Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2012, 5:53 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Mayes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 52 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 16, 2012, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cherokee County, OK, Mayes County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1719 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
990
WUUS54 KTSA 162253
SVRTSA
OKC021-097-162345-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0232.120816T2253Z-120816T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
553 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
SOUTHERN MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 552 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
PEGGS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PEGGS.
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 3611 9491 3587 9501 3600 9524 3601 9522
3604 9522 3604 9521 3607 9521 3608 9526
3615 9523
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 288DEG 7KT 3606 9521
$$2 follow-up statements
578
WWUS54 KTSA 162319
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
619 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012
OKC097-162329-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0232.000000T0000Z-120816T2345Z/
MAYES OK-
619 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MAYES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3611 9491 3587 9501 3600 9524 3603 9517
3605 9514 3608 9513 3608 9512 3611 9512
3614 9510
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 286DEG 8KT 3604 9508
$$
OKC021-162345-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0232.000000T0000Z-120816T2345Z/
CHEROKEE OK-
619 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY...
AT 615 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PEGGS...MOVING
EAST AT 10 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...
THIS STORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS.
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 3611 9491 3587 9501 3600 9524 3603 9517
3605 9514 3608 9513 3608 9512 3611 9512
3614 9510
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 286DEG 8KT 3604 9508
$$968
WWUS54 KTSA 162339
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
639 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012
OKC021-162350-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0232.000000T0000Z-120816T2345Z/
CHEROKEE OK-
639 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 645 PM CDT...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3611 9491 3587 9501 3600 9524 3603 9517
3605 9514 3608 9513 3608 9512 3611 9512
3614 9510
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 286DEG 8KT 3603 9502
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 67 min |
| Aug 16, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 26 min |
| Aug 16, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 26 min |
| Aug 16, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 26 min |
| Aug 16, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 25 min |
| Aug 16, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes | 24 min |
| Aug 16, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Wagoner | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 31 min |
| Aug 16, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner | 35 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.