Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 272, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 13, 2012, 5:14 PM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 61 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
- Oct 13, 2012, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2012, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 5:24 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Barnsdall, OK | 4 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS DOWN...TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 349 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -256 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
832
WUUS54 KTSA 132214
SVRTSA
OKC105-113-117-131-143-147-132315-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0272.121013T2214Z-121013T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
514 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 511 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM OSAGE HILLS STATE PARK TO 3 MILES EAST OF WYNONA TO
5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALNUT CREEK STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH. A WIND GUST OF 70 MPH WAS REPORTED 2 MILES SOUTH OF WYNONA
AT 504 PM. .
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...OSAGE
HILLS STATE PARK...OKESA...BARNSDALL...AVANT...SPERRY...SKIATOOK...
BARTLESVILLE...OCHELATA...COPAN...DEWEY...RAMONA...VERA...
COLLINSVILLE...WANN...OOLOGAH...TALALA...WATOVA...NOWATA...
DELAWARE...LENAPAH AND NEW ALLUWE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. TAKE COVER INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES MAY BE OVERTURNED.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9544 3651 9544 3614 9628 3649 9636
3684 9623
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 235DEG 44KT 3673 9620 3654 9626
3622 9620
$$3 follow-up statements
449
WWUS54 KTSA 132233
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
533 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
OKC117-132243-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0272.000000T0000Z-121013T2315Z/
PAWNEE OK-
533 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3626 9603 3662 9615 3687 9607 3700 9544
3651 9544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 242DEG 40KT 3677 9594 3666 9601
3634 9595
$$
OKC105-113-131-143-147-132315-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0272.000000T0000Z-121013T2315Z/
NOWATA OK-OSAGE OK-ROGERS OK-TULSA OK-WASHINGTON OK-
533 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
WASHINGTON...NORTHERN TULSA...NORTHERN ROGERS...EASTERN OSAGE AND
NOWATA COUNTIES...
AT 528 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BARTLESVILLE TO OCHELATA TO SPERRY...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH. SEVERE DOWNBURST WINDS COULD OCCUR ANYWHERE ALONG THIS
LINE.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
OCHELATA...DEWEY...TULSA...RAMONA...COPAN...VERA...COLLINSVILLE...
WANN...OOLOGAH...TALALA...WATOVA...LENAPAH...NOWATA...DELAWARE AND
NEW ALLUWE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. TAKE COVER INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES MAY BE OVERTURNED.
TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY IN THESE CONDITIONS. TAKE COVER ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. PREPARE
TO TAKE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS ON SHORT NOTICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3626 9603 3662 9615 3687 9607 3700 9544
3651 9544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 242DEG 40KT 3677 9594 3666 9601
3634 9595
$$567
WWUS54 KTSA 132249
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
549 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
OKC113-143-132258-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0272.000000T0000Z-121013T2315Z/
OSAGE OK-TULSA OK-
549 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN TULSA AND EASTERN
OSAGE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3700 9544 3651 9544 3636 9580 3639 9581
3640 9579 3642 9579 3642 9582 3667 9592
3691 9587
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 242DEG 40KT 3689 9577 3673 9582
3642 9575
$$
OKC105-131-147-132315-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0272.000000T0000Z-121013T2315Z/
NOWATA OK-ROGERS OK-WASHINGTON OK-
549 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
WASHINGTON...NORTHERN ROGERS AND NOWATA COUNTIES...
AT 545 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM WANN TO 12 MILES WEST OF NOWATA TO OOLOGAH...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS 60 TO TO 70 MPH...
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...OOLOGAH...
TALALA...WATOVA...NOWATA...LENAPAH...DELAWARE AND NEW ALLUWE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. TAKE COVER INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES MAY BE OVERTURNED.
TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY IN THESE CONDITIONS. TAKE COVER ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. PREPARE
TO TAKE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS ON SHORT NOTICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9544 3651 9544 3636 9580 3639 9581
3640 9579 3642 9579 3642 9582 3667 9592
3691 9587
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 242DEG 40KT 3689 9577 3673 9582
3642 9575
$$513
WWUS54 KTSA 132303
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
603 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
OKC147-132312-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0272.000000T0000Z-121013T2315Z/
WASHINGTON OK-
603 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3669 9578 3693 9575 3700 9544 3651 9544
3638 9575
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 239DEG 43KT 3696 9556 3680 9560
3662 9553 3645 9558
$$
OKC105-131-132315-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0272.000000T0000Z-121013T2315Z/
NOWATA OK-ROGERS OK-
603 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN ROGERS AND NOWATA COUNTIES...
AT 558 PM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF A LIN OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
LOCATED EXTENDED FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF LENAPAH TO DELAWARE TO WATOVA
TO OOLOGAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. SEVERE WIND GUSTS COULD
OCCUR ANYWHERE ALONG THIS LINE.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...NEW
ALLUWE...LENAPAH...NOWATA AND OOLAGAH LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. PEOPLE OUTDOORS
SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND
DOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. TAKE COVER INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES MAY BE OVERTURNED.
TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY IN THESE CONDITIONS. TAKE COVER ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. PREPARE
TO TAKE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS ON SHORT NOTICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3669 9578 3693 9575 3700 9544 3651 9544
3638 9575
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 239DEG 43KT 3696 9556 3680 9560
3662 9553 3645 9558
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 12:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 13, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 30 min |
| Oct 13, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 29 min |
| Oct 13, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Rogers | 48 min |
| Oct 13, 6:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 3 hr |
| Oct 13, 6:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 4 hr |
| Oct 13, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 44 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.