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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 19, 2012Cherokee County, Muskogee County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Muskogee County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 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
Jul 19, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2012, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2012-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 105 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2012-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 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
105 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3154 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 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.

405 
WUUS54 KTSA 200200
SVRTSA
OKC021-101-135-200245-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0154.120720T0200Z-120720T0245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  NORTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  NORTHWESTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 857 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF
  FORT GIBSON...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

  STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PUMPKIN
  CENTER...BRAGGS AND GREENLEAF STATE PARK.

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 3558 9503 3552 9528 3582 9536 3582 9535
      3581 9527 3584 9525 3585 9517
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 342DEG 13KT 3573 9523

$$
2 follow-up statements
846 
WWUS54 KTSA 200227
SVSTSA

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

OKC021-101-135-200245-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-120720T0245Z/
CHEROKEE OK-MUSKOGEE OK-SEQUOYAH OK-
927 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN SEQUOYAH...EASTERN MUSKOGEE AND SOUTHERN CHEROKEE
COUNTIES...

AT 923 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRAGGS...
MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...GREENLEAF
STATE PARK.

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 3558 9503 3552 9528 3569 9532 3577 9513
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 342DEG 13KT 3563 9519

$$
224 
WWUS54 KTSA 200246
SVSTSA

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

OKC021-101-135-200256-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-120720T0245Z/
CHEROKEE OK-MUSKOGEE OK-SEQUOYAH OK-
946 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SEQUOYAH...
EASTERN MUSKOGEE AND SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 945 PM
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.

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

LAT...LON 3558 9503 3552 9528 3569 9532 3577 9513
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 342DEG 13KT 3563 9519

$$

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, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa, Wagoner48 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

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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.