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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 26, 2012McIntosh County, Muskogee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT for McIntosh County, Muskogee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 60 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 26, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 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
Jul 26, 7:55 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGStidham, OKTREE AND LIMB DAMAGE AROUND THE STIDHAM AREA.

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
Jul 26, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 2012-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 725 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 2012-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
725 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2568 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 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.

984 
WUUS54 KTSA 270030
SVRTSA
OKC091-101-111-270130-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0170.120727T0030Z-120727T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
730 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  EASTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 727 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF COUNCIL HILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  STIDHAM...LAKE EUFAULA STATE PARK...RENTIESVILLE...CHECOTAH AND
  EUFAULA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 249 AND 273.

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 9560 3551 9537 3542 9533 3534 9541
      3526 9559 3555 9593 3565 9573
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 304DEG 10KT 3549 9569

$$
1 follow-up statement
672 
WWUS54 KTSA 270130
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
830 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

OKC091-101-111-270141-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0170.000000T0000Z-120727T0130Z/
MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-
830 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN OKMULGEE...WESTERN
MUSKOGEE AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 830 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM.

LAT...LON 3558 9560 3551 9537 3542 9533 3534 9541
      3526 9559 3555 9593 3565 9573
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 304DEG 10KT 3549 9569

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg, Pushmataha34 min
Jul 26, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee57 min
Jul 26, 7:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWagoner37 min
Jul 26, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee27 min
Jul 26, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw35 min
Jul 26, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer42 min
Jul 26, 7:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes52 min
Jul 26, 8:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee28 min
Jul 26, 8:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee27 min
Jul 26, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer, Sequoyah28 min
Jul 26, 11:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw24 min
Jul 27, 12:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw41 min
Jul 27, 1:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer36 min
Jul 27, 3:41 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryTSACraig, Creek, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee and 6 more16 hr
Jul 27, 3:41 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryTSAAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more9 days
Jul 27, 3:50 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 13 more8 days

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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.