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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 22, 2011Creek County, Okfuskee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2011, 5:03 PM CDT for Creek County, Okfuskee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 min. 3 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, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2011, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Creek County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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
Apr 22, 5:40 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 W Welty, OK
Apr 22, 5:49 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	3 S Mounds, OK
Apr 22, 5:55 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 N Mason, OK

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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 37 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 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-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: 1839 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -330 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 987 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 514 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 647 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

374 
WUUS54 KTSA 222203
SVRTSA
OKC037-107-111-222245-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0118.110422T2203Z-110422T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHWESTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 502 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF
  WELTY...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...DEPEW...
  WELTY...BRISTOW...OKFUSKEE...SAPULPA...KELLYVILLE...KIEFER...
  MOUNDS...SLICK AND BEGGS.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 178 AND 214.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM...BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 3579 9663 3601 9627 3606 9603 3559 9605
      3551 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 252DEG 28KT 3561 9664

$$

1 follow-up statement

130 
WWUS54 KTSA 222230
SVSTSA

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

OKC037-107-111-222245-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0118.000000T0000Z-110422T2245Z/
OKMULGEE OK-CREEK OK-OKFUSKEE OK-
530 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN OKFUSKEE...SOUTHERN CREEK AND NORTHWESTERN OKMULGEE
COUNTIES...

AT 527 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WELTY...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
DAMAGING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WELTY...
MASON...SLICK AND OKFUSKEE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.

PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 3567 9660 3587 9616 3558 9613 3552 9654
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 252DEG 22KT 3562 9645

$$

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 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 2:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 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, 5:03 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
503 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-
503 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

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

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

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

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

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

FIRE WEATHER DANGER.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED ALONG A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH THE EVENING... GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT...
WHICH CURRENTLY PARALLELS INTERSTATE 44. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE
MAJORITY OF STORM CELLS IS LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO WITH ANY CELLS THAT REMAIN DISCRETE.

AN UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAINFALL OVERNIGHT. WITH THE FRONT BECOMING STATIONARY THIS
EVENING... THIS WILL ALLOW FOR TRAINING OF CELLS ALONG AND EITHER
SIDE OF THE FRONT. THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO INCREASED RAINFALL
TOTALS ACROSS SOME AREAS WITH THE POSSIBLY FLASH FLOODING
OVERNIGHT.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SATURDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
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 MOVES 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, 4:34 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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

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

0410 PM     HAIL             2 E MIAMI               36.87N 94.84W
04/22/2011  E0.88 INCH       OTTAWA             OK   PUBLIC

            DIME TO NICKEL SIZED

&&

KAH

Local storm report, Apr 22, 4:37 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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

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

0437 PM     HAIL             SAPULPA                 36.00N 96.11W
04/22/2011  E0.88 INCH       CREEK              OK   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

KAH

Local storm report, Apr 22, 4:47 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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

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

0445 PM     HAIL             PRYOR                   36.31N 95.32W
04/22/2011  M0.75 INCH       MAYES              OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

0445 PM     HAIL             3 SE TULSA              36.10N 95.88W
04/22/2011  E0.75 INCH       TULSA              OK   PUBLIC

            75TH AND MINGO

0447 PM     HAIL             GLENPOOL                35.96N 96.01W
04/22/2011  E1.75 INCH       TULSA              OK   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

KAH

Local storm report, Apr 22, 4:57 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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

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

0450 PM     HAIL             PRYOR                   36.31N 95.32W
04/22/2011  E1.00 INCH       MAYES              OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

KAH

Local storm report, Apr 22, 4:59 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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

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

0458 PM     HAIL             BROKEN ARROW            36.05N 95.79W
04/22/2011  E0.75 INCH       TULSA              OK   PUBLIC

&&

SFP

Local storm report, Apr 22, 5:01 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

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

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

0450 PM     HAIL             BIXBY                   35.94N 95.88W
04/22/2011  E1.75 INCH       TULSA              OK   PUBLIC

&&

KAH

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, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	26 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, 5:11 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

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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.