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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 16, 2010Adair County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2010, 5:26 PM CDT for Adair County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 34 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: Jul 16, 2010, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2010, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Adair County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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: 2101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -26 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 Jul 16, 3:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 3:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 5:02 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
502 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2010

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-171015-
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-
502 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2010

...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH WEEKEND...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DANGEROUS HEAT.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

        AREA AT GREATEST RISK...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

DISCUSSION...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH
AND SOUTHEAST ACROSS FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL ALLOW FOR PERIODS OF HEAVY
RAIN WHICH WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR A FLASH FLOOD THREAT.
STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS THUNDERSTORMS COLLAPSE.
THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS OF
DAY TIME HEATING THIS EVENING.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S ALONG WITH HIGH
HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE DANGEROUS HEAT CONDITIONS THROUGH
THE WEEKEND AND UPCOMING WEEK FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WEST
CENTRAL ARKANSAS. SEE LATEST /OKCNWPTSA/ FOR CURRENT HEAT
ADVISORIES AND WARNING.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 16, 2:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 3:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:33 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:14 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
514 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2010

OKZ069-162245-
ADAIR OK-
514 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHERN ADAIR

AT 515 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF
STILWELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MARIETTA...STILWELL AND BARON.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3565 9451 3576 9476 3600 9462 3581 9449
      3578 9450 3578 9449 3571 9448
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 312DEG 10KT 3580 9457

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 7:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	65 min
Jul 15, 7:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	47 min
Jul 15, 8:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	26 min
Jul 16, 1:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	42 min
Jul 16, 1:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Tulsa, Wagoner	23 min
Jul 16, 2:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	29 min
Jul 16, 2:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	29 min
Jul 16, 2:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair	11 hr
Jul 16, 2:27 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee	29 hr
Jul 16, 2:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Delaware	2 hr
Jul 16, 3:33 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 15 more	4 days
Jul 16, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	31 min
Jul 16, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	26 min
Jul 16, 5:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	38 min
Jul 16, 5:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	37 min
Jul 16, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	55 min
Jul 16, 6:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	46 min
Jul 16, 6:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Ottawa	2 hr
Jul 16, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Washington	59 min
Jul 16, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	34 min
Jul 16, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	60 min
Jul 16, 6:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	LeFlore, Pushmataha	115 min
Jul 16, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware	46 min
Jul 15, 9:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Madison, Washington	116 min
Jul 15, 9:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Madison, Washington	6 hr
Jul 15, 10:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Benton, Washington	5 hr
Jul 16, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	32 min
Jul 16, 3:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	27 min
Jul 16, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	44 min
Jul 16, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	57 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2010 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.