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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 443, NWS Tulsa, OK

September 9, 2009Wagoner County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 2009, 6:12 PM CDT for Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 17 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
Sep 9, 2009, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 2009, 6:29 PM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 12:00Z on 2009-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 268 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2009-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
268 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 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 Sep 9, 3:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 3:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 9, 5:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
501 PM CDT WED SEP 9 2009

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-101000-
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-
435 PM CDT WED SEP 9 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

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

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
MOIST AND SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS OVER THE REGION WITH
FOCUS SHIFTING SOUTHWARD THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO FIRE BUT LACKING UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT MOST STORMS WILL FORM AND
DISSIPATE FAIRLY QUICKLY THIS EVENING WITH BOUNDARY FROM DIURNAL
HEATING IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA BECOMING VERY DIFFUSE DURING THE
EVENING. ANOTHER CONVECTIVE COMPLEX IS EXPECTED TO FORM SOUTH
OF LAST NIGHTS ALONG OR SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. BUT...WITH
A MUCH WEAKER LOW LEVEL JET AND RAIN AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
MUCH LESS AND IN AREAS THAT DID NOT RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT.
A FEW STORMS COULD BE MARGINALLY SEVERE WITH WINDS AND HAIL BEING
THE MORE OBVIOUS THREATS.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK
WITH A CONTINUED WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION.
THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBILITY OF FLASH AND/OR RIVER
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE OF A CONCERN.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 9, 4:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 9, 5:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, Sep 9, 5:31 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
531 PM CDT WED SEP 9 2009

OKZ060-064-092300-
CREEK OK-TULSA OK-
531 PM CDT WED SEP 9 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     EASTERN CREEK AND TULSA

AT 531 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
SAPULPA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...TULSA...GRAY...JENKS...GLENPOOL...KIEFER...
KELLYVILLE AND SAPULPA.

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

LAT...LON 3616 9597 3586 9594 3591 9622 3610 9624
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 282DEG 9KT 3600 9613
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 5:51 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
551 PM CDT WED SEP 9 2009

OKZ067-092330-
WAGONER OK-
551 PM CDT WED SEP 9 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHERN WAGONER

AT 551 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CHOSKA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...CHOSKA...PORTER AND REDBIRD.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH.

LAT...LON 3597 9556 3584 9549 3581 9564 3584 9565
      3586 9565 3586 9567 3592 9570
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 251DEG 9KT 3586 9563

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 5:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACraig, Nowata90 min
Sep 9, 6:49 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACraig, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers101 min
Sep 9, 8:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa6 days
Sep 9, 8:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Ottawa4 hr
Sep 9, 12:40 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Ottawa6 hr
Sep 9, 1:54 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSANowata66 hr
Sep 9, 2:10 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa7 hr
Sep 9, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek31 min
Sep 9, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWagoner34 min
Sep 9, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa29 min
Sep 9, 5:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWagoner39 min
Sep 9, 6:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSATulsa56 min
Sep 9, 6:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWagoner32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2009Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.