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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2010, 11:52 PM CDT for Haskell County, McIntosh County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 35 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 12, 2010, 11:52 PM CDT (04:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2010, 12:27 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Haskell County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1264 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
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 12, 11:47 PM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 11:47 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1147 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010 .AVIATION... CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...IN GENERAL VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL EARLY IN THE PERIOD. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AFTER 09Z WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT...WHILE LOW STRATOCU WILL INCREASE ELSEWHERE TO BRING WIDESPREAD MVFR CEILINGS. FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AND REACH MLC AROUND 15Z...FINALLY TO FSM BY 20Z. SOME DECREASE IN STORMS COVERAGE PROBABLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH WEAKENING LOW LEVEL JET AND SOME IMPROVEMENT IN CIGS LIKELY AFTER 00Z. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 905 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010/ DISCUSSION... THE 00Z NORMAN SOUNDING HAS SOMEWHAT OF AN INVERTED V LOOK. THE LIGHT SHOWERS FROM OSAGE COUNTY SOUTH INTO WESTERN CREEK COUNTY HAVE PRODUCED GUSTY WINDS. THE PEAK WIND AT PAWNEE REACHED NEAR 50 MPH. WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH SOME OF THE WEAK CONVECTION IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. WE HAVE ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR THESE WINDS. && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && AVIATION...14
Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 9:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 947 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-131000- 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- 947 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA. ONSET...ONGOING. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. ONSET...AFTER MIDNIGHT. DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ENOUGH ELEVATED INSTABILITY AND SUFFICIENT WIND SHEAR IS IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL OF THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT... BUT A FEW WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. A COLD FRONT IS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE FRONT WILL REACH A LINE FROM NEAR JOPLIN TO OKMULGEE BY SUNRISE. THE FRONT WILL NOT MARK THE END TO THE THUNDERSTORMS AS LOW-LEVEL WINDS WILL BE ORIENTED TO OVERRUN THE FRONT...MAINTAINING THE LIFT NECESSARY TO SUPPORT STORMS. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOME LOCATIONS IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 RECEIVING 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN TONIGHT...AND THIS COULD CAUSE A LOCAL FLASH FLOOD THREAT. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL BE NECESSARY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THURSDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. FRIDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE BOTH AHEAD AND BEHIND THE FRONT ON THURSDAY AS IT CROSSES EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY WITH HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT. THE FRONT WILL STALL IN THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND BEGIN A SLOW DRIFT BACK TO THE NORTH INTO THE WEEKEND. WITH THE FRONT IN THE AREA THERE WILL BE A DAILY CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS. AT THIS TIME THERE ARE NO MAJOR UPPER-LEVEL SYSTEMS EXPECTED IN THE REGION INTO THE WEEKEND...SO LARGE SCALE SEVERE WEATHER EPISODES ARE NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...EACH DAY THERE WILL BE A LIMITED LOCAL SEVERE STORM RISK. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 12, 8:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
836 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010
OKZ064>066-130200-
CREEK OK-OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-
836 PM CDT WED MAY 12 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
NORTHWESTERN OKMULGEE AND SOUTHEASTERN CREEK
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
NORTHERN OKFUSKEE
AT 837 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WELTY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS
STORM INCLUDE...WELTY...SLICK AND KELLYVILLE.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
LAT...LON 3602 9623 3592 9604 3558 9633 3566 9649
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 211DEG 40KT 3570 9633Special weather statement, May 12, 8:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 12, 9:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
929 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010
OKZ060-061-130300-
ROGERS OK-TULSA OK-
929 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WESTERN ROGERS AND NORTHERN TULSA
AT 930 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER TULSA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS
STORM INCLUDE...TULSA...OWASSO AND COLLINSVILLE.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH. 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 3636 9557 3607 9589 3617 9604 3618 9601
3622 9601 3648 9579
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 217DEG 39KT 3616 9592Local storm report, May 12, 9:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
933 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0840 PM HAIL 10 SSE BRISTOW 35.70N 96.32W
05/12/2010 E1.00 INCH CREEK OK BROADCAST MEDIA
ESTIMATED QUARTER SIZE HAIL 10 MILES SOUTH OF BRISTOW AND
2 MILES EAST OF HIGHWAY 48
0923 PM HAIL 3 SW TULSA 36.10N 95.96W
05/12/2010 E0.88 INCH TULSA OK BROADCAST MEDIA
ESTIMATED NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT INTERSTATE 44 AND RIVERSIDE
&&
DMJLocal storm report, May 12, 9:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
945 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0927 PM HAIL 1 WSW TULSA 36.13N 95.94W
05/12/2010 E0.50 INCH TULSA OK BROADCAST MEDIA
31ST AND HARVARD
0933 PM HAIL 2 N TULSA 36.16N 95.92W
05/12/2010 E0.50 INCH TULSA OK BROADCAST MEDIA
RELAYED THROUGH MEDIA OF DIME HAIL AT TULSA INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT
&&
DMJSpecial weather statement, May 12, 11:24 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1124 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010
OKZ064>066-070-071-073-130515-
CREEK OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-PITTSBURG
OK-
1124 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
OKMULGEE AND SOUTHERN CREEK
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
NORTHWESTERN MUSKOGEE AND OKFUSKEE
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
MCINTOSH AND NORTHERN PITTSBURG
AT 1115 PM CDT...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN TULSA AND
MCALESTER. SOME OF THESE WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF
40 TO 50 MPH AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST.
AREAS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE WINDS INCLUDE ALL OR PORTIONS
OF OKMULGEE...CREEK...MUSKOGEE...OKFUSKEE...MCINTOSH...AND PITTSBURG
COUNTIES.
AGAIN...LOCAL WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS THROUGH 1215 AM.
LAT...LON 3588 9660 3584 9570 3583 9565 3578 9561
3581 9533 3503 9549 3498 9607 3505 9609
3516 9599 3529 9599 3529 9643 3546 9645
3542 9649 3544 9656 3538 9655 3541 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 203DEG 45KT 3506 9617The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 24 min |
| May 12, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 35 min |
| May 12, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 31 min |
| May 12, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 31 min |
| May 12, 11:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 51 min |
| May 13, 12:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner | 50 min |
| May 13, 12:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 25 min |
| May 13, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 61 min |
| May 13, 4:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 50 min |
| May 13, 4:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Pawnee | 44 min |
| May 13, 4:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers and 2 more | 55 min |
| May 13, 4:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 43 min |
| May 13, 5:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes and 4 more | 51 min |
| May 13, 5:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers | 53 min |
| May 13, 5:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 51 min |
| May 13, 5:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 30 min |
| May 13, 5:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Ottawa | 68 min |
| May 13, 6:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh | 40 min |
| May 13, 6:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 18 min |
| May 13, 9:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 3 days |
| May 13, 11:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 42 min |
| May 13, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg | 37 min |
| May 13, 12:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Atoka | 66 min |
| May 13, 1:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 60 min |
| May 13, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 59 min |
| May 13, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 56 min |
| May 13, 2:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 33 min |
| May 13, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 64 min |
| May 13, 1:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 55 min |
| May 13, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington | 51 min |
| May 13, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 60 min |
| May 13, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Washington | 45 min |
| May 13, 2:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 47 min |
Nearby
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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.