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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 16, 2010Muskogee County, Tulsa County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2010, 8:58 PM CDT for Muskogee County, Tulsa County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 62 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, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2010, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Muskogee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 00:00Z on 2010-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 826 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 00:00Z on 2010-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
826 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-241 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1433 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-5.3

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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, 8:34 PM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 8:34 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 5:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 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

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 8:00 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 7:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOttawa3 hr
Jul 16, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa28 min
Jul 16, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes43 min
Jul 16, 7:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa30 min
Jul 16, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner55 min
Jul 16, 8:24 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSARogers, Tulsa, Wagoner66 min
Jul 16, 8:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes35 min
Jul 16, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers, Wagoner58 min
Jul 16, 9:13 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAMayes62 min
Jul 16, 9:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee58 min
Jul 16, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Wagoner55 min
Jul 16, 9:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa32 min
Jul 16, 10:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSATulsa57 min
Jul 16, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek48 min
Jul 16, 10:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore27 min
Jul 16, 10:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa33 min
Jul 16, 10:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee59 min
Jul 16, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek51 min
Jul 17, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer25 min
Jul 17, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer27 min
Jul 17, 4:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha39 min
Jul 17, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha31 min
Jul 16, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian35 min
Jul 17, 5:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2010Every 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.