Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2012, 6:03 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 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
- Aug 8, 2012, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pittsburg County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 6:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Pittsburg, OK | ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 60 MPH BLEW TRAMPOLINE FROM YARD INTO PASTURE. TIME IS RADAR ESTIMATED. |
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 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -276 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
043
WUUS54 KTSA 082303
SVRTSA
OKC121-082345-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0201.120808T2303Z-120808T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
603 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 601 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF
SAVANNA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
SAVANNA...KIOWA AND BLANCO.
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 3460 9589 3468 9589 3468 9609 3468 9610
3484 9610 3495 9590 3464 9564 3459 9572
3459 9588
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 315DEG 15KT 3487 9585
$$1 follow-up statement
155
WWUS54 KTSA 082319
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
619 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012
OKC121-082345-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-120808T2345Z/
PITTSBURG OK-
619 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY...
AT 618 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SAVANNA...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...KIOWA...
PITTSBURG AND BLANCO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3460 9589 3468 9589 3468 9609 3468 9610
3484 9610 3495 9590 3464 9564 3459 9572
3459 9588
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 315DEG 15KT 3482 9579
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 1:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes | 40 min |
| Aug 8, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 20 min |
| Aug 8, 2:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 2:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 48 min |
| Aug 8, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 2:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 2:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 40 min |
| Aug 8, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Ottawa | 56 min |
| Aug 8, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg | 56 min |
| Aug 8, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg | 51 min |
| Aug 8, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 40 min |
| Aug 8, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 6:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Pittsburg | 85 min |
| Aug 8, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.