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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 3, 2012Craig County, Mayes County, Rogers County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2012, 2:13 AM CDT for Craig County, Mayes County, Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report 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
Jun 3, 2012, 2:13 AM CDT (07:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2012, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Craig County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Rogers County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:15 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
Jun 3, 2:20 AM CDTHAIL 0.88Chelsea, OKDIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC. RELAYED VIA BROADCAST MEDIA SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2012-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2008 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

233 
WUUS54 KTSA 030713
SVRTSA
OKC035-097-131-030815-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0110.120603T0713Z-120603T0815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
213 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHERN MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHEASTERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT

* AT 210 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FOYIL...
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CHELSEA...ADAIR...WHITE OAK...BIG CABIN...CHEROKEE STATE PARK...
  SPAVINAW STATE PARK...DISNEY...LANGLEY...PENSACOLA...SPAVINAW...
  KETCHUM AND VINITA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 258 AND 289.

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 3649 9500 3638 9504 3635 9559 3652 9565
      3672 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0713Z 252DEG 16KT 3647 9551

$$
2 follow-up statements
121 
WWUS54 KTSA 030743
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
243 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

OKC035-097-131-030815-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-120603T0815Z/
CRAIG OK-MAYES OK-ROGERS OK-
243 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN ROGERS...NORTHEASTERN MAYES AND SOUTHERN CRAIG
COUNTIES...

AT 240 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BIG CABIN...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WHITE
OAK...BIG CABIN...VINITA...CHEROKEE STATE PARK AND KETCHUM.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 267 AND 289.

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 3643 9534 3660 9541 3671 9508 3650 9500
TIME...MOT...LOC 0743Z 252DEG 16KT 3654 9526

$$
797 
WWUS54 KTSA 030816
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
316 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

OKC035-097-131-030827-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-120603T0815Z/
CRAIG OK-MAYES OK-ROGERS OK-
316 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ROGERS...
NORTHEASTERN MAYES AND SOUTHERN CRAIG COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 315 AM
CDT...

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

LAT...LON 3643 9534 3660 9541 3671 9508 3650 9500
TIME...MOT...LOC 0743Z 252DEG 16KT 3654 9526

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 1:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington49 min
Jun 3, 1:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers44 min
Jun 3, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair30 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.