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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 23, 20117 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this high wind warning at May 23, 2011, 9:53 PM CDT for 7 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2011, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2011, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Creek County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 23, 10:00 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Checotah, OK
May 24, 12:25 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 604 W Hectorville, OK

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2011-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2770 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2011-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 206 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2770 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
12.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

811 
WWUS74 KTSA 240253
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
953 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

OKZ060-064>067-070-071-240700-
/O.NEW.KTSA.HW.W.0001.110524T0253Z-110524T0700Z/
TULSA-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-
953 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND 
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT TUESDAY...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...WAGONER...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...
   MUSKOGEE...TULSA AND MCINTOSH. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * LOCAL AREAS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THUNDERSTORMS
   COLLAPSE ACROSS THE AREA. THESE WINDS WILL BE LOCALIZED AND
   BRIEF...BUT MAY PRODUCE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES

DEFINITION...
 * A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS 
   EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 * MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. BE ALERT TO 
   SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR 
   VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS AND ON 
   BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. 

 * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
   FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT.
   ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT:
   WEATHER.GOV/TULSA.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Mayes46 min
May 23, 7:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers6 hr
May 23, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware43 min
May 23, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah46 min
May 23, 8:32 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa24 hr
May 23, 8:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Sequoyah and 1 more116 min
May 23, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Sequoyah51 min
May 23, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek49 min
May 23, 9:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Mayes, Muskogee and 2 more6 hr
May 23, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore41 min
May 23, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore33 min
May 23, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah56 min
May 23, 10:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah4 hr
May 23, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore47 min
May 23, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer, LeFlore42 min
May 23, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore46 min
May 23, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee45 min
May 23, 11:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee2 hr
May 24, 12:07 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata and 3 more12 hr
May 24, 12:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa33 min
May 24, 1:33 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah10 hr
May 24, 1:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACherokee, Delaware7 hr
May 24, 1:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACherokee13 hr
May 24, 8:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore44 hr
May 24, 8:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSASequoyah13 hr
May 24, 11:55 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, LeFlore and 8 more48 hr
May 24, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee67 min
May 24, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee41 min
May 24, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa67 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.