Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2012, 9:04 PM CDT for 8 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 41 min. 2 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
- Mar 19, 2012, 9:04 PM CDT (02:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2012, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 9:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Panama, OK | LARGE TREE DOWN AND BLOCKING ROAD OFF HWY 59 ON NORTH SIDE OF PANAMA. |
| Mar 19, 9:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Muldrow, OK | BARN BLOWN INTO HOUSE. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1207 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
207
WUUS54 KTSA 200204
SVRTSA
OKC001-021-041-061-077-079-101-135-200245-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0024.120320T0204Z-120320T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
904 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
EASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EASTERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
* AT 903 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES EAST OF LAKE TENKILLER STATE PARK TO 6 MILES
NORTH OF KEOTA TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RED OAK...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 60 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
FANSHAWE...COOKSON...BRUSHY LAKE STATE PARK...MARBLE CITY...
SALLISAW...CHEROKEE LANDING STATE PARK...BUNCH...BRUSHY...
BOKOSHE...GANS...ELDON...MARIETTA...PROCTOR...PANAMA...STILWELL...
ADAIR STATE PARK...CHRISTIE...BARON...MULDROW...SPIRO...
WESTVILLE...SHORT...ROLAND...WATTS...ARKOMA...MOFFETT AND WEST
SILOAM SPRINGS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 283 AND 328.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM...BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3624 9458 3535 9443 3474 9513 3517 9511
3554 9521
TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 222DEG 53KT 3563 9494 3535 9487
3492 9498
$$1 follow-up statement
293
WWUS54 KTSA 200228
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
928 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
OKC077-101-200237-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120320T0245Z/
MUSKOGEE OK-LATIMER OK-
928 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LATIMER AND EASTERN
MUSKOGEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3624 9458 3535 9443 3493 9492 3576 9501
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 222DEG 53KT 3590 9471 3562 9464
3519 9475
$$
OKC001-021-041-061-079-135-200245-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120320T0245Z/
CHEROKEE OK-DELAWARE OK-HASKELL OK-LE FLORE OK-SEQUOYAH OK-ADAIR OK-
928 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR
ADAIR...SEQUOYAH...NORTHERN LE FLORE...EASTERN HASKELL...SOUTHEASTERN
DELAWARE AND SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
AT 924 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MARIETTA TO BRUSHY TO BOKOSHE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
MARIETTA...STILWELL...CHRISTIE...ADAIR STATE PARK...BARON...SPIRO...
SCULLYVILLE...MULDROW...WESTVILLE...BALLARD...COTTONWOOD...WATTS...
SHORT...ARKOMA...MOFFETT...ROLAND AND WEST SILOAM SPRINGS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 296 AND 328.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.
&&
LAT...LON 3624 9458 3535 9443 3493 9492 3576 9501
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 222DEG 40KT 3590 9471 3562 9464
3519 9475
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 7:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Muskogee | 29 min |
| Mar 19, 7:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg | 23 min |
| Mar 19, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 42 min |
| Mar 19, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 34 min |
| Mar 19, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 43 min |
| Mar 19, 8:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 25 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 56 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 61 min |
| Mar 19, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah | 28 min |
| Mar 19, 8:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah | 39 min |
| Mar 19, 9:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 36 min |
| Mar 19, 9:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 9:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 61 min |
| Mar 19, 10:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 20, 12:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 10 hr |
| Mar 20, 12:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 10 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 12 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 24 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 12 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 42 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 24 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 30 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Adair | 24 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata | 18 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 5 days |
| Mar 20, 3:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 24 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 3 days |
| Mar 20, 4:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 22 hr |
| Mar 20, 6:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 8 hr |
| Mar 20, 8:38 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 22 hr |
| Mar 20, 8:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 18 hr |
| Mar 20, 10:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 10:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 11:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 11:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 16 hr |
| Mar 20, 1:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 20, 1:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 8 hr |
| Mar 20, 1:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Creek, Muskogee, Nowata, Okmulgee, Osage and 4 more | 32 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.