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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 12, 2012Muskogee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2012, 9:50 PM CDT for Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 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
Aug 12, 2012, 9:50 PM CDT (02:50 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2012, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Muskogee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 12, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 2012-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 338 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 2012-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
338 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1933 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
328 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

541 
WUUS54 KTSA 130250
SVRTSA
OKC101-130330-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0210.120813T0250Z-120813T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
950 PM CDT SUN AUG 12 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 945 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF KEEFETON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
  WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  KEEFETON...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 3571 9513 3551 9513 3554 9535 3555 9535
      3555 9540 3565 9544
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 263DEG 15KT 3558 9535

$$
1 follow-up statement
364 
WWUS54 KTSA 130307
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1007 PM CDT SUN AUG 12 2012

OKC101-130330-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-120813T0330Z/
MUSKOGEE OK-
1007 PM CDT SUN AUG 12 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY...

AT 1005 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENLEAF
STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BRAGGS...
GREENLEAF STATE PARK AND WEBBERS FALLS.

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 3551 9513 3554 9528 3555 9532 3557 9533
      3563 9533 3571 9513
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 263DEG 15KT 3559 9523

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha46 min
Aug 12, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha33 min
Aug 12, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha57 min
Aug 12, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha47 min
Aug 12, 8:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh24 min
Aug 12, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha34 min
Aug 12, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Muskogee48 min
Aug 12, 10:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair31 min
Aug 12, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig54 min
Aug 12, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Sequoyah48 min
Aug 12, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair47 min
Aug 12, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell12 min
Aug 12, 10:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware33 min
Aug 12, 10:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa33 min
Aug 12, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa25 min
Aug 12, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair37 min
Aug 12, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Mayes13 min
Aug 12, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Delaware25 min
Aug 13, 12:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware46 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.