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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 16, 2012Muskogee County, Tulsa County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2012, 6:03 PM CDT for Muskogee County, Tulsa County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 min. 3 reports 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 16, 2012, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired: Aug 16, 2012, 6:49 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Muskogee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 16, 6:25 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Bixby, OK
Aug 16, 6:26 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Sse Broken Arrow, OK	SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND A FENCE DOWN NEAR 101ST STREET AND THE CREEK TURNPIKE.
Aug 16, 6:34 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 75	9 Sse Tulsa, OK	PUBLIC REPORT...RELAYED VIA KRMG RADIO

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 172 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1741 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -210 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1469 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

491 
WUUS54 KTSA 162303
SVRTSA
OKC101-143-145-170000-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0233.120816T2303Z-120817T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
603 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHEASTERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  CENTRAL WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 601 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF ONETA TO 4 MILES WEST OF
  BIXBY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  TULSA...BIXBY...ONETA...STONEBLUFF...HASKELL...COWETA AND WAGONER.

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 9570 3598 9533 3580 9569 3584 9577
      3586 9577 3586 9580 3597 9600
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 270DEG 13KT 3605 9572 3596 9595

$$

2 follow-up statements

769 
WWUS54 KTSA 162327
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
627 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012

OKC101-143-145-170000-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0233.000000T0000Z-120817T0000Z/
MUSKOGEE OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
627 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL WAGONER...CENTRAL TULSA AND NORTHWESTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTIES...

AT 625 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BIXBY...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BROKEN
ARROW...LEONARD...ONETA...STONEBLUFF...COWETA...REDBIRD AND WAGONER.

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 3584 9570 3586 9573 3588 9577 3598 9597
      3611 9570 3598 9533 3582 9565
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 291DEG 15KT 3598 9587

$$

230 
WWUS54 KTSA 162349
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
649 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012

OKC101-143-145-162359-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0233.000000T0000Z-120817T0000Z/
MUSKOGEE OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
649 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL WAGONER...CENTRAL
TULSA AND MUSKOGEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3584 9570 3586 9573 3588 9577 3598 9597
      3611 9570 3598 9533 3582 9565
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 291DEG 15KT 3595 9577

$$

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, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes	52 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

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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.