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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 30, 2010Creek County, Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2010, 8:37 PM CDT for Creek County, Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 53 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 30, 2010, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2010, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Creek County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 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
May 30, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

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 30, 8:25 PM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 8:25 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 5:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 7:45 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
745 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2010

OKZ054-310130-
OSAGE OK-
745 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHERN OSAGE

AT 745 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST
OF GRAINOLA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...PEARSONIA...FORAKER AND GRAINOLA.

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

LAT...LON 3700 9618 3699 9618 3675 9629 3683 9676
      3699 9675 3700 9674
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 285DEG 20KT 3698 9667

Special weather statement, May 30, 8:13 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
813 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2010

OKZ054-059-310200-
OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-
813 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     WESTERN OSAGE AND PAWNEE

AT 813 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES WEST OF APPERSON TO 31 MILES WEST OF
PAWNEE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...SHIDLER...FAIRFAX...BURBANK...PAWNEE...
SKEDEE AND RALSTON.

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

LAT...LON 3670 9707 3671 9705 3670 9694 3676 9689
      3679 9676 3683 9675 3675 9643 3618 9682
      3625 9683 3625 9692 3633 9692 3635 9703
      3651 9704 3656 9690 3659 9690 3660 9691
      3658 9699 3659 9704
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 271DEG 23KT 3667 9703 3629 9731

Special weather statement, May 30, 8:15 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
815 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2010

OKZ054-055-310200-
OSAGE OK-WASHINGTON OK-
815 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     WASHINGTON AND NORTHEASTERN OSAGE

AT 815 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BIGHEART...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY
THIS STORM INCLUDE...PAWHUSKA...OKESA...PEARSONIA...BIGHEART...
HULAH...BARTLESVILLE...RAMONA...OCHELATA...DEWEY AND COPAN.

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

LAT...LON 3700 9581 3645 9582 3675 9662 3700 9634
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 306DEG 26KT 3683 9622

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	45 min
May 30, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	47 min
May 30, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	45 min
May 30, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	57 min
May 30, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	60 min
May 30, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	56 min
May 30, 10:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	30 min
May 30, 11:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	38 min
May 30, 11:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	52 min
May 31, 12:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.