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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 521, NWS Tulsa, OK

November 5, 2008Creek County, Okfuskee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 5, 2008, 10:11 PM CST for Creek County, Okfuskee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 34 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
Nov 5, 2008, 10:11 PM CST (04:11 UTC)
Expired
Nov 5, 2008, 10:45 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Creek County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 5, 2:17 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 93 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2008-11-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 698 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2008-11-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 265 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
698 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1393 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
316 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 060411
SVRTSA
OKC037-107-111-060445-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0521.081106T0411Z-081106T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1011 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 PM CST

* AT 1009 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
  WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PADEN...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BOLEY...
  CASTLE...WELTY...SHAMROCK...DEPEW...OKFUSKEE...BRISTOW...SLICK AND
  WILSON.

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 3587 9663 3590 9662 3603 9632 3550 9597
      3544 9644 3546 9645 3545 9647 3543 9648
      3543 9652 3544 9656 3542 9655 3541 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 0411Z 240DEG 55KT 3555 9656

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 060430
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1030 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008

OKC037-107-111-060445-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0521.000000T0000Z-081106T0445Z/
OKMULGEE OK-CREEK OK-OKFUSKEE OK-
1030 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CST
FOR NORTHERN OKFUSKEE...SOUTHERN CREEK AND WESTERN OKMULGEE
COUNTIES...

AT 1026 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE 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 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SLICK TO OKFUSKEE TO BOLEY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...OKFUSKEE AND
WILSON.

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.

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

LAT...LON 3559 9657 3582 9637 3596 9627 3550 9597
      3544 9644 3546 9645 3543 9649 3544 9656
      3542 9655 3541 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 240DEG 55KT 3587 9612 3566 9624
          3549 9640

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 6:11 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek34 min
Nov 5, 6:24 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington36 min
Nov 5, 6:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers59 min
Nov 5, 6:39 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek36 min
Nov 5, 6:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee55 min
Nov 5, 7:09 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage36 min
Nov 5, 7:25 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig35 min
Nov 5, 7:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee59 min
Nov 5, 7:41 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa34 min
Nov 5, 7:47 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAPawnee118 min
Nov 5, 7:56 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee34 min
Nov 5, 8:04 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAPawnee5 hr
Nov 5, 8:05 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers, Tulsa25 min
Nov 5, 8:15 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAOsage35 min
Nov 5, 8:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa, Washington54 min
Nov 5, 8:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa47 min
Nov 5, 9:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers, Washington45 min
Nov 5, 9:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa, Washington53 min
Nov 5, 9:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee61 min
Nov 5, 9:38 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington112 min
Nov 5, 9:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers, Tulsa50 min
Nov 5, 9:59 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig31 min
Nov 5, 10:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner42 min
Nov 5, 10:33 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig27 min
Nov 5, 10:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee55 min
Nov 5, 10:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers, Wagoner57 min
Nov 5, 11:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Wagoner36 min
Nov 5, 11:21 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Ottawa24 min
Nov 5, 11:29 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAOttawa91 min
Nov 5, 11:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner40 min
Nov 5, 11:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes64 min
Nov 6, 12:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware60 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.