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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 12, 2012Haskell County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2012, 9:57 PM CDT for Haskell County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 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 12, 2012, 9:57 PM CDT (02:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2012, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Haskell County, OK, Muskogee County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:57 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
Aug 12, 10:05 PM CDTHAIL 1.754 E Porum, OK

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
Aug 12, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 2012-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3359 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 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.

809 
WUUS54 KTSA 130257
SVRTSA
OKC061-101-130345-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0211.120813T0257Z-120813T0345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  NORTHERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 951 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PORUM...
  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...TAMAHA.

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 3522 9496 3531 9532 3544 9530 3539 9492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 279DEG 13KT 3536 9523

$$
1 follow-up statement
583 
WWUS54 KTSA 130311
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1011 PM CDT SUN AUG 12 2012

OKC061-101-130345-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0211.000000T0000Z-120813T0345Z/
HASKELL OK-MUSKOGEE OK-
1011 PM CDT SUN AUG 12 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE AND NORTHERN HASKELL COUNTIES...

AT 1009 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHWEST
OF KANIMA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...KANIMA.

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 3530 9523 3540 9522 3539 9492 3522 9496
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 279DEG 13KT 3536 9520

$$

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, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee40 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

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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.