Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2009, 1:24 AM CDT for Latimer County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 66 min. 6 reports 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
- Jun 13, 2009, 1:24 AM CDT (06:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2009, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Latimer County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 1:30 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Mcalester, OK | ALSO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES IN MCALESTER...KREBS... AND ALDERSON. |
| Jun 13, 1:35 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 9 Ne Mcalester, OK | CARPORT DESTROYED BY WIND |
| Jun 13, 1:35 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 75 | Krebs, OK | POWER OUTAGES ACROSS MUCH OF KREBS AND ABOUT HALF OF MCALESTER DURING AND JUST AFTER STORM. |
| Jun 13, 1:35 AM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Krebs, OK | GOLF BALL TO BASEBALL HAIL REPORTED IN KREBS AREA. |
| Jun 13, 1:50 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | Gowen, OK | |
| Jun 13, 2:15 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Yanush, OK | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 2977 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1425 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KTSA 130624
SVRTSA
OKC077-121-130730-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0310.090613T0624Z-090613T0730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
124 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 230 AM CDT
* AT 124 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOCKER TO 9 MILES NORTH OF
MCALESTER TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCALESTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...HAYWOOD...
MCALESTER...KREBS...SAVANNA...BLOCKER...ALDERSON...KIOWA...
BLANCO...HARTSHORNE...HIGGINS...WILBURTON...DAMON AND YANUSH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3468 9589 3468 9590 3491 9596 3515 9551
3480 9506 3469 9533 3469 9551 3460 9552
3460 9588
TIME...MOT...LOC 0624Z 321DEG 25KT 3517 9570 3506 9575
3498 9588
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 130642
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
142 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009
OKC077-121-130730-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-090613T0730Z/
PITTSBURG OK-LATIMER OK-
142 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LATIMER AND EASTERN PITTSBURG COUNTIES...
AT 141 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM BLOCKER TO ALDERSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...FEATHERSTON...
BLANCO...DOW...HAILEYVILLE...HARTSHORNE...GOWEN...HIGGINS...
WILBURTON...DAMON AND YANUSH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM THAT HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL
AND WIND DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3460 9580 3500 9579 3515 9551 3480 9506
3469 9533 3469 9551 3460 9552
TIME...MOT...LOC 0642Z 319DEG 30KT 3504 9557 3487 9568
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 130713
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
213 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009
OKC121-130722-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-090613T0730Z/
PITTSBURG OK-
213 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
PITTSBURG COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
PRIOR TO MOVING OUT OF THE COUNTY...WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED NORTH
OF MCALESTER...AND POWER OUTAGES WERE REPORTED IN THE MCALESTER AND
KREBS VICINITIES.
LAT...LON 3469 9551 3501 9550 3501 9536 3480 9506
3469 9533
TIME...MOT...LOC 0712Z 303DEG 30KT 3486 9536 3468 9536
$$
OKC077-130730-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-090613T0730Z/
LATIMER OK-
213 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LATIMER COUNTY...
AT 211 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL
AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM DAMON TO YANUSH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE
A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND DAMAGING
WINDS.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WILBURTON...
YANUSH AND DAMON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM THAT HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3469 9551 3501 9550 3501 9536 3480 9506
3469 9533
TIME...MOT...LOC 0712Z 303DEG 30KT 3486 9536 3468 9536
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 67 min |
| Jun 13, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 2:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Pushmataha | 52 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.