Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2008, 8:52 PM CDT for Adair County, Cherokee County, Delaware County, Oklahoma; Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas. 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 15, 2008, 8:52 PM CDT (01:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2008, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Benton County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 9:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Siloam Springs, AR | SEVERAL 8-10 INCH DIAMTER TREES SNAPPED |
| Jun 15, 9:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 57 | Westville, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 426 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -284 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1124 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 321 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KTSA 160152 SVRTSA ARC007-143-OKC001-021-041-160245- /O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0430.080616T0152Z-080616T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 852 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA SOUTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 850 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SILOAM SPRINGS TO 8 MILES EAST OF OAKS...MOVING SOUTH AT 24 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...OAKS...WEST SILOAM SPRINGS...WATTS...SCRAPER...CINCINNATI...WESTVILLE... PROCTOR...CHRISTIE...ELDON...LINCOLN...BARON...STILWELL AND MARIETTA. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THIS STORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3577 9436 3578 9495 3617 9494 3621 9440 TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 356DEG 21KT 3618 9447 3618 9472 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 55 min |
| Jun 15, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 54 min |
| Jun 15, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Ottawa | 78 min |
| Jun 15, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 80 min |
| Jun 15, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 75 min |
| Jun 15, 9:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner | 76 min |
| Jun 15, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah | 54 min |
| Jun 15, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers | 58 min |
| Jun 15, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee, Sequoyah | 66 min |
| Jun 15, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 66 min |
| Jun 15, 11:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 64 min |
| Jun 15, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 94 min |
| Jun 15, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 66 min |
| Jun 15, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 58 min |
| Jun 16, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 95 min |
| Jun 16, 1:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 5 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more | 85 min |
| Jun 16, 2:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 2:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 2:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 3:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 23 min |
| Jun 16, 3:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 3:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Sequoyah | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 4:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer, Pushmataha | 81 min |
| Jun 16, 5:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 6:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa, Washington | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 7:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Okmulgee, Pawnee and 3 more | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 8:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 4 days |
| Jun 16, 9:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 60 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 1:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata | 12 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 72 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Washington | 12 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 11 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, Pushmataha | 70 min |
| Jun 15, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 65 min |
| Jun 15, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 8:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 8:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton, Madison | 56 min |
| Jun 15, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 37 min |
| Jun 15, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 12:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Polk | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 8:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 48 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2008Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.