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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 23, 201311 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2013, 10:47 PM CDT for 11 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 23, 2013, 10:47 PM CDT (03:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2013, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:49 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 23, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2629 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1440 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.4

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 23, 9:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 9:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
919 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013

.DISCUSSION...
EVOLVING COMPLEX OF STORMS ACROSS KANSAS IS BEGINNING TO
ACCELERATE SOUTH SOUTHEAST. AT THE SAME TIME...STORMS OVER
ARKANSAS CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD WITH CONTINUED
DEVELOMENT ON THE WESTERN END INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA. IT APPEARS
THESE TWO AREAS ARE TRYING TO MERGE AND THE RESULT LOOKS TO BE A
LARGE MCS THAT WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT.
SEVERE STORMS WILL REMAIN LIKELY WITH INITIALLY LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS TRANSITIONING TO MAINLY A DAMAGING WIND THREAT.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY ALSO RESULT IN SOME LOCALIZED
FLOODING.

HAVE RAISED POPS AND LOWERED TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT BASED ON THE
ABOVE SCENARIO.

UPDATE ON THE WAY.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.

&&

SHORT TERM...10
LONG TERM....05

PLATE

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 10:45 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1045 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-241000-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
1045 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
A LARGE AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL SWEEP ACROSS MUCH OF
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT.  THESE STORMS
WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE WITH WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS...SOME
SIGNIFICANT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. IN ADDITION...
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AHEAD OF THE MAIN CONVECTIVE LINE.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE LIKELY
IN THE STRONGER STORMS WITH THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK LIKELY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL...
           HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS.
MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO BE ONGOING WEDNESDAY...AND MAY PERSIST
THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING HOURS. THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL
WILL BE LIMITED DURING THIS TIMEFRAME. STORMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP
LATER IN THE DAY ALONG THE RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. WHILE
TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER... HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL
MAINTAIN HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 100 DEGREES FOR MUCH OF THE
AREA.

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IS LIKELY TO MOVE INTO
THE REGION LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.  SEVERE WEATHER
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM COMPLEX.  COOLER TEMPERATURES AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE IN THE FORECAST FOR MUCH OF THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 7:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
721 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013

OKZ075-076-240045-
LATIMER OK-LE FLORE OK-
721 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHERN LE FLORE AND NORTHEASTERN LATIMER

AT 721 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF
FANSHAWE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...RED OAK...WHITESBORO...HODGEN...
SUMMERFIELD...FANSHAWE...TALIMENA STATE PARK AND LAKE WISTER STATE
PARK.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3465 9494 3468 9494 3468 9497 3492 9512
      3506 9497 3485 9458 3458 9490
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 313DEG 15KT 3493 9497

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 7:47 PM CDT, 3 hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
747 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013

ARZ011-240115-
MADISON AR-
747 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     SOUTHEASTERN MADISON

AT 747 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A BROKEN LINE
EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEATHERS TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DUTTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...RED STAR...WEATHERS...SAINT PAUL...
PETTIGREW...DUTTON AND BOSTON.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE
THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3595 9346 3594 9348 3593 9348 3592 9350
      3588 9350 3587 9352 3577 9351 3576 9352
      3576 9362 3583 9383 3600 9356 3598 9344
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 271DEG 17KT 3595 9354 3585 9370

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 8:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
813 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013

ARZ020-240145-
FRANKLIN AR-
813 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN

AT 813 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER JETHRO...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY
THIS STORM INCLUDE...PARADISE...ALIX...OZARK...DENNING...ALTUS...
CRAVENS...WATALULA...JETHRO...MOUNTAIN TOP...BARNES...TURNERS BEND...
CASS...REDDING AND WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE
THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3557 9370 3538 9370 3536 9372 3536 9374
      3560 9397 3575 9382 3564 9369 3558 9369
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 309DEG 19KT 3560 9386

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 8:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
832 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013

ARZ010-011-019-020-240215-
CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-MADISON AR-WASHINGTON AR-
832 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD...SOUTHWESTERN MADISON AND SOUTHEASTERN
     WASHINGTON

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     NORTHERN FRANKLIN

AT 833 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BRENTWOOD...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY
THIS STORM INCLUDE...HICKS...PARADISE...BIDVILLE...TONEY...LONELM...
CRAVENS...WATALULA...JETHRO...MOUNTAIN TOP...FERN...BARNES...TURNERS
BEND...CASS...REDDING...WINSLOW...BRENTWOOD...WOOLSEY...WYOLA...
ARNETT...LOCKE AND MOUNT GAYLER.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

LAT...LON 3578 9389 3563 9370 3549 9396 3587 9425
      3597 9407
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 323DEG 18KT 3584 9409

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 9:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
906 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013

OKZ069-072-240230-
ADAIR OK-SEQUOYAH OK-
906 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     EASTERN SEQUOYAH

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHERN ADAIR

AT 907 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF STILWELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MARIETTA...STILWELL...BUNCH...
MULDROW...SHORT AND ADAIR STATE PARK.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE
THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3538 9463 3574 9481 3580 9481 3592 9462
      3566 9447 3549 9445
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 323DEG 15KT 3576 9471

Local storm report, Jul 23, 10:27 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1027 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1017 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 NE ROGERS             36.36N 94.08W
07/23/2013  M59 MPH          BENTON             AR   AWOS

            MEASURED WIND GUST OF 59 MPH AT THE ROGERS MUNICIPAL
            AIRPORT.

&&

JDS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	30 min
Jul 23, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	24 min
Jul 23, 9:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	24 min
Jul 23, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	37 min
Jul 23, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	34 min
Jul 23, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Rogers	48 min
Jul 23, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Washington	62 min
Jul 23, 10:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	56 min
Jul 23, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Wagoner	43 min
Jul 23, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers and 2 more	34 min
Jul 23, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pawnee, Tulsa	30 min
Jul 23, 11:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers and 1 more	58 min
Jul 23, 11:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	54 min
Jul 24, 12:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Creek, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 4 more	52 min
Jul 24, 12:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	105 min
Jul 24, 12:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner	26 min
Jul 24, 12:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Wagoner	6 hr
Jul 24, 12:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh and 6 more	67 min
Jul 24, 12:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee	44 min
Jul 24, 12:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah	44 min
Jul 24, 12:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, LeFlore, Mayes and 3 more	6 hr
Jul 24, 1:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	6 hr
Jul 24, 1:06 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg	24 min
Jul 24, 1:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	59 min
Jul 24, 1:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	56 min
Jul 24, 1:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	44 min
Jul 24, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	61 min
Jul 24, 6:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 3 more	6 hr
Jul 24, 3:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more	52 hr
Jul 23, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	28 min
Jul 23, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Franklin	37 min
Jul 23, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	32 min
Jul 23, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	43 min
Jul 23, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington	40 min
Jul 23, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll	49 min
Jul 23, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	42 min
Jul 23, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison	36 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.