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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 19, 2011Latimer County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2011, 5:40 PM CDT for Latimer County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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 19, 2011, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Latimer County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 19, 5:57 PM CDTHAIL 1.25Clayton, OK
Apr 19, 6:15 PM CDTHAIL 2.55 S Talihina, OK

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 19, 2:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 12:00Z on 2011-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2660 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 12:00Z on 2011-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 558 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2660 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-211 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1094 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
558 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
577 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
11.5

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The text

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

614 
WUUS54 KTSA 192240
SVRTSA
OKC077-127-192315-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0087.110419T2240Z-110419T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
540 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 539 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF
  STANLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
  CLAYTON...TUSKAHOMA...KIAMICHI AND ALBION.

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 3458 9557 3460 9554 3459 9552 3461 9552
      3479 9511 3460 9500 3444 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 243DEG 35KT 3455 9541

$$
2 follow-up statements
501 
WWUS54 KTSA 192257
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
557 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

OKC077-127-192315-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-110419T2315Z/
PUSHMATAHA OK-LATIMER OK-
557 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN LATIMER AND NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES...

AT 553 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TUSKAHOMA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...KIAMICHI
AND ALBION.

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.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT 
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 3464 9546 3479 9511 3460 9500 3449 9535
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 243DEG 35KT 3462 9523

$$
299 
WWUS54 KTSA 192314
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
614 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

OKC077-127-192323-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-110419T2315Z/
PUSHMATAHA OK-LATIMER OK-
614 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LATIMER AND
NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 615 PM CDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.

LAT...LON 3464 9546 3479 9511 3460 9500 3449 9535
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 245DEG 34KT 3467 9507

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg, Pushmataha59 min
Apr 19, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPushmataha62 min
Apr 19, 4:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah33 min
Apr 19, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPushmataha65 min
Apr 19, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw59 min
Apr 19, 5:51 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore, Pushmataha54 min
Apr 19, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha53 min
Apr 19, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore31 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.