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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2010, 11:39 PM CDT for Osage County, Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 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
- Apr 4, 2010, 11:39 PM CDT (04:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2010, 12:26 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Osage County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 1163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1728 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
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 Apr 4, 9:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 9:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 914 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2010 ...UPDATE... .DISCUSSION... SURFACE FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM FAR NWRN OSAGE CTY INTO WCNTRL OK. HAVE SEEN ISOLATED STRONG/SEVERE CONVECTION DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT OVER THE PAST 1-2 HOURS...IN THE WANING HEAT OF THE DAY. EXPECT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT...ALTHOUGH THERE REMAINS CONCERNS AS TO AREAL COVERAGE/HOW FAR S CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP. GIVEN THE MODEST LOW-LEVEL JET AND ELEVATED CAP NOTED ON 00Z OUN/SGF...BELIEVE ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN MOSTLY ISOLATED/WIDELY SCATTERED OVERNIGHT...PRIMARILY BEING CONFINED TO TO FAR NERN OK AND PERHAPS INTO NWRN AR. THIS IS SUPPORTED BY THE 00Z NAM. HAVE TWEAKED POPS/WX GRIDS SOME TO REFLECT THIS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TUL 65 84 65 78 / 40 10 10 30 FSM 66 84 60 77 / 20 10 10 30 MLC 66 82 65 76 / 10 10 10 30 BVO 62 83 66 77 / 50 10 10 30 FYV 63 80 60 75 / 50 10 10 30 BYV 63 80 59 76 / 50 10 10 30 MKO 64 83 61 75 / 40 10 10 30 MIO 63 83 65 76 / 60 10 10 30 F10 65 82 64 76 / 20 10 10 30 HHW 65 82 63 77 / 10 10 10 30 && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && SHORT TERM...21 LONG TERM....18
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 5:00 PM CDT, 6 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 500 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2010 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-051000- 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- 500 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2010 ...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...AFTER 8 PM. HEAVY RAIN...FLASH FLOOD. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...AFTER 8 PM. SIGNIFICANT WINDS. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. FIRE WEATHER DANGER. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT...CURRENTLY LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...WILL BE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING AS IT SAGS SLOWLY SOUTH TOWARD THE KANSAS OKLAHOMA BORDER. MODERATE INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH STRONG WIND FIELDS ALOFT SUGGEST ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WOULD LIKELY POSE A SEVERE THREAT WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AS THE LOW LEVEL JET BEGINS TO INCREASE TONIGHT...ELEVATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A FEW STORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK LIKELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. MONDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. TUESDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. WEDNESDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS. FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS. SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING EARLY MONDAY MORNING...OTHERWISE THE COLD FRONT WILL LIFT BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT. WARM AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT...WHICH IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE. COOLER AND LESS HUMID WEATHER IS EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 10:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Apr 4, 10:50 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1050 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2010
OKZ054-059-050415-
OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-
1050 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
CENTRAL OSAGE AND PAWNEE
AT 1049 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF
RALSTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...HOMINY...SKEDEE AND RALSTON.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE HALF INCH HAIL AND BRIEF
WIND GUST TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.
LAT...LON 3666 9643 3641 9638 3636 9677 3653 9682
TIME...MOT...LOC 0349Z 253DEG 14KT 3647 9670Special weather statement, Apr 4, 10:53 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1053 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2010
OKZ055-056-050415-
NOWATA OK-WASHINGTON OK-
1053 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHWESTERN NOWATA AND WASHINGTON
AT 1052 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER COPAN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY
THIS STORM INCLUDE...WANN...DEWEY AND COPAN.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
LAT...LON 3682 9567 3679 9600 3694 9601 3700 9600
3700 9568
TIME...MOT...LOC 0352Z 233DEG 20KT 3689 9594Special weather statement, Apr 4, 11:13 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1113 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2010
OKZ056-050500-
NOWATA OK-
1113 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHERN NOWATA
AT 1113 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WANN...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM
INCLUDE...WANN AND RURAL LOCATIONS NEAR THE OKLAHOMA KANSAS BORDER.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
LAT...LON 3694 9542 3694 9543 3689 9543 3686 9581
3692 9582 3695 9581 3695 9579 3697 9579
3700 9572 3700 9542
TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 252DEG 26KT 3691 9577Special weather statement, Apr 4, 11:23 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1123 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2010
OKZ054-050515-
OSAGE OK-
1123 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHEASTERN OSAGE
AT 1123 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF PEARSONIA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...PEARSONIA...BIGHEART AND HULAH.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
LAT...LON 3699 9601 3676 9601 3670 9645 3682 9651
TIME...MOT...LOC 0423Z 252DEG 26KT 3677 9636The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 9:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 64 min |
| Apr 4, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 30 min |
| Apr 4, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 10:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 10:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 22 min |
| Apr 4, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 47 min |
| Apr 4, 11:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 52 min |
| Apr 4, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 12:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 56 min |
| Apr 5, 12:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 63 min |
| Apr 5, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 54 min |
| Apr 5, 1:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 2:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 3:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.