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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 19, 2012Tulsa County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2012, 7:27 PM CDT for Tulsa County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 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
Jul 19, 2012, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 19, 7:33 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG14 S Tulsa, OKPANEL OF 6 FOOT PRIVACY FENCED DOWNED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS AT 145TH AND SOUTH YALE AVE. RELAYED BY MEDIA.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2012-07-20Temperature 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2012-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3363 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 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.

726 
WUUS54 KTSA 200027
SVRTSA
OKC143-145-200115-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0151.120720T0027Z-120720T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
727 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHWESTERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 726 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM TULSA TO BROKEN ARROW...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

  STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  TULSA...ONETA AND BIXBY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO
HIGH WINDS AND MAY BE OVERTURNED.

&&

LAT...LON 3609 9600 3614 9571 3593 9565 3586 9594
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 346DEG 9KT 3602 9590 3606 9575

$$
2 follow-up statements
153 
WWUS54 KTSA 200045
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
745 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

OKC143-145-200115-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-120720T0115Z/
TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
745 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN WAGONER AND SOUTHERN TULSA COUNTIES...

AT 736 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS THE 
SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE TULSA METROPOLITAN AREA...FROM SOUTH OF 
JENKS TO BROKEN ARROW...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO
HIGH WINDS AND MAY BE OVERTURNED.

&&

LAT...LON 3609 9600 3614 9571 3593 9565 3586 9594
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 346DEG 9KT 3596 9591 3603 9574

$$
846 
WWUS54 KTSA 200113
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
813 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

OKC143-145-200123-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-120720T0115Z/
TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
813 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WAGONER AND
SOUTHERN TULSA COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 815 PM CDT...

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

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED BY 
THIS STORM ACROSS THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE TULSA METROPOLITAN AREA.

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

LAT...LON 3609 9600 3614 9571 3593 9565 3586 9594
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 346DEG 9KT 3589 9589 3596 9572

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa, Wagoner28 min
Jul 19, 7:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWagoner33 min
Jul 19, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner49 min
Jul 19, 8:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh23 min
Jul 19, 8:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee37 min
Jul 19, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah45 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.