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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 438, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 15, 20084 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2008, 10:32 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 15, 2008, 10:32 PM CDT (03:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2008, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Craig County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Rogers County, OK

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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 15, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 160331 RRA
SVRTSA
OKC035-097-105-131-160430-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0438.080616T0332Z-080616T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1032 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHERN MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHEASTERN NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1031 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL
  AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM OOLOGAH TO ADAIR TO LANGLEY...MOVING EAST AT 12 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...KETCHUM...
  PENSACOLA...LANGLEY...FOYIL...ADAIR AND SPAVINAW.

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

LAT...LON 3663 9500 3660 9501 3659 9501 3633 9502
      3633 9547 3644 9582 3659 9580 3665 9534
TIME...MOT...LOC 0332Z 280DEG 10KT 3648 9565 3646 9531
          3649 9505

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 160418
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1119 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008

OKC035-105-160429-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0438.000000T0000Z-080616T0430Z/
CRAIG OK-NOWATA OK-
1119 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NOWATA AND
SOUTHERN CRAIG COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3639 9524 3633 9547 3644 9582 3654 9547
TIME...MOT...LOC 0419Z 025DEG 10KT 3641 9562

$$

OKC097-131-160430-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0438.000000T0000Z-080616T0430Z/
ROGERS OK-MAYES OK-
1119 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MAYES AND NORTHERN ROGERS COUNTIES...

AT 1116 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL
AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OOLOGAH...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 11 MPH.

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

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

LAT...LON 3639 9524 3633 9547 3644 9582 3654 9547
TIME...MOT...LOC 0419Z 025DEG 10KT 3641 9562

$$

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 15, 9:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 9:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
902 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008

.DISCUSSION...
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AN
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORM
COMPLEX THAT ROLLED ACROSS PORTIONS OF MISSOURI
EARLIER TODAY. THIS BOUNDARY EXTENDS ACROSS NORTHERN
ARKANSAS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND INTO
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE TO THE SOUTH INTO THE MORE FAVORABLE AIRMASS.
LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 70 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE THESE STORMS.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
SOUTHERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA TONIGHT AS THE LOW
LEVEL JET INCREASES TO NEAR 45 KNOTS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO FORM INTO A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX AND MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA AS WELL. LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO
BE A CONCERN WITH THESE STORMS.

HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO ANTICIPATED WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF
RAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   67  86  66  83 /  80  50  30  50
FSM   68  88  66  85 /  90  40  40  50
MLC   69  89  68  84 /  40  30  40  40
BVO   66  84  63  83 /  90  50  30  50
FYV   64  82  60  80 /  90  50  40  40
BYV   63  80  60  79 /  90  50  40  20
MKO   68  87  66  82 /  70  40  30  50
MIO   64  82  61  81 /  90  50  20  30
F10   68  88  67  82 /  60  40  40  50
HHW   71  91  69  86 /  30  30  30  40

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY FOR OKZ054-OKZ055-OKZ056-
     OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-OKZ062-OKZ063-OKZ064-
     OKZ066-OKZ067-OKZ068-OKZ069-OKZ070-OKZ072.

AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ002-ARZ010-
     ARZ011-ARZ019-ARZ020-ARZ029.

&&

SHORT TERM...12
LONG TERM....10

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 15, 7:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
755 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008

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

0710 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S WYANDOTTE           36.76N 94.72W
06/15/2008                   OTTAWA             OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN, SOME AS LARGE AS 2 FEET IN DIAMETER
            NEAR HWY 60 AND BURLINGTON RAILROAD.

&&

PBS

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 8:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
814 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008

ARZ001-002-160145-
BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-
814 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     NORTHWESTERN CARROLL AND NORTHEASTERN BENTON

AT 814 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
GARFIELD...MOVING SOUTH AT 17 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...WALNUT HILL...BLAND...HILL TOP...
GATEWAY...WAR EAGLE...LOOKOUT...LARUE...GARFIELD...BEAVER LAKE AND
BUSCH.

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 3631 9386 3627 9387 3624 9402 3650 9407
      3650 9395 3650 9394 3650 9391 3650 9385
      3631 9372
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 344DEG 15KT 3646 9395

Local storm report, Jun 15, 8:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
846 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008

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

0845 PM     HAIL             3 NW KETCHUM            36.56N 95.06W
06/15/2008  E1.75 INCH       CRAIG              OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

PBS

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 8:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
849 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008

ARZ001-002-010-011-160245-
BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-MADISON AR-WASHINGTON AR-
849 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL...SOUTHERN BENTON
     AND CENTRAL MADISON

AT 849 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF DELMAR TO 4 MILES WEST OF
KINGSTON TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF SONORA TO 4 MILES WEST OF VAUGHN...
MOVING SOUTH AT 18 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE
STORMS INCLUDE...

THESE STORMS 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 3612 9346 3609 9346 3608 9343 3597 9344
      3595 9348 3583 9352 3582 9353 3595 9393
      3620 9450 3642 9450 3615 9361 3626 9329
      3613 9328
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 350DEG 16KT 3618 9332 3606 9359
          3619 9398 3632 9436

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 9:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
910 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008

OKZ062-160245-
MAYES OK-
910 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     MAYES

AT 910 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM OUTLFOW
WINDS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRYOR TO 2
MILES SOUTH OF SALINA...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.  WINDS WILL GUST TO
NEAR 40 MPH AS THIS OUTFLOW MOVES THROUGH AN AREA.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
INCLUDE...PRYOR...MURPHY...CHOUTEAU...LOCUST GROVE AND SALINA.

LAT...LON 3625 9503 3617 9510 3617 9511 3615 9511
      3608 9517 3608 9519 3624 9544 3626 9544
      3626 9543 3648 9543 3650 9542
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 019DEG 17KT 3640 9543 3625 9516

Local storm report, Jun 15, 9:50 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
950 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008

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

0930 PM     TSTM WND GST     WESTVILLE               35.99N 94.57W
06/15/2008  M57 MPH          ADAIR              OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

PBS

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, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	53 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, 10:39 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

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.