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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 31, 20134 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this high wind warning at May 31, 2013, 11:12 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 2013, 11:12 PM CDT (04:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2013, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Creek County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:15 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2013-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3260 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2013-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 294 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
3260 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
400 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
6.9
Supercell composite
29.0

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The text

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

568 
WWUS74 KTSA 010412
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1112 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

OKZ060-064-066-067-010800-
/O.NEW.KTSA.HW.W.0002.130601T0412Z-130601T0800Z/
TULSA-CREEK-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
1112 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND 
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT SATURDAY...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...OKMULGEE...WAGONER AND TULSA. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * DAMAGING OUTFLOW WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL
   OKLAHOMA WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD AND PERSIST FOR SEVERAL HOURS
   ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

IMPACTS...
 * WIND GUST OF 55 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

 * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO
   PROPERTY DAMAGE.

DEFINITION...
 * A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS 
   EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 * MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. BE ALERT TO 
   SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR 
   VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS AND ON 
   BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. 

 * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
   FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT.
   ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT:
   WEATHER.GOV/TULSA.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 7:07 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig, Nowata38 min
May 31, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage42 min
May 31, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage33 min
May 31, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee46 min
May 31, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Ottawa40 min
May 31, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee35 min
May 31, 7:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Creek, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers and 1 more12 hr
May 31, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington27 min
May 31, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata, Rogers, Washington33 min
May 31, 8:34 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACherokee65 hr
May 31, 8:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington37 min
May 31, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata61 min
May 31, 8:49 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSANowata32 hr
May 31, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee54 min
May 31, 8:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata46 min
May 31, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata42 min
May 31, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington31 min
May 31, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington67 min
May 31, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee48 min
May 31, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers47 min
May 31, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee40 min
May 31, 10:51 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig, Delaware24 min
May 31, 11:03 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes27 min
May 31, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg41 min
May 31, 11:23 PM CDTTornado WarningTSADelaware37 min
May 31, 11:24 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg51 min
May 31, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg49 min
May 31, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee67 min
May 31, 11:56 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah49 min
May 31, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Ottawa62 min
Jun 1, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee49 min
Jun 1, 12:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee6 hr
Jun 1, 12:25 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee and 2 more50 min
Jun 1, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg46 min
Jun 1, 12:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa38 min
Jun 1, 12:57 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Sequoyah48 min
Jun 1, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg30 min
Jun 1, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah45 min
Jun 1, 1:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee56 min
Jun 1, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee48 min
Jun 1, 1:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Sequoyah40 min
Jun 1, 2:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah6 hr
Jun 1, 2:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Sequoyah38 min
Jun 1, 3:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah48 min
Jun 1, 4:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee6 hr
Jun 1, 5:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh37 min
Jun 1, 5:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee6 hr
Jun 1, 5:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg47 min
Jun 1, 6:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg41 min
Jun 1, 6:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 2 more6 hr
Jun 1, 7:31 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Washington6 hr
Jun 1, 8:17 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee and 3 more12 hr
Jun 1, 8:36 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore26 hr
Jun 1, 8:36 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore60 hr
Jun 1, 10:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha6 hr
Jun 1, 11:36 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha20 hr
Jun 1, 1:30 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Washington6 hr
Jun 1, 6:18 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAPushmataha27 hr

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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.