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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 12, 2012Ottawa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2012, 11:05 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 25 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, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2012, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:08 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 12, 11:08 PM CDTHAIL 1.25Wyandotte, 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, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 82 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.

224 
WUUS54 KTSA 130405
SVRTSA
OKC115-130430-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0216.120813T0405Z-120813T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1105 PM CDT SUN AUG 12 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1104 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF
  WYANDOTTE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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

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

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 306 AND 308.

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 3669 9461 3670 9486 3688 9487 3689 9461
TIME...MOT...LOC 0406Z 269DEG 33KT 3679 9475

$$
1 follow-up statement
665 
WWUS54 KTSA 130424
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1124 PM CDT SUN AUG 12 2012

OKC115-130434-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0216.000000T0000Z-120813T0430Z/
OTTAWA OK-
1124 PM CDT SUN AUG 12 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL OTTAWA COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 1130 PM CDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM.

LAT...LON 3669 9461 3670 9486 3688 9487 3689 9461
TIME...MOT...LOC 0424Z 269DEG 33KT 3679 9454

$$

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, 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, 11:11 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.