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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 530, NWS Tulsa, OK

December 8, 2008Rogers County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 8, 2008, 11:39 PM CST for Rogers County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 8, 2008, 11:39 PM CST (05:39 UTC)
Expired
Dec 9, 2008, 12:15 AM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Rogers County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 1 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2008-12-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2008-12-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 648 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
648 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
738 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Dec 8, 11:29 PM CST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 11:29 PM CST, 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1129 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008

.DISCUSSION...
&&

.AVIATION...
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM
CLUSTERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FROM NOW
THROUGH 10Z...OCCASIONALLY REDUCING VSBYS TO 1-3SM. MVFR CIGS WILL
PREVAIL THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT WITH LOCAL IFR NEAR STRONGER
CELLS. COLD FRONT WILL REACH KTUL/KRVS AROUND 09Z AND KFSM BY 18Z
WITH WINDS SHIFTING NORTH 15-25KTS. LIGHT SN/PL POSSIBLE AT
NORTHERN SITES AFTER 18Z BUT NO SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION TO VSBY
EXPECTED.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 921 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008/

DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS EVENING ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FURTHER SOUTHWEST ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA IN BETTER SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY AXIS.
SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY NOT TRANSLATE TOO MUCH
FURTHER EASTWARD OVERNIGHT WITH ONLY MARGINAL ELEVATED INSTABILITY
EXPECTED. WITH THAT SAID...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT COUPLED
WITH AMPLE DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL ALLOW FOR A CONTINUED THREAT FOR
HAIL PRODUCING STORMS IN THE STRONGER CELLS/SEGMENTS. BEST CHANCE
FOR SEVERE WILL LIKELY BE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING
HOURS...ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAYTON LINE.
STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO A SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE AIRMASS
ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT...ALTHOUGH A VERY LIMITED
SEVERE THREAT WILL REMAIN. CURRENT FORECAST GENERALLY ON TRACK
CONCERNING POPS...WILL LIKELY UPDATE TO INCREASE THUNDER CHANCES
ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA GIVEN RECENT RADAR/LIGHTNING
TRENDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CHANCE ON DECISION SUPPORT PAGE
LOOKS GOOD. UPDATE OUT SHORTLY.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM TUESDAY FOR OKZ049-
     OKZ053-OKZ054-OKZ055-OKZ056-OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-
     OKZ061-OKZ062-OKZ063-OKZ064-OKZ065-OKZ066-OKZ067-OKZ068-
     OKZ069-OKZ070-OKZ071-OKZ072-OKZ073-OKZ074-OKZ075-OKZ076.

AR...WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM TUESDAY FOR ARZ001-
     ARZ002-ARZ010-ARZ011-ARZ019-ARZ020-ARZ029.

&&

AVIATION...14
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 8, 5:05 PM CST, 6 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
505 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-091100-
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-
505 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

TORNADO.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...AFTER 800 PM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...AFTER 800 PM.

SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WAS MOVING OUT OF FAR SOUTHEAST
NEW MEXICO INTO WESTERN TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADVANCE OF
THIS SYSTEM...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
40 MPH IN A FEW AREAS ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. SURFACE WINDS WILL
BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE THIS EVENING HOWEVER WILL REMAIN GUSTY
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

AS THE UPPER SYSTEM APPROACHES...AREAS OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AND RAPIDLY SPREAD NORTHEAST
INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AROUND MID EVENING. GIVEN THE COLD
TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR PRESENT WITH THIS
STORM SYSTEM...ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL
FOR LARGE HAIL AND TO A LESSER EXTENT DAMAGING DOWNBURST
WINDS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA WHERE ELEVATED
INSTABILITIES WILL BE MAXIMIZED. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT A
FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SURFACE BASED ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA WITH A LIMITED TORNADO THREAT...HOWEVER CHANCES APPEAR
TO BE FAIRLY MINIMAL.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH A CONTINUE THREAT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER. ELEVATED INSTABILITY HOWEVER WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO
DECREASE DURING THIS TIME...LIMITING THE OVERALL SEVERE THREAT.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
TUESDAY...WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS.
FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
BY TUESDAY MORNING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL BE LOCATED OVER
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHWEST.
THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA TUESDAY
MORNING WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE BEHIND THE
FRONT BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA AT THE SURFACE AND A TROUGH
OF LOW PRESSURE ALOFT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA ENOUGH MOISTURE
MAY BE SQUEEZED OUT FOR RAIN.  THE RAIN COULD TURN TO SNOW ACROSS
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY
REMAIN LIGHT AND PRIMARILY REMAIN ON GRASSY SURFACES.

