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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Tulsa, OK

September 7, 2012Delaware County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2012, 4:25 PM CDT for Delaware County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 35 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, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Delaware County, OK, Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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
Sep 7, 4:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG8 Sse Wyandotte, OKNUMEROUS TREES DAMAGED AND A FEW TREES DOWN IN SOUTHEAST PART OF OTTAWA COUNTY.

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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 84 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.

085 
WUUS54 KTSA 072125
SVRTSA
OKC041-115-072200-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0253.120907T2125Z-120907T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  EASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 424 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF WYANDOTTE TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  BERNICE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...GROVE
  AND HONEY CREEK STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 322 AND 324.

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 3699 9461 3650 9461 3651 9500 3666 9490
      3701 9463
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 277DEG 40KT 3695 9449 3649 9488

$$
1 follow-up statement
968 
WWUS54 KTSA 072155
SVSTSA

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

OKC041-115-072204-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0253.000000T0000Z-120907T2200Z/
DELAWARE OK-OTTAWA OK-
455 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN OTTAWA AND NORTHERN
DELAWARE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 500 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 10 PM.

LAT...LON 3699 9461 3650 9461 3651 9500 3666 9490
      3701 9463
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 277DEG 40KT 3691 9410 3645 9450

$$

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, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata44 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, 4:36 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

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.