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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 22, 2011Creek County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2011, 4:29 PM CDT for Creek County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 26 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 22, 2011, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2011, 4:55 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Creek County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 22, 4:37 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Sapulpa, OK
Apr 22, 4:45 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	3 Se Tulsa, OK	75TH AND MINGO
Apr 22, 4:47 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Glenpool, OK
Apr 22, 4:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Bixby, OK
Apr 22, 5:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Jenks, OK	121ST AND PEORIA
Apr 22, 5:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Bixby, OK	111TH AND MINGO

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 18 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 22, 3:47 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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: 457 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -372 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 433 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 429 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

596 
WUUS54 KTSA 222129
SVRTSA
OKC037-143-222215-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0115.110422T2129Z-110422T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
429 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  CENTRAL TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 425 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  KELLYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  DAMAGING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...
  WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  SAPULPA...KIEFER...GLENPOOL...JENKS...BIXBY...TULSA AND BROKEN
  ARROW.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 201 AND 232.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM THAT IS LIKELY PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL. IF
NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN
AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3626 9582 3622 9582 3617 9582 3617 9581
      3592 9577 3586 9625 3603 9632
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 248DEG 31KT 3597 9621

$$

2 follow-up statements

136 
WWUS54 KTSA 222137
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
437 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011

OKC037-143-222215-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0115.000000T0000Z-110422T2215Z/
CREEK OK-TULSA OK-
437 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN TULSA AND EASTERN CREEK COUNTIES...

AT 433 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SAPULPA...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
DESTRUCTIVE TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL...
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...KIEFER...
GLENPOOL...JENKS...BIXBY...TULSA...LEONARD AND BROKEN ARROW.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 206 AND 232.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PERSONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM SHOULD PREPARE FOR
LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER
IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3626 9582 3617 9582 3616 9581 3592 9577
      3588 9618 3606 9621
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 248DEG 31KT 3599 9610

$$

615 
WWUS54 KTSA 222155
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
455 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011

OKC037-143-222205-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0115.000000T0000Z-110422T2215Z/
CREEK OK-TULSA OK-
455 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011

LAT...LON 3626 9582 3617 9582 3616 9581 3592 9577
      3588 9618 3606 9621
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 248DEG 31KT 3604 9593

$$

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 22, 2:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 2:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
217 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011

.DISCUSSION...
PRE-FRONT CU CLOUD DEVELOPMENT FROM NEAR KCFV-KTUL-KSNL
ON SOUTHEAST..HIGHLY LIKELY TO BREAK CAP AND ERUPT INTO
SEVERE STORMS BY LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING.  EVENING
OF STRONG / SEVERE THUNDER EASTERN OK INTO ADJACENT AR.

FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO END UP SOUTHWEST  NORTHEAST THROUGH
THROUGH OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHWEST MO/NORTHWEST CORNER AR.
UPPER FLOW  NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE FRONT THROUGH EASTER
WEEKEND WELL INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS IS MET TEXTBOOK
CLASSIC PROLONGED  WET HEAVY RAIN PERIOD NEAR AND NORTH
OF THE QUASI-STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY.  THE OSCILLATING
FRONTAL BOUNDARY PRESENTS TEMPERATURE CHALLENGES.

THIS DROUGHT BUSTING PERIOD...AT LEAST EASTERN OK..WILL
COME AT A PRICE. ABUNDANT CAPE... AND SHORT WAVE ENERGY
IMPULSES WILL NOT ONLY MAKE RAIN..BUT PERIODS OF SEVERE
STORMS AS WELL.  AT THIS TIME TONIGHT...SUNDAY NIGHT...
AND MONDAY WILL FEATURE HIGHEST RISK OF SEVERE STORMS.

