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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 29, 2012Osage County, Tulsa County, Washington County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2012, 4:29 AM CDT for Osage County, Tulsa County, Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 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 29, 2012, 4:29 AM CDT (09:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2012, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Osage County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:30 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 28, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 130 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2012-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 167 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2012-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
167 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-203 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
868 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

401 
WUUS54 KTSA 290929
SVRTSA
OKC113-143-147-291015-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0057.120429T0929Z-120429T1015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
429 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 425 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF HOMINY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

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

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  SKIATOOK...AVANT...PAWHUSKA...BARNSDALL...VERA...RAMONA...
  OCHELATA...OSAGE HILLS STATE PARK...OKESA...BARTLESVILLE...DEWEY
  AND COPAN.

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 9583 3639 9585 3624 9634 3659 9647
      3700 9587
TIME...MOT...LOC 0930Z 219DEG 50KT 3650 9625

$$
1 follow-up statement
981 
WWUS54 KTSA 290954
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
454 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012

OKC143-291004-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-120429T1015Z/
TULSA OK-
454 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012

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

LAT...LON 3653 9605 3665 9622 3698 9588 3695 9583
      3671 9584
TIME...MOT...LOC 0954Z 222DEG 39KT 3666 9606

$$

OKC113-147-291015-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-120429T1015Z/
OSAGE OK-WASHINGTON OK-
454 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR
WASHINGTON AND EASTERN OSAGE COUNTIES...

AT 452 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF OKESA...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...
BARTLESVILLE...DEWEY AND COPAN.

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 3653 9605 3665 9622 3698 9588 3695 9583
      3671 9584
TIME...MOT...LOC 0954Z 222DEG 39KT 3666 9606

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 12:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek47 min
Apr 29, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee45 min
Apr 29, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Pawnee30 min
Apr 29, 1:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee43 min
Apr 29, 2:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee29 min
Apr 29, 2:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee40 min
Apr 29, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee32 min
Apr 29, 3:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington33 min
Apr 29, 4:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage, Washington43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.