Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2009, 2:17 PM CDT for Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 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
- Apr 27, 2009, 2:17 PM CDT (19:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2009, 3:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 1225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 11.6
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 Apr 27, 1:18 PM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 1:18 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
118 PM CDT MON APR 27 2009
...UPDATE...
.DISCUSSION...
ISSUED A SHORT WIND ADVISORY FROM ROUGHLY MCALESTER TO SALLISAW TO
ROGERS...WITH MESONET OBSERVATIONS SHOWING SOME GUSTINESS FROM THE
DYING MCS IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. STIGLER
MESONET HAS BEEN GUSTING ABOVE 40 FOR ABOUT AN HOUR...WITH SOME
GUSTS GETTING VERY CLOSE TO HIGH WIND WARNING LEVELS...AND NO SIGN
OF REAL DECREASE. WILL MONITOR FOR POSSIBLE UPGRADES TO HIGH WIND
WARNING BEFORE THE WIND THREAT FINALLY DECREASES.
&&
.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM TUESDAY FOR OKZ049-OKZ053-OKZ072-
OKZ073-OKZ074-OKZ075-OKZ076.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM MONDAY FOR OKZ069-OKZ070-OKZ072-OKZ073-
OKZ074.
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM TUESDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ002-ARZ010-
ARZ011-ARZ019-ARZ020-ARZ029.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM MONDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ010.
&&
SHORT TERM...22
LONG TERM....05Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 1:23 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
123 PM CDT MON APR 27 2009
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-281000-
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-
123 PM CDT MON APR 27 2009
...SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAIN RISK THROUGH TONIGHT...
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
FLASH FLOOD.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON.
HEAVY RAIN.
RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.
SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...A LINE FROM MCALESTER TO SALLISAW TO ROGERS.
ONSET...ONGOING WITH A DECREASE EXPECTED BY 4 PM.
DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING...AND WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP...ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL SWEEP ACROSS
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH THE DAY AND
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. UNSTABLE CONDITIONS EXIST ACROSS THE
REGION...AND AS A RESULT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
IN ADDITION...SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...FROM THE
REMNANTS OF AN OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IN NORTH TEXAS...WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH
MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG
WINDS...WITH GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH...WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE NORTHERN
EDGE OF THE DECAYING COMPLEX THROUGH MID AFTERNOON ACROSS A
LOCALIZED AREA STRETCHING FROM ROUGHLY MCALESTER TO SALLISAW TO
ROGERS ARKANSAS.
DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...THE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
ALONG THE COLD FRONT WILL ALSO SWEEP INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...ADDING TO THE HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOOD
POTENTIAL. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE WILL
BE LIKELY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MID-WEEK...AS
THE COLD FRONT LIFTS BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT. THIS BOUNDARY
SHOULD PUSH BACK SOUTH AGAIN AS A COLD FRONT BY THURSDAY
NIGHT...WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FOCUSING SOUTH OF THE AREA ON
FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THE
WEEKEND...ALTHOUGH UNCERTAINTY IN THE PLACEMENT OF SURFACE
BOUNDARIES LEADS TO A LOW CONFIDENCE LEVEL.
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL
INFORMATION.In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 12:17 PM CDT, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1217 PM CDT MON APR 27 2009
OKZ070-072-074-076-271800-
HASKELL OK-LE FLORE OK-MUSKOGEE OK-SEQUOYAH OK-
1217 PM CDT MON APR 27 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
SOUTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE AND SEQUOYAH
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
HASKELL AND NORTHERN LE FLORE
AT 1215 PM CDT...STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WERE OCCURRING
ALONG THE NORTHERN EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THAT COVERED MUCH OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE...SEQUOYAH...HASKELL AND
NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTIES WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE HIGH WINDS
THROUGH 100 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 3509 9535 3516 9535 3556 9529 3557 9446
3545 9444 3512 9444
TIME...MOT...LOC 1715Z 214DEG 32KT 3521 9508Special weather statement, Apr 27, 2:17 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:25 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | TSA | Craig, Creek, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Pawnee | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 66 min |
| Apr 26, 11:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 12:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata, Okmulgee, Ottawa and 2 more | 64 min |
| Apr 27, 12:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 63 min |
| Apr 27, 1:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 1:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 2:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 13 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 8 days |
| Apr 27, 12:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Sequoyah | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 12:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Choctaw | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:13 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | TSA | Adair, Haskell, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 2:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 88 min |
| Apr 27, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 63 min |
| Apr 27, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Washington | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Washington | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 3:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington | 93 min |
| Apr 27, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 2:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 55 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.