WILL HOLD ON FLOOD WATCH  UNTIL AFTER THE INITIAL RAIN
TONIGHT.   PRIME HEAVY RAIN AXIS THE NEXT FEW DAYS VIA
MODEL CONSENSUS WOULD BE NEAR INTERSTATE 44. FAR NORTH-
EAST OK MOST AT RISK FOR EXCESSIVE RAIN THIS WEEKEND.
STAY TUNED.
GW

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   60  66  55  67 /  70  70  80  80
FSM   64  78  63  77 /  60  70  40  60
MLC   66  75  64  76 /  60  60  50  50
BVO   55  64  52  63 /  70  60  80  80
FYV   61  72  58  72 /  70  80  60  70
BYV   60  70  57  72 /  70  80  70  80
MKO   62  71  58  72 /  80  70  80  80
MIO   56  65  54  66 /  70  70  80  80
F10   62  70  57  72 /  70  70  80  70
HHW   68  81  68  81 /  30  40  30  40

&&

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

SHORT TERM...06
LONG TERM....21

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 1:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
104 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-231000-
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-
104 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...
...VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED WITH A FEW TORNADOES
   POSSIBLE..

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

TORNADO.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...LATE AFTERNOON.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...LATE AFTERNOON.

        AREA OF GREATEST RISK...EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND
        NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...THIS EVENING.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...LATE AFTERNOON.

DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON NEAR
THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA.
THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION...ANY DISCRETE STORMS THAT INITIALLY
TAKE A MORE EASTWARD TRACK COMPARED TO THE MEAN FLOW WILL POSE AN
ELEVATED TORNADO RISK.

THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE MAY BEGIN TO DECREASE BY LATE EVENING SOUTH OF
THE STALLED FRONT WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT NORTH OF
THE FRONT OVERNIGHT ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.  THESE STORMS
COULD ALSO BE MARGINALLY SEVERE WITH A FLASH FLOODING THREAT...
ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS WHERE PREVIOUS RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK IS LIKELY BY LATE
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THE UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS WEEKEND AND INTO MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT STALLS OVER THE REGION TONIGHT WILL LINGER
THROUGH THE WEEKEND BEFORE A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE FINALLY
PUSHES IT OFF TO THE SOUTH AND EAST MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
DURING THIS TIME...SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG
AND SOUTH OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THERE WILL ALSO BE A POTENTIAL
FOR HEAVY FLOODING RAINS AS STORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME
LOCATIONS.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL
OF SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH COULD
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AND POSSIBLY RIVER FLOODING.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 22, 11:09 AM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1109 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0112 PM     HAIL             2 N SNOW                34.42N 95.41W
04/21/2011  E1.75 INCH       PUSHMATAHA         OK   POST OFFICE

0226 PM     HAIL             ROGERS                  36.33N 94.12W
04/21/2011  E1.00 INCH       BENTON             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

CKH

Local storm report, Apr 22, 4:07 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
407 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0355 PM     HAIL             3 WSW CATOOSA           36.17N 95.80W
04/22/2011  E1.25 INCH       ROGERS             OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

KAH

Local storm report, Apr 22, 4:16 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
416 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0412 PM     HAIL             3 NW WYANDOTTE          36.82N 94.76W
04/22/2011  E0.88 INCH       OTTAWA             OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

KAH

Local storm report, Apr 22, 4:17 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
417 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0415 PM     HAIL             PEORIA                  36.92N 94.67W
04/22/2011  E0.88 INCH       OTTAWA             OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

KAH

Local storm report, Apr 22, 4:27 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
427 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0425 PM     TSTM WND DMG     VERDIGRIS               36.23N 95.69W
04/22/2011                   ROGERS             OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            6 TO 8 INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES DOWN

&&

SFP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 22, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	55 min
Apr 22, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	58 min
Apr 22, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa	39 min
Apr 22, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes, Rogers	48 min
Apr 22, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Ottawa	32 min
Apr 22, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	42 min
Apr 22, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	42 min
Apr 22, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	49 min
Apr 22, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	44 min
Apr 22, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	30 min
Apr 22, 5:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	48 min
Apr 22, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	42 min
Apr 22, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	48 min
Apr 22, 6:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	27 min
Apr 22, 6:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	39 min
Apr 22, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Wagoner	50 min
Apr 22, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	47 min
Apr 22, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.