3656 9675
      3654 9682 3647 9687 3647 9699 3652 9703
      3656 9690 3659 9690 3659 9704 3668 9708
TIME...MOT...LOC 1207Z 298DEG 24KT 3670 9702

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 011231
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
731 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

OKC113-011300-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0366.000000T0000Z-080601T1300Z/
OSAGE OK-
731 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT
FOR WESTERN OSAGE COUNTY...

AT 728 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BURBANK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 28 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BURBANK AND
FAIRFAX.

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

LAT...LON 3672 9704 3670 9694 3676 9689 3678 9679
      3664 9630 3633 9651 3634 9657 3640 9654
      3638 9659 3643 9663 3644 9671 3656 9675
      3654 9682 3647 9687 3647 9699 3652 9703
      3656 9690 3659 9690 3659 9704 3668 9708
TIME...MOT...LOC 1231Z 296DEG 25KT 3663 9683

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 011247
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
747 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

OKC113-011300-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0366.000000T0000Z-080601T1300Z/
OSAGE OK-
747 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT
FOR WESTERN OSAGE COUNTY...

AT 745 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE 
HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRFAX... 
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 29 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 3672 9704 3670 9694 3676 9689 3678 9679
      3664 9630 3633 9651 3634 9657 3640 9654
      3638 9659 3643 9663 3644 9671 3656 9675
      3654 9682 3647 9687 3647 9699 3652 9703
      3656 9690 3659 9690 3659 9704 3668 9708
TIME...MOT...LOC 1247Z 297DEG 25KT 3655 9670

$$

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 Jun 1, 4:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 4:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
451 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

.DISCUSSION...
BOUNDARY FROM SOUTHERN MISSOURI WEST BACK INTO NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA STILL ACTIVE.  CURRENTLY BIG HAILER IN DELAWARE
COUNTY.  FORECAST CONTINUES TO REVOLVE AROUND BOUNDARIES
AND CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. IN THE SHORT TERM
TRIED TO PLAY ONGOING CONVECTION. MORE THUNDER LIKELY TO
IGNITE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON WITH WEST-EAST BOUNDARY NEAR
THE VICINITY OF STATE HIGHWAY 412. HIGHEST POP NORTHEAST.
NORTHEAST CONTINUES TO BE FAVORED THIS EVENING..INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. FRONT LIFTS NORTH MONDAY WITH TEMP INTO
LOWER 90S. UNSEASONABLY MILD NIGHT MONDAY NIGHT.   NEAR
ZONAL FLOW PUSHES FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO NEAR  I-44 BY DARK
TUESDAY.  RE-INTRODUCED PRECIP CHANCES TUESDAY AFTERNOON
AND NIGHT. MODELS AGREE ON LARGE SCALLE RIDGE EAST COAST
AND LARGE TROF WEST AFTER WEDNESDAY.   AN ACTIVE WEATHER
PERIOD TO FOLLOW...IF NOT OUR FORECAST AREA... ELSEWHERE
IN THE PLAINS.
GW

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   90  71  93  77 /  50  30  20  10
FSM   91  69  93  73 /  40  30  10  10
MLC   90  72  90  74 /  20  20  10  10
BVO   86  65  93  74 /  50  40  30  10
FYV   86  65  88  72 /  50  40  20  10
BYV   85  63  88  72 /  60  50  20  10
MKO   89  68  92  74 /  40  30  20  10
MIO   84  65  89  73 /  60  50  30  10
F10   91  70  91  73 /  30  20  10  10
HHW   89  69  90  74 /  10  10   0  10

&&

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

SHORT TERM...21
LONG TERM....21

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 5:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
513 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-021000-
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-
451 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

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

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

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

DISCUSSION...
A STATIONARY FRONT LIES EAST TO WEST ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. THIS WILL REMAIN A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS AS IT DRIFTS VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH. WARM AND
UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS OVER THE REGION AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF
THIS BOUNDARY THROUGH TODAY. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS CONTINUE TO BE
THE MAIN THREATS BUT WEAK DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS SUFFICIENT FOR AN
ISOLATED TORNADO.

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

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

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THE AREA WILL REMAIN IN THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE FOR MUCH
OF THE WEEK. WITH WEAK BOUNDARIES REMAINING IN THE AREA A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE NEARLY EVERY DAY THIS WEEK. LATER IN THE
WEEK A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL BE IN INFLUENCING THE REGION.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:11 AM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
311 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

OKZ057-010900-
CRAIG OK-
311 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CENTRAL CRAIG

AT 311 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
CENTRAILIA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...VINITA...CENTRALIA...PYRAMID
CORNERS...BLUEJACKET AND CENTRAILIA.

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

LAT...LON 3683 9500 3660 9501 3659 9501 3658 9502
      3670 9541 3688 9535
TIME...MOT...LOC 0811Z 283DEG 39KT 3676 9523

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
350 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

OKZ058-063-010930-
DELAWARE OK-OTTAWA OK-
350 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND SOUTHWESTERN OTTAWA

AT 350 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
SOUTH OF AFTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 46 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ZENA...CLEORA...GROVE...BERNICE
AND AFTON.

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

LAT...LON 3664 9472 3642 9478 3656 9501 3660 9501
      3660 9500 3677 9500
TIME...MOT...LOC 0850Z 304DEG 40KT 3662 9492

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 6:39 AM CDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
639 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

ARZ020-011230-
FRANKLIN AR-
639 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     FRANKLIN

AT 639 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
WEST OF FERN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...PARADISE...PINEY...ALIX...
OZARK...PETER PENDER...VESTA...MEG...DENNING...CECIL...ALTUS...
TONEY...LONELM...CRAVENS...WATALULA...JETHRO...MOUNTAIN TOP...FERN...
BARNES AND WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE.

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 3537 9374 3539 9379 3532 9380 3533 9404
      3547 9405 3549 9403 3558 9402 3558 9408
      3566 9407 3567 9398 3570 9398 3563 9370
      3538 9369
TIME...MOT...LOC 1139Z 314DEG 22KT 3562 9405

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 7:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	36 min
May 31, 7:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	34 min
May 31, 7:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	32 min
May 31, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	26 min
May 31, 8:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	57 min
May 31, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	38 min
Jun 1, 12:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Washington	37 min
Jun 1, 3:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	49 min
Jun 1, 3:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig	34 min
Jun 1, 3:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	40 min
Jun 1, 4:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware	48 min
Jun 1, 6:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware	59 min
Jun 1, 7:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	44 min
Jun 1, 7:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	66 min
Jun 1, 8:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Rogers, Washington	66 min
Jun 1, 8:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	55 min
Jun 1, 9:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	45 min
Jun 1, 9:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee	60 min
Jun 1, 9:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	32 min
Jun 1, 9:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	51 min
Jun 1, 9:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	66 min
Jun 1, 9:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington	4 hr
Jun 1, 10:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	67 min
Jun 1, 10:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Creek, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Okfuskee and 4 more	77 min
Jun 1, 10:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee	55 min
Jun 1, 10:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee and 4 more	3 hr
Jun 1, 11:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes	39 min
Jun 1, 11:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh and 3 more	59 min
Jun 1, 11:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah	62 min
Jun 1, 12:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	3 hr
Jun 1, 2:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	48 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.