Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 2012, 1:50 PM CDT for McIntosh County, Okfuskee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 55 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 26, 2012, 1:50 PM CDT (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2012, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties McIntosh County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 1:54 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 3 E Weleetka, OK |
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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -540 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1962 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 367 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
344
WUUS54 KTSA 261850
SVRTSA
OKC091-107-111-261945-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0262.120926T1850Z-120926T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
150 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
SOUTHERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
* AT 148 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WELEETKA...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
HENRYETTA...DEWAR...GRAYSON...HOFFMAN...RAIFORD...VIVIAN...
STIDHAM...LAKE EUFAULA STATE PARK AND CHECOTAH.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 228 AND 264.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3555 9558 3531 9542 3530 9544 3525 9599
3529 9599 3528 9616 3547 9617
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 259DEG 25KT 3533 9609
$$2 follow-up statements
826
WWUS54 KTSA 261905
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
205 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012
OKC091-107-111-261945-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0262.000000T0000Z-120926T1945Z/
MCINTOSH OK-OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-
205 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN OKMULGEE...SOUTHEASTERN OKFUSKEE AND CENTRAL MCINTOSH
COUNTIES...
AT 201 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRYANT...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
DAMAGING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LAKE
EUFAULA STATE PARK...PIERCE...ONAPA...STIDHAM...VIVIAN AND CHECOTAH.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 238 AND 264.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3542 9609 3550 9555 3531 9542 3530 9544
3525 9599 3529 9599 3528 9613
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 268DEG 19KT 3533 9600
$$900
WWUS54 KTSA 261928
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
228 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012
OKC091-107-111-261945-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0262.000000T0000Z-120926T1945Z/
MCINTOSH OK-OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-
228 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN OKMULGEE...SOUTHEASTERN OKFUSKEE AND CENTRAL MCINTOSH
COUNTIES...
AT 227 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF BRYANT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
DAMAGING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LAKE
EUFAULA STATE PARK...PIERCE...ONAPA...STIDHAM AND VIVIAN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 238 AND 264.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3542 9609 3550 9555 3531 9542 3530 9544
3525 9599 3529 9599 3528 9613
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 271DEG 16KT 3532 9590
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 12:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 26 min |
| Sep 26, 12:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Pawnee | 50 min |
| Sep 26, 1:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 43 min |
| Sep 26, 2:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 53 min |
| Sep 26, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Pittsburg | 63 min |
| Sep 26, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 28 min |
| Sep 26, 3:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 24 min |
| Sep 26, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 60 min |
| Sep 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 30 min |
| Sep 26, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Pittsburg | 54 min |
| Sep 26, 4:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 4 hr |
| Sep 26, 4:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 4 hr |
| Sep 26, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 62 min |
| Sep 26, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 45 min |
| Sep 26, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 27 min |
| Sep 26, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg | 50 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.