MUCH OF THE WEATHER DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE UPCOMING WEEK WILL
BE DRY AND MILD.  STRONG SOUTH WINDS MAY OCCUR NEXT SUNDAY IN
ADVANCE OF ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH COULD MOVE INTO THE
AREA NEXT MONDAY.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 8, 8:50 PM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 8, 9:48 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
948 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008

OKZ064-065-090430-
CREEK OK-OKFUSKEE OK-
948 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHWESTERN CREEK

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     NORTHWESTERN OKFUSKEE

AT 948 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES SOUTHWEST OF PADEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...PADEN...BOLEY AND
WELTY.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL. RESIDENTS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3565 9662 3583 9645 3570 9624 3544 9653
      3544 9654 3544 9656 3542 9654 3539 9657
      3539 9662 3540 9663
TIME...MOT...LOC 0348Z 219DEG 41KT 3542 9670
Special weather statement, Dec 8, 10:28 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1028 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008

OKZ064-090515-
CREEK OK-
1028 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CREEK

AT 1028 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEPEW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...BRISTOW...SLICK...
DEPEW...KIEFER...KELLYVILLE AND SAPULPA.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL. RESIDENTS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3607 9635 3607 9604 3594 9603 3586 9611
      3586 9618 3579 9618 3564 9634 3564 9638
      3573 9655
TIME...MOT...LOC 0428Z 220DEG 38KT 3574 9640
Special weather statement, Dec 8, 11:02 PM CST, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1102 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008

OKZ060-064-066-090545-
CREEK OK-OKMULGEE OK-TULSA OK-
1102 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHWESTERN OKMULGEE...EASTERN CREEK AND TULSA

AT 1102 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES SOUTH OF KELLYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER
STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SAPULPA...ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS
INCLUDE...TULSA...JENKS...GLENPOOL...BROKEN
ARROW...MOUNDS...KIEFER...KELLYVILLE AND SAPULPA.

THIS STORM 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 3618 9604 3618 9601 3621 9601 3628 9595
      3610 9576 3606 9576 3576 9615 3592 9627
TIME...MOT...LOC 0502Z 224DEG 35KT 3590 9614
Special weather statement, Dec 8, 11:04 PM CST, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1104 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008

OKZ065-066-090545-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-
1104 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     OKMULGEE

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     EASTERN OKFUSKEE

AT 1104 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF OKFUSKEE TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF
BEARDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WILSON...OKEMAH...BEARDEN...
CLEARVIEW...PHAROAH...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...HENRYETTA...BRYANT...
DEWAR...HOFFMAN...GRAYSON...SCHULTER...MORRIS...PRESTON AND BALD
HILL.

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 3571 9616 3585 9576 3547 9584 3547 9587
      3543 9588 3529 9642
TIME...MOT...LOC 0504Z 239DEG 44KT 3568 9612 3532 9636
Special weather statement, Dec 8, 11:32 PM CST, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1132 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008

OKZ060>062-067-090615-
MAYES OK-ROGERS OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
1132 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHERN WAGONER...ROGERS...TULSA AND WESTERN MAYES

AT 1132 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM TULSA TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEONARD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE
STORMS INCLUDE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...INOLA...CATOOSA...VERDIGRIS...
TIAWAH...FOYIL...BUSHYHEAD...CHELSEA...LEONARD...OWASSO...
COLLINSVILLE...BROKEN ARROW...STONEBLUFF...COWETA...ONETA...PRYOR...
MAZIE...MURPHY...CHOUTEAU...LOCUST GROVE AND ADAIR.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 45 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3652 9532 3652 9530 3617 9513 3585 9579
      3586 9587 3638 9588 3660 9534
TIME...MOT...LOC 0532Z 234DEG 42KT 3628 9580 3588 9578

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 8, 8:50 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee40 min
Dec 8, 9:48 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee42 min
Dec 8, 10:28 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek47 min
Dec 8, 11:02 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa43 min
Dec 8, 11:04 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee41 min
Dec 8, 11:32 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes, Rogers43 min
Dec 8, 11:57 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg33 min
Dec 8, 11:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner48 min
Dec 9, 12:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes56 min
Dec 9, 12:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Sequoyah23 min
Dec 9, 1:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair41 min
Dec 9, 3:30 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore45 min
Dec 9, 2:51 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes and 10 more9 hr
Dec 9, 12:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Washington57 min
Dec 9, 1:19 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington26 min
Dec 9, 1:40 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.