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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 6, 20105 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2010, 10:25 PM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 65 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 6, 2010, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2010, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Creek County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:25 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 6, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2010-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1675 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2010-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 291 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1675 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1732 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
291 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
11.9

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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 Apr 6, 9:39 PM CDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 9:39 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
939 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

.DISCUSSION...
RADAR SHOWS COLD FRONT APPROACHING OSAGE COUNTY.  LINE OF STORMS
HAS FORMED TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF TULSA WITH THE FRONT
APPROACHING IT.  THESE STORMS COULD VERY WELL PROGRESS SOUTHEAST
ACROSS THE AREA AS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SUGGESTS.
HAVE ADJUSTED THE POPS SLIGHTLY WITH AN INCREASE TO THE NORTHWEST
OF TULSA THIS EVENING AND TO THE SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS WITH A POSSIBLE UPTICK IN POPS AGAIN LATER
TONIGHT.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...17
LONG TERM....99
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 5:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
510 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-071000-
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-
510 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
TORNADO.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF TULSA.
	ONSET...THIS EVENING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...THIS EVENING.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...AFTER 9 PM.

SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

FIRE WEATHER DANGER.
	RISK...LIMITED...SPREADINDEX=38.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
A VERY DYNAMIC UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM AND ITS ASSOCIATED DRY
LINE AND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA TONIGHT.
STRONG SOUTH WINDS HAVE OCCURRED AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM TODAY
AND WILL LAST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.  THESE SOUTH
WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES AND DRY VEGETATION HAVE RESULTED
IN AN INCREASED FIRE DANGER.

AS THE DRY LINE IS OVERTAKEN BY THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM TO THE WEST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING.
A LARGE CAP EXISTS OVER THE AREA SO THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
VERY LIKELY UNTIL THE FRONT ARRIVES.  WHEN THUNDERSTORMS
FORM THEY WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE.  GIVE SOME AND INSTABILITY
AND SHEAR TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE.  THE MOST LIKELY PLACE
FOR A TORNADO WOULD BE NORTH AND WEST OF TULSA.  AS THE
NIGHT PROGRESSES A SCATTERED TO BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
WILL LIKELY OCCUR.  THE BEST TIMING FOR THIS TO HAPPEN WOULD
BE LATE EVENING TO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  IN THIS TIME FRAME
HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WOULD BE THE MAIN RISKS.

THE COLD FRONT WILL NOT REACH NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BEFORE
MORNING SO THAT WILL BE THE LEAST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE
THUNERSTORMS TONIGHT.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK LIKELY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS.
FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS.
MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
WITH THE COLD FRONT OVER EASTERN PARTS OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY
MORNING...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK WILL CONTINUE FOR THOSE
AREAS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE COLD FRONT WILL EXIT THE AREA
AROUND NOON.

AFTER THAT THE REMAINDER OF THE UPCOMING WEEK WILL BE DRY.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY MORNING.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 6, 8:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
851 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

OKZ054-070215-
OSAGE OK-
851 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHERN OSAGE

AT 851 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SHIDLER...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY
THIS STORM INCLUDE...SHIDLER...FORAKER AND GRAINOLA.

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

LAT...LON 3700 9650 3700 9628 3699 9628 3671 9663
      3680 9676 3686 9676 3701 9660 3700 9651
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 222DEG 50KT 3683 9663
Local storm report, Apr 6, 10:16 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage24 min
Apr 6, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee53 min
Apr 6, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington51 min
Apr 6, 11:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek, Rogers, Tulsa61 min
Apr 6, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Creek, Mayes, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and 2 more56 min
Apr 6, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers52 min
Apr 7, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee26 min
Apr 7, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa and 3 more59 min
Apr 7, 12:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh40 min
Apr 7, 1:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee53 min
Apr 7, 1:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware63 min
Apr 7, 2:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair61 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.