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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 539, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 17, 20115 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 17, 2011, 7:53 PM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 26 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
Oct 17, 2011, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Oct 17, 2011, 8:19 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2011-10-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 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 2011-10-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 144 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-528 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1195 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

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

657 
WUUS54 KTSA 180053
SVRTSA
OKC037-101-111-143-145-180130-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0539.111018T0053Z-111018T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
753 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  EASTERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHEASTERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHWESTERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 751 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF
  MOUNDS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  MOUNDS...KIEFER...GLENPOOL...TULSA...BIXBY...STONEBLUFF...ONETA...
  HASKELL AND COWETA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 204 AND 205.

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 3604 9563 3582 9561 3580 9622 3598 9624
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 265DEG 35KT 3590 9611

$$
2 follow-up statements
793 
WWUS54 KTSA 180112
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
812 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

OKC037-101-111-180122-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0539.000000T0000Z-111018T0130Z/
CREEK OK-MUSKOGEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-
812 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN OKMULGEE...
NORTHWESTERN MUSKOGEE AND EASTERN CREEK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3586 9603 3599 9603 3604 9563 3586 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 265DEG 35KT 3591 9588

$$

OKC143-145-180130-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0539.000000T0000Z-111018T0130Z/
TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
812 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
WESTERN WAGONER AND SOUTHEASTERN TULSA COUNTIES...

AT 808 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BIXBY...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LEONARD...
STONEBLUFF...ONETA AND COWETA.

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 3586 9603 3599 9603 3604 9563 3586 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 265DEG 35KT 3591 9588

$$
872 
WWUS54 KTSA 180119
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
819 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

OKC143-145-180128-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0539.000000T0000Z-111018T0130Z/
TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
819 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN WAGONER AND
SOUTHEASTERN TULSA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3586 9603 3599 9603 3604 9563 3586 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 265DEG 35KT 3591 9581

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 17, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee64 min
Oct 17, 7:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek41 min
Oct 17, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg59 min
Oct 17, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg38 min
Oct 17, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Nowata, Ottawa39 min
Oct 17, 9:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha59 min
Oct 17, 9:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore28 min
Oct 17, 9:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw, LeFlore, Pushmataha46 min
Oct 17, 10:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore44 min
Oct 18, 12:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer30 min
Oct 18, 4:10 PM CDTFreeze WatchTSAAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more12 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.