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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 12, 20094 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2009, 4:33 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 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: May 12, 2009, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2009, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 132 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 159 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 May 12, 3:36 PM CDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 3:36 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
336 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 2009

.DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS FAR EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL
DEFINED SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND WARM FRONT
CONTINUES TO SURGE NORTH. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD MOSTLY BE OUT OF
THE AREA BY 00Z AND WILL ONLY CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE ACROSS FAR
NORTHEASTERN AREAS THIS EVENING.

WARM FRONT CAN BE SEEN BY CLEARING LINE SURGING NORTH FROM
SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA TO NEAR SHV...WITH TEMPS IN THE MID-UPPER 80S
INDICATING VERY WARM AIRMASS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA THIS
EVENING. THIS MAKES LOW TEMP FORECAST FOR TONIGHT VERY DIFFICULT
AS RAIN COOLED AIR HAS KEPT TEMPS IN THE LOWER 60S OVER THE
EASTERN SECTIONS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. EXPECT MOST AREAS TO DROP
ONLY SLIGHTLY OR REMAIN STEADY THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING WITH A
GRADUAL RISE. WILL MAINTAIN WARM LOWS CLOSE TO GUIDANCE BUT WILL
UNDERCUT BY A FEW DEGREES IN THE EAST AS COOL AIR WILL TAKE SOME
TIME TO SCOUR OUT OF VALLEYS TONIGHT.

VERY WARM TEMPS WEDNESDAY WITH STRONG SOUTH WINDS BRINGING A VERY
MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS THROUGH THE AREA. WARMING TEMPS ALOFT
WILL KEEP THE ATMOSPHERE WELL CAPPED UNTIL NEARLY 00Z WHEN THE
COLD FRONT BEGINS TO APPROACH FROM THE NORTH. WHILE MOST OF THE
UPPER SUPPORT AND SIGNIFICANT DEEP LAYER SHEAR REMAINS NORTH...
THE INSTABILITY WILL BE QUITE IMPRESSIVE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE
FRONT AND SUPPORTIVE OF A LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE THREAT. THE
BOUNDARY WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE SOUTH WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL AS WELL. A FLOOD WATCH MAY BECOME NECESSARY FOR PARTS OF
THE AREA FOR WED NIGHT...BUT NORTHERN AREAS SHOW HIGH ENOUGH FFG
TO HOLD OFF ON THIS FOR NOW.

FRONT NOT EXPECTED TO DROP MUCH FARTHER SOUTH THAN I-44 BY EARLY
THURSDAY BEFORE DRIFTING BACK NORTH AGAIN AS A WARM FRONT. THUS
WILL MAINTAIN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY WITH SOME
LOW POPS CONTINUING IN THE FAR NORTH THU EVENING. FRIDAY WILL BE
ANOTHER VERY WARM AND BREEZY DAY...MUCH LIKE WEDNESDAY...WITH
FRONT DROPPING SOUTH INTO THE AREA BY EARLY SATURDAY. THIS MAY
SET UP ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL.

THE FRONT SHOULD FINALLY CLEAR THE AREA EARLY SUNDAY WITH A COUPLE
OF DAYS OF DRY WEATHER FOLLOWING. TUESDAY FORECAST WILL ALSO
REMAIN DRY...HOWEVER WITH THE UPPER FLOW REMAINING NORTHWEST THE
12Z ECMWF PLUNGES A STRONG UPPER WAVE THROUGH THE LONGWAVE TROUGH
IN THE EAST...WITH ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY DIVING SOUTH THROUGH
THE PLAINS AND MORE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE
CONSISTENCY AMONG MODELS BUT SUCH THINGS OFTEN HAPPEN IN NORTHWEST
FLOW AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   71  86  60  73 /  10  30  80  40
FSM   64  86  66  79 /  10  10  60  40
MLC   69  85  67  78 /   0  10  60  30
BVO   66  84  58  72 /  10  40  80  40
FYV   64  83  63  75 /  10  20  90  50
BYV   65  82  61  71 /  20  20  90  60
MKO   65  85  64  75 /  10  10  80  40
MIO   65  84  58  72 /  10  40  90  50
F10   68  85  63  74 /  10  10  80  30
HHW   67  86  68  84 /  10  10  40  20

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...06
LONG TERM....14

Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 1:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

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Local storm report, May 12, 3:46 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
346 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 2009

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

0345 PM     HAIL             4 W WHITE OAK           36.62N 95.34W
05/12/2009  M1.00 INCH       CRAIG              OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MOST OF IT WAS NICKEL SIZE BUT THE BIGGEST WAS A QUARTER.

&&

KAT

Special weather statement, May 12, 3:49 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
349 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 2009

OKZ076-122145-
LE FLORE OK-
349 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CENTRAL LE FLORE

AT 350 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HODGEN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...HODGEN AND HEAVENER.

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 3471 9477 3489 9480 3494 9444 3470 9445
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 266DEG 22KT 3479 9476

Local storm report, May 12, 3:51 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
351 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 2009

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

0340 PM     HAIL             CHELSEA                 36.54N 95.43W
05/12/2009  M0.75 INCH       ROGERS             OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

KAT

Special weather statement, May 12, 4:14 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
414 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 2009

OKZ062-063-122215-
DELAWARE OK-MAYES OK-
414 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHERN DELAWARE AND CENTRAL MAYES

AT 414 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LANGLEY TO 6 MILES WEST OF
STRANG...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...JAY...LEACH...TWIN OAKS...KANSAS...
COLCORD...CHLOETA...PRYOR...CHOUTEAU...LOCUST GROVE...ROSE...
SALINA...SPAVINAW...STRANG...PENSACOLA...LANGLEY AND MAYSVILLE.

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 3647 9461 3618 9458 3618 9542 3639 9527
      3648 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 278DEG 37KT 3651 9495 3639 9522

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 9:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	26 min
May 12, 9:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	66 min
May 12, 9:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	31 min
May 12, 10:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Pawnee, Tulsa	63 min
May 12, 10:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	40 min
May 12, 10:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	67 min
May 12, 10:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	66 min
May 12, 10:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	63 min
May 12, 10:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	63 min
May 12, 11:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	61 min
May 12, 11:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	61 min
May 12, 12:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Nowata	56 min
May 12, 12:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	55 min
May 12, 12:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	50 min
May 12, 12:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Pushmataha	62 min
May 12, 12:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	41 min
May 12, 12:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	49 min
May 12, 1:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	27 min
May 12, 1:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	47 min
May 12, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	60 min
May 12, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	59 min
May 12, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Washington	30 min
May 12, 2:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	66 min
May 12, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	48 min
May 12, 3:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	55 min
May 12, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	67 min
May 12, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa, Rogers	48 min
May 12, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	56 min
May 12, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	61 min
May 12, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	64 min
May 12, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	48 min
May 12, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	48 min
May 12, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Madison, Washington	37 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.