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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 530, NWS Tulsa, OK

September 18, 20114 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 18, 2011, 4:28 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 62 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: Sep 18, 2011, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired: Sep 18, 2011, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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
Sep 18, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1001 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 350 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.

265 
WUUS54 KTSA 182128
SVRTSA
OKC021-101-111-145-182230-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0530.110918T2128Z-110918T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
428 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  NORTHERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  NORTHEASTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 423 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  STONEBLUFF...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

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

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  HASKELL...COWETA...TAFT...PORTER...TULLAHASSEE...WAGONER...
  MUSKOGEE...OKAY...FORT GIBSON AND HULBERT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3607 9508 3566 9515 3573 9583 3603 9568
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 277DEG 21KT 3586 9571

$$

1 follow-up statement

260 
WWUS54 KTSA 182153
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
453 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2011

OKC111-182203-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0530.000000T0000Z-110918T2230Z/
OKMULGEE OK-
453 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3591 9572 3589 9521 3567 9526 3571 9565
      3571 9570 3572 9572 3573 9577 3579 9577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 288DEG 22KT 3580 9565

$$

OKC021-101-145-182230-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0530.000000T0000Z-110918T2230Z/
CHEROKEE OK-MUSKOGEE OK-WAGONER OK-
453 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN WAGONER...NORTHERN MUSKOGEE AND WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...

AT 451 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HASKELL...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

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

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CHOSKA...
REDBIRD...JAMESVILLE...PORTER...TAFT...TULLAHASSEE...FORT GIBSON...
MUSKOGEE AND OKAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3591 9572 3589 9521 3567 9526 3571 9565
      3571 9570 3572 9572 3573 9577 3579 9577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 288DEG 22KT 3580 9565

$$

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 Sep 18, 4:07 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 4:07 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
407 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2011

.DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT THAT EXTENDS FROM NEAR NOWATA TO TULSA TO BRISTOW. THE FRONT
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. HAVE INCLUDED THE PRE FIRST
PERIOD IN THE ZONES TO COVER GREATER CONVECTIVE COVERAGE THAT WILL
TAKE PLACE BETWEEN NOW AND 7 PM.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE ENDING BEFORE MIDNIGHT IN MOST PLACES
FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. A COUPLE NICE DAYS ARE ON TAP
MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH WARM AFTERNOONS AND COOL NIGHTS. THE NEXT
COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY. MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED WITH THIS FRONT SO WILL ONLY
CARRY LOW POPS...MAINLY POST FRONTAL...AS AN UPPER TROUGH SWINGS
ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BEHIND THIS FRONT AND
UPPER TROUGH WITH AN EXTENDED STRETCH OF DRY WEATHER AND VERY
LITTLE CLOUDINESS EXPECTED. A WARMING TREND WILL DEVELOP BY NEXT
WEEKEND AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. A CLOSED
LOW OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. WILL RETROGRADE WEST WITH TIME BUT
WILL LIKELY REMAIN TOO FAR TO OUR EAST AND SOUTH TO HAVE ANY REAL
EFFECT ON OUR WEATHER.

STAYED CLOSE TO GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   59  83  56  85 /  10  10   0   0
FSM   63  83  55  85 /  40  10   0   0
MLC   61  84  54  86 /  20  10   0   0
BVO   57  83  51  84 /  10  10   0   0
FYV   59  78  47  81 /  40  10   0   0
BYV   59  77  50  80 /  40  10   0   0
MKO   60  82  54  85 /  20  10   0   0
MIO   59  79  53  82 /  20  10   0   0
F10   60  83  54  85 /  20  10   0   0
HHW   64  85  57  87 /  40  10   0   0

&&

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

&&

SHORT TERM...06
LONG TERM....05

PLATE

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 18, 12:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1248 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2011

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-191000-
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-
1248 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON.

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

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

DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA... ALONG AND AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD
FRONT. THIS ACTIVITY WILL THEN SPREAD EASTWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL
ARKANSAS. FORECAST INSTABILITY AND SHEAR ARE SUFFICIENT TO
SUPPORT A FEW SEVERE STORMS... WITH LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL BEING THE MAIN THREATS. THE SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT MAY LAST INTO THE EVENING HOURS... WITH THE
ACTIVITY GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.
TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE BY MID-WEEK AS ANOTHER UPPER
LEVEL SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION.
COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR LATE WEEK AND NEXT WEEKEND.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 18, 3:40 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
340 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2011

OKZ060-067-182115-
TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
340 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHEASTERN TULSA AND WESTERN WAGONER

AT 339 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BIXBY...MOVING
EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY
THIS STORM INCLUDE... SOUTH TULSA...LIBERTY...LEONARD...
BIXBY...GLENPOOL...BROKEN ARROW...STONEBLUFF...REDBIRD...COWETA AND
ONETA.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. RESIDENTS IN THESE
AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY
IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3616 9563 3613 9560 3614 9559 3588 9551
      3586 9601 3596 9602
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 250DEG 27KT 3595 9586

Special weather statement, Sep 18, 4:03 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
403 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2011

ARZ001-OKZ063-182130-
BENTON AR-DELAWARE OK-
403 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     WESTERN BENTON

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE

AT 403 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
NATURAL FALLS STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...COLCORD...WEST SILOAM
SPRINGS...FAIRMOUNT...SILOAM SPRINGS...GENTRY...
GALLITIN...SPRINGTOWN...CHEROKEE CITY AND NATURAL FALLS STATE PARK.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE
THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3642 9452 3618 9437 3616 9465 3616 9476
      3625 9482
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 249DEG 20KT 3622 9469

Special weather statement, Sep 18, 4:06 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
406 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2011

OKZ070-071-073>075-182130-
HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
406 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     WESTERN HASKELL...EASTERN MCINTOSH...NORTHEASTERN PITTSBURG AND
     NORTHERN LATIMER

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE

AT 406 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF ENTERPRISE TO 3 MILES NORTH OF
WILBURTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...STIGLER...LEQUIRE...LEWISVILLE...
KINTA...ENTERPRISE...WHITEFIELD...WILBURTON...PANOLA...RED OAK...
QUINTON...BRIARTOWN...PORUM AND ROBBERS CAVE STATE PARK.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

LAT...LON 3550 9512 3490 9500 3491 9541 3536 9553
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 270DEG 23KT 3531 9538 3496 9529

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 17, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	56 min
Sep 17, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington	63 min
Sep 17, 8:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	32 min
Sep 17, 9:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	47 min
Sep 17, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	52 min
Sep 17, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Wagoner	61 min
Sep 17, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa	21 min
Sep 17, 10:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	53 min
Sep 17, 11:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	34 min
Sep 18, 12:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Latimer	41 min
Sep 18, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	35 min
Sep 18, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	27 min
Sep 18, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	24 min
Sep 18, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware	67 min
Sep 18, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah	66 min
Sep 18, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	52 min
Sep 18, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner	65 min
Sep 18, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	62 min
Sep 18, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	57 min
Sep 18, 5:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	48 min
Sep 18, 6:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer, Pushmataha	53 min
Sep 18, 6:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	49 min
Sep 18, 6:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha, Sequoyah	2 hr

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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.