Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2012, 8:16 PM CDT for Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 44 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 29, 2012, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 8:22 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 W Ralston, OK | GOLF BALL TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL VIA KJRH. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 2178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 761 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
003
WUUS54 KTSA 300116
SVRTSA
OKC113-117-300200-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0059.120430T0116Z-120430T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
816 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 812 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF
RALSTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 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...RALSTON
AND FAIRFAX.
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.
PERSONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM SHOULD PREPARE FOR
LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER
IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3674 9663 3656 9641 3644 9689 3655 9692
3656 9690 3658 9690 3660 9692
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 248DEG 26KT 3654 9686
$$1 follow-up statement
525 WWUS54 KTSA 300137 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 837 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 OKC113-117-300200- /O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-120430T0200Z/ OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK- 837 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PAWNEE AND CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTIES... AT 835 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRFAX... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... DAMAGING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL... WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH... THIS STORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. PERSONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM SHOULD PREPARE FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3648 9676 3662 9686 3674 9663 3656 9641 TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 248DEG 26KT 3660 9668 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 8:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 5 days |
| Apr 29, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 9:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 20 min |
| Apr 29, 10:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 25 min |
| Apr 29, 11:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 12:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 12:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 12:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 64 min |
| Apr 30, 12:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 1:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Rogers and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 2:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 4:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Osage and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 8:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata | 70 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Washington | 23 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 41 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 29 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Ottawa, Pawnee, Washington | 17 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 27 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.