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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

February 27, 2011Adair County, Cherokee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 27, 2011, 10:47 PM CST for Adair County, Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 27, 2011, 10:47 PM CST (04:47 UTC)
Expired
Feb 27, 2011, 11:15 PM CST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:50 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
Feb 27, 10:04 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2011-02-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 626 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2011-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 369 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
626 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1011 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
369 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
472 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
7.4

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The text

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

100 
WUUS54 KTSA 280447
SVRTSA
OKC001-021-280515-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0002.110228T0447Z-110228T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1047 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1115 PM CST

* AT 1044 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF BUNCH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

  STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
  WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BARON...
  BUNCH...MARIETTA AND STILWELL.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3574 9449 3564 9481 3581 9491 3600 9453
TIME...MOT...LOC 0447Z 244DEG 50KT 3577 9475

$$
2 follow-up statements
203 
WWUS54 KTSA 280458
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1058 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

OKC021-280508-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110228T0515Z/
CHEROKEE OK-
1058 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3564 9480 3580 9480 3600 9453 3574 9449
TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 244DEG 50KT 3584 9458

$$

OKC001-280515-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110228T0515Z/
ADAIR OK-
1058 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM CST FOR
SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY...

AT 1057 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STILWELL...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...

THE WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED
COUNTY.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3564 9480 3580 9480 3600 9453 3574 9449
TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 244DEG 50KT 3584 9458

$$
411 
WWUS54 KTSA 280511
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1111 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

OKC001-280521-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110228T0515Z/
ADAIR OK-
1111 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 1115 PM CST...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH 
THIS STORM AS IT TRACKS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4AM.

LAT...LON 3564 9480 3580 9480 3600 9453 3574 9449
TIME...MOT...LOC 0511Z 244DEG 50KT 3592 9438

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 6:07 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAOsage23 min
Feb 27, 6:23 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAOsage12 min
Feb 27, 8:03 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage42 min
Feb 27, 9:00 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata30 min
Feb 27, 9:48 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg27 min
Feb 27, 9:54 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee36 min
Feb 27, 9:56 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair34 min
Feb 27, 10:23 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee37 min
Feb 27, 10:26 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell34 min
Feb 27, 10:35 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha25 min
Feb 27, 10:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair51 min
Feb 27, 10:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah42 min
Feb 27, 10:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah40 min
Feb 27, 10:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha52 min
Feb 27, 11:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair30 min
Feb 27, 11:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah48 min
Feb 27, 11:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Pushmataha52 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.