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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Tulsa, OK

September 7, 2012Craig County, Nowata County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2012, 3:01 PM CDT for Craig County, Nowata County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 44 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
Sep 7, 2012, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2012, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Craig County, OK, Nowata County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 7, 3:07 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGSouth Coffeyville, OKSEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN BY STORM.

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
Sep 7, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 12:00Z on 2012-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1095 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 12:00Z on 2012-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 256 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
1095 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1368 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
256 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

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

546 
WUUS54 KTSA 072001
SVRTSA
OKC035-105-072045-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0247.120907T2001Z-120907T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
301 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHERN NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 259 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF
  SOUTH COFFEYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

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

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SOUTH
  COFFEYVILLE...LENAPAH AND WELCH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PERSONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM SHOULD PREPARE FOR
LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER
IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO
HIGH WINDS AND MAY BE OVERTURNED.

&&

LAT...LON 3697 9504 3695 9499 3681 9500 3684 9581
      3694 9581 3695 9579 3699 9578 3700 9502
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 283DEG 52KT 3697 9564

$$
1 follow-up statement
162 
WWUS54 KTSA 072021
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
321 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012

OKC035-105-072045-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0247.000000T0000Z-120907T2045Z/
CRAIG OK-NOWATA OK-
321 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN NOWATA AND NORTHERN CRAIG COUNTIES...

AT 316 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
HOLLOW...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

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

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HOLLOW AND
WELCH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO
HIGH WINDS AND MAY BE OVERTURNED.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9502 3697 9504 3695 9500 3693 9499
      3692 9500 3690 9499 3681 9501 3684 9576
      3699 9572
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 283DEG 52KT 3690 9532

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 3:22 AM CDTWind AdvisoryTSACraig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Okfuskee and 7 more17 hr
Sep 7, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata, Osage, Washington41 min
Sep 7, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Rogers, Washington67 min
Sep 7, 3:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWagoner28 min
Sep 7, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Ottawa50 min
Sep 7, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Mayes, Rogers44 min
Sep 7, 3:47 PM CDTRed Flag WarningTSACherokee, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 3 more4 hr
Sep 7, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek, Okfuskee51 min
Sep 7, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner17 min
Sep 7, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee56 min
Sep 7, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes51 min
Sep 7, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Ottawa35 min
Sep 7, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner39 min
Sep 7, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner52 min
Sep 7, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee, Sequoyah59 min
Sep 7, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah60 min
Sep 7, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah65 min
Sep 7, 6:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer24 min
Sep 7, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore38 min
Sep 7, 6:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore34 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.