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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK

February 18, 2013Adair County, Cherokee County, Oklahoma; Washington County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 18, 2013, 1:35 PM CST for Adair County, Cherokee County, Oklahoma; Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 25 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
Feb 18, 2013, 1:35 PM CST (19:35 UTC)
Expired
Feb 18, 2013, 2:00 PM CST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 2013-02-18Temperature 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 2013-02-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 442 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1166 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
442 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
402 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.

279 
WUUS54 KTSA 181935
SVRTSA
ARC143-OKC001-021-182000-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0013.130218T1935Z-130218T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
135 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  CENTRAL ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 200 PM CST

* AT 132 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF
  MARIETTA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  MARIETTA...CHRISTIE...STILWELL...ADAIR STATE PARK...BARON AND
  WESTVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 3604 9448 3584 9445 3577 9492 3587 9497
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 256DEG 36KT 3584 9486

$$
2 follow-up statements
719 
WWUS54 KTSA 181940
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
140 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013

ARC143-OKC001-021-182000-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130218T2000Z/
WASHINGTON AR-CHEROKEE OK-ADAIR OK-
140 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR
CENTRAL ADAIR...EASTERN CHEROKEE AND WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 136 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF
MARIETTA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
MARIETTA...ADAIR STATE PARK...BARON...SUMMERS AND WESTVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 3580 9487 3588 9487 3604 9448 3584 9445
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 256DEG 36KT 3585 9480

$$
185 
WWUS54 KTSA 181950
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
150 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013

OKC021-182000-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130218T2000Z/
CHEROKEE OK-
150 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3581 9474 3589 9471 3604 9448 3584 9445
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 256DEG 36KT 3586 9466

$$

ARC143-OKC001-182000-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130218T2000Z/
WASHINGTON AR-ADAIR OK-
150 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR
CENTRAL ADAIR AND WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 148 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARIETTA...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ADAIR
STATE PARK...BARON AND SUMMERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 3581 9474 3589 9471 3604 9448 3584 9445
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 256DEG 36KT 3586 9466

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 9:55 AM CSTWind AdvisoryTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 14 more8 hr
Feb 18, 12:59 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee31 min
Feb 18, 1:00 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell30 min
Feb 18, 1:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah40 min
Feb 18, 1:27 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore33 min
Feb 18, 1:38 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer37 min
Feb 18, 1:46 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Sequoyah59 min
Feb 18, 1:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah49 min
Feb 18, 1:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore46 min
Feb 18, 2:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah42 min
Feb 18, 12:32 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton58 min
Feb 18, 2:01 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford29 min
Feb 18, 2:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison, Washington51 min
Feb 18, 2:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll, Madison28 min
Feb 18, 2:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin33 min
Feb 18, 2:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Madison26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2013Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.