Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Tulsa, OK
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Stidham, OK | TREE 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 34 min |
| Jul 26, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 57 min |
| Jul 26, 7:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Wagoner | 37 min |
| Jul 26, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 27 min |
| Jul 26, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 42 min |
| Jul 26, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes | 52 min |
| Jul 26, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 28 min |
| Jul 26, 8:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee | 27 min |
| Jul 26, 9:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Sequoyah | 28 min |
| Jul 26, 11:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 24 min |
| Jul 27, 12:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 41 min |
| Jul 27, 1:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 3:41 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TSA | Craig, Creek, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee and 6 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:41 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more | 9 days |
| Jul 27, 3:50 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 13 more | 8 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.