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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 13, 2012Ottawa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 2012, 5:30 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 19 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 2012, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 2012, 5:49 PM CDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 13, 1:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 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 2012-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 606 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
582 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
606 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
711 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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

980 
WUUS54 KTSA 132230
SVRTSA
OKC115-132300-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0042.120413T2230Z-120413T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
530 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 527 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF
  MIAMI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
  QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
  WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PICHER
  AND QUAPAW.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 307 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 3700 9462 3684 9462 3684 9486 3691 9494
      3700 9482
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 234DEG 32KT 3690 9477

$$
1 follow-up statement
654 
WWUS54 KTSA 132249
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
549 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012

OKC115-132259-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-120413T2300Z/
OTTAWA OK-
549 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN OTTAWA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3700 9462 3684 9462 3684 9486 3691 9494
      3700 9482
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 234DEG 32KT 3700 9460

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington28 min
Apr 13, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Washington45 min
Apr 13, 4:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata36 min
Apr 13, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig37 min
Apr 13, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington25 min
Apr 13, 5:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee25 min
Apr 13, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage29 min
Apr 13, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek27 min
Apr 13, 6:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.