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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 3, 2012Haskell County, Latimer County, LeFlore County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2012, 6:09 PM CDT for Haskell County, Latimer County, LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 36 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
Apr 3, 2012, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Apr 3, 6:35 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGPanama, OKTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN PANAMA.

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
Apr 3, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 2012-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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 2012-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -81 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
803 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

152 
WUUS54 KTSA 032309
SVRTSA
OKC061-077-079-032345-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0028.120403T2309Z-120403T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
609 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHEASTERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 605 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RED OAK...
  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...
  FANSHAWE...BOKOSHE...PANAMA...SPIRO AND CAMERON.

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 3514 9447 3489 9503 3500 9512 3529 9464
      3531 9460
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 237DEG 41KT 3499 9500

$$
1 follow-up statement
617 
WWUS54 KTSA 032330
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
630 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

OKC061-077-032341-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120403T2345Z/
HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
630 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LATIMER AND
SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3502 9484 3511 9493 3512 9493 3531 9460
      3514 9447
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 237DEG 41KT 3512 9474

$$

OKC079-032345-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120403T2345Z/
LE FLORE OK-
630 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY...

AT 628 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BOKOSHE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

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

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SHADY
POINT...PANAMA...SPIRO...CAMERON AND SCULLYVILLE.

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 3502 9484 3511 9493 3512 9493 3531 9460
      3514 9447
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 237DEG 41KT 3512 9474

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 7:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg60 min
Apr 3, 7:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg63 min
Apr 3, 8:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha60 min
Apr 3, 9:04 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha116 min
Apr 3, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg44 min
Apr 3, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg40 min
Apr 3, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer42 min
Apr 3, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell51 min
Apr 3, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah46 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.