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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 1, 2009Ottawa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2009, 4:58 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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: May 1, 2009, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2009, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 1, 5:00 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Wyandotte, OK

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 83 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: 792 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 675 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 012158
SVRTSA
OKC115-012245-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0161.090501T2158Z-090501T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
458 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 457 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WYANDOTTE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PEORIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3699 9461 3674 9462 3672 9492 3692 9491
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 267DEG 33KT 3680 9473

$$

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 May 1, 3:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 3:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
314 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009

.DISCUSSION...
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

MEGA RAIN TODAY...MAINLY THIS MORNING IN A BAND
FROM ABOUT OWASSO - CLAREMORE TO PRYOR - LOCUST
GROOVE TO NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY.  OK MESONET
SITE AT PRYOR AT 7.68 SINCE EARLY MORNING. MOST
OF THAT...OVER 5 INCHES...FELL BETWEEN 6 - 9 AM.
CLAREMORE 4.34 IN THE SAME PERIOD.

GIVEN THE UPPER FLOW AND SHARP FRONTAL BOUNDARY
HEAVY RAIN  / FLOOD POTENTIAL WILL BE MAXIMIZED
OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA / WEST CENTRAL /NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. AREAS HIT WITH
HEAVY RAIN TODAY  WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE
TO ADDITIONAL  FLASH FLOODING THIS WEEKEND WHEN
MORE HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS.

CURRENTLY THE SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY RUNS FROM
EXTREME SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA  TO EXTREME NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS.   TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S NORTH OF THE
BOUNDARY...MID 70S TO NEAR 80 SOUTH. NEAR 70 DEW
POINT SOUTHEAST LIKELY TO EXPLODE INTO MORE TSRA
BY LATE AFTERNOON..EARLY EVENING AS FRONT DRIFTS
SOUTHEAST AND LLJ INCREASES.

THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL BE ANCHORED JUST SOUTH
OF THE RED RIVER MUCH OF THE WEEKEND.  SOUTHERLY
FLOW ALOFT WILL PROVIDE  UNSEASONABLY MOIST FEED
THUS COPIOUS RAINFALL. POPS UNRESTRAINED.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   53  60  50  64 / 100 100 100  40
FSM   59  65  55  64 /  90 100 100  70
MLC   58  63  53  63 /  90  90 100  60
BVO   50  57  48  65 /  90 100  70  40
FYV   53  59  50  60 / 100 100 100  50
BYV   51  56  49  59 / 100 100 100  60
MKO   55  57  52  62 / 100 100 100  50
MIO   50  58  48  63 /  90 100  90  40
F10   53  58  52  62 / 100  90 100  60
HHW   66  76  56  64 /  70  70  90  70

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY 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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ002-ARZ010-
     ARZ011-ARZ019-ARZ020-ARZ029.

&&

SHORT TERM...21
LONG TERM....21

Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 1:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
114 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-021000-
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-
100 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009

...RAINFALL LETTING UP FOR NOW BUT FLOODING CONTINUES...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...EAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.

AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

FLASH FLOOD.
RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
AREA...EAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.

AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

HEAVY RAIN.
RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
AREA...EAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.

AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

DISCUSSION...
A LARGE SWATH OF 3 TO OVER 7 INCHES OF RAIN FELL FROM NORTHERN TULSA
COUNTY EAST ACROSS RODGERS...MAYES..AND DELAWARE COUNTIES AND INCLUDES
PARTS OF ADJACENT COUNTIES AS WELL. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
DECREASING IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY AS THE LOW LEVEL JET FEEDING THE
STORMS HAS WEAKENED.

SOME AREAS THAT RECEIVED THE HEAVY RAIN MAY STILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL
1/2 TO ONE INCH OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON.

A COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA BUT THIS WILL NOT END THE
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SINCE IT WILL LIKELY STALL ACROSS THE
REGION TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM
TO FORM ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AS THE LOW LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS LATER
TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SATURDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.
TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THE WEEKEND BEFORE FINALLY EXITING EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ON MONDAY. AS A RESULT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL
REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH SEVERE STORMS
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY. HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING
CONCERNS WILL ALSO REMAIN...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINING
IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. RAINFALL TOTALS
FROM SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE
LIKELY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE END OF
THE WEEKEND...WITH WEATHER RELATED RESPONSES LIKELY ONE OR MORE
TIMES DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING POTENTIAL.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 4:12 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
412 PM CDT FRI MAY 01 2009

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

0407 PM     HAIL             2 W MIAMI               36.87N 94.91W
05/01/2009  E0.75 INCH       OTTAWA             OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

0409 PM     HAIL             GENTRY                  36.27N 94.48W
05/01/2009  E0.75 INCH       BENTON             AR   PUBLIC

&&

Local storm report, May 1, 4:37 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
437 PM CDT FRI MAY 01 2009

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

0426 PM     HAIL             3 SE MIAMI              36.84N 94.84W
05/01/2009  E0.75 INCH       OTTAWA             OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY HAIL COVERING GROUND.

&&

Local storm report, May 1, 4:41 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
441 PM CDT FRI MAY 01 2009

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

0338 PM     HAIL             COLCORD                 36.26N 94.69W
05/01/2009  E0.75 INCH       DELAWARE           OK   PUBLIC

&&

Local storm report, May 1, 4:46 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
446 PM CDT FRI MAY 01 2009

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

0430 PM     HAIL             CAVE SPRINGS            36.26N 94.23W
05/01/2009  E1.00 INCH       BENTON             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

Local storm report, May 1, 4:47 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
447 PM CDT FRI MAY 01 2009

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

0800 AM     FLASH FLOOD      COLCORD                 36.26N 94.69W
05/01/2009                   DELAWARE           OK   PUBLIC

            FLINT ROAD AND 700 ROAD NEAR COLCORD BARRICADED DUE TO
            HIGH WATER. ACCESS TO HIGHWAY 412 ALSO RESTRICTED. TIME
            OF ROAD CLOSURES ESTIMATED.

&&

JBM

Local storm report, May 1, 4:55 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
455 PM CDT FRI MAY 01 2009

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

0447 PM     HAIL             LOWELL                  36.26N 94.13W
05/01/2009  E1.75 INCH       BENTON             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 8:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	3 days
May 1, 12:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	50 min
May 1, 1:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Muskogee	37 hr
May 1, 2:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	55 min
May 1, 2:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	3 hr
May 1, 2:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	61 min
May 1, 3:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more	54 hr
May 1, 3:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes	63 min
May 1, 4:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes	63 min
May 1, 4:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	56 min
May 1, 5:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers	4 hr
May 1, 6:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	65 min
May 1, 6:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	4 hr
May 1, 7:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	61 min
May 1, 8:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	26 min
May 1, 8:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers and 1 more	4 hr
May 1, 8:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	35 min
May 1, 8:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers	47 min
May 1, 8:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	34 min
May 1, 8:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	64 min
May 1, 10:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Tulsa	4 hr
May 1, 10:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	3 hr
May 1, 10:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	6 hr
May 1, 10:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	41 min
May 1, 11:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	30 min
May 1, 11:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	44 min
May 1, 11:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Tulsa	21 hr
May 1, 11:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	30 min
May 1, 11:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	40 min
May 1, 12:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers	4 hr
May 1, 12:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	33 min
May 1, 12:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	44 min
May 1, 12:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	66 min
May 1, 12:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Washington	30 min
May 1, 1:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes	63 min
May 1, 1:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Washington	46 min
May 1, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	64 min
May 1, 2:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	117 min
May 1, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	60 min
May 1, 2:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Washington	4 hr
May 1, 2:35 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Osage, Tulsa	58 hr
May 1, 2:35 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Washington	7 hr
May 1, 2:35 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Adair	7 hr
May 1, 2:35 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Okmulgee	58 hr
May 1, 2:35 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Creek	58 hr
May 1, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	41 min
May 1, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	64 min
May 1, 3:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	18 hr
May 1, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	36 min
May 1, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware	61 min
May 1, 3:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Nowata, Ottawa	6 hr
May 1, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	67 min
May 1, 3:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata and 3 more	6 hr
May 1, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	65 min
May 1, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	16 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2009 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.