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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 18, 2013Adair County, Delaware County, Oklahoma; Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2013, 2:19 AM CDT for Adair County, Delaware County, Oklahoma; Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 56 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: Apr 18, 2013, 2:19 AM CDT (07:19 UTC)
Expired: Apr 18, 2013, 3:15 AM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Benton County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Delaware County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:22 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
Apr 17, 10:47 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 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: 1964 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1350 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 291 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.4
Supercell composite: 9.2

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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 Apr 18, 12:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 12:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1245 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

.AVIATION...
CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM.
THUNDERSTORMS / COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHING THROUGH
TAF AREA OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. MVFR SOME
IFR CONDITIONS. IMPROVING FROM WEST-EAST 15Z-21Z TO VFR.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 946 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013/

..UPDATE...

DISCUSSION...
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY MOVING INTO NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING WITH COLD FRONT LOCATED NEAR A LENAPAH...MANFORD
LINE. SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL REMAIN OVERNIGHT ALONG AND SOUTH
OF FRONT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS/LARGE HAIL. LOW
LEVEL WIND FIELDS REMAIN STRONG AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AS UPPER
JET STREAK SPREADS INTO NORTH TEXAS...THEREFORE A LIMITED TORNADO
THREAT WILL REMAIN ALONG/SOUTH OF BOUNDARY OVERNIGHT. VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL LIKELY IN THE STRONGER CELLS AND ANY TRAINING OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA COULD CREATE LOCALIZED
FLOODING. UPDATE OUT SHORTLY FOR SHORT TERM TRENDS. NO OTHER
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   33  58  39  67 /  10   0   0   0
FSM   36  58  37  65 /  10   0   0   0
MLC   35  59  36  66 /  10   0   0   0
BVO   31  59  35  66 /  10   0   0   0
FYV   33  53  31  61 /  10   0   0   0
BYV   34  53  34  61 /  10  10   0   0
MKO   33  58  37  66 /  10   0   0   0
MIO   32  55  35  64 /  10   0   0   0
F10   33  58  37  66 /  10   0   0   0
HHW   36  59  36  67 /  10   0   0   0

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM THURSDAY FOR OKZ054-OKZ055-OKZ056-
     OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-OKZ062-OKZ063-OKZ064-
     OKZ065-OKZ066-OKZ067.

AR...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...05
LONG TERM....05
AVIATION...21

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 8:37 PM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
837 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-181000-
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-
837 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

...SEVERE WEATHER LIKELY OVERNIGHT WITH THE THREAT FOR HEAVY
   RAINFALL...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

TORNADO.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
        ONSET...ONGOING.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...OVERNIGHT.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...OVERNIGHT.

SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO PORTIONS
OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING.  STORMS WILL SPREAD INTO
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE
TONIGHT.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...
ALTHOUGH A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS STRONG WIND
FIELDS REMAIN OVERNIGHT.

ADDITIONALLY...SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA MAY
SEE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL...POTENTIALLY LEADING TO LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOODING.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THURSDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL...
HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS.
MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM
POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THE SEVERE STORM RISK... AND OVERALL RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE
THURSDAY AS THE FRONT BEGINS TO ACCELERATE AND MOVE FARTHER EAST.
MUCH COLDER AIR WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE REGION BEHIND THE
FRONT... WITH MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING FRIDAY MORNING.
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND LOW LYING VALLEY LOCATIONS OF NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA WILL BE AT RISK FOR FREEZING TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN
SATURDAY MORNING. STORM CHANCES WILL RETURN EARLY NEXT WEEK AS
ANOTHER STRONG FRONT APPROACHES.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
THOSE WITH HORTICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR TEMPERATURE
FORECASTS FOR FREEZE POTENTIAL FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNING.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 17, 9:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
938 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

OKZ054-055-059-060-064-180330-
CREEK OK-OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-TULSA OK-WASHINGTON OK-
938 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CREEK...OSAGE...PAWNEE...NORTHERN TULSA AND WASHINGTON

AT 938 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURBANK TO HOMINY TO 14 MILES
SOUTH OF MANNFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY 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 3700 9581 3622 9582 3576 9650 3637 9643
      3669 9706 3669 9695 3675 9689 3675 9683
      3679 9676 3701 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 231DEG 45KT 3670 9662 3644 9633
          3597 9638

Special weather statement, Apr 17, 10:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1046 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

OKZ056-057-061-180430-
CRAIG OK-NOWATA OK-ROGERS OK-
1046 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CRAIG...NOWATA AND NORTHERN ROGERS

AT 1046 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF SOUTH COFFEYVILLE TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF WATOVA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
NOWATA...DELAWARE...LENAPAH...WANN...WATOVA...NEW
ALLUWE...VINITA...WHITE OAK...CENTRALIA...HOLLOW...PYRAMID
CORNERS...BLUEJACKET...CENTRAILIA...WELCH AND SOUTH COFFEYVILLE.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3699 9504 3697 9504 3695 9500 3659 9500
      3654 9581 3694 9581 3695 9579 3701 9578
      3700 9502
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 246DEG 43KT 3702 9571 3659 9570

Local storm report, Apr 18, 12:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1200 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

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

1155 PM     HAIL             10 S TULSA              35.99N 95.92W
04/17/2013  E1.00 INCH       TULSA              OK   AMATEUR RADIO

            151 ST AND LEWIS AREA IN TULSA

&&

SFP

Local storm report, Apr 18, 12:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1237 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

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

1205 AM     TSTM WND DMG     BROKEN ARROW            36.05N 95.79W
04/18/2013                   TULSA              OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            4 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS ON SOUTH 145TH.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 18, 1:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
109 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

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

1205 AM     TSTM WND DMG     6 SW BROKEN ARROW       35.99N 95.87W
04/18/2013                   TULSA              OK   AMATEUR RADIO

            ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME...TREE DAMAGE AND A BARN DAMAGED.
            THIS DAMAGE WAS NEAR A RADAR SIGNATURE SUGGESTING A
            TORNADO. AN NWS TEAM WILL INVESTIGATE THE AREA TOMORROW.

&&
THIS WAS NEAR 131ST STREET SOUTH AND 117TH STREET IN BROKEN ARROW.

SFP

Local storm report, Apr 18, 1:22 AM CDT, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
122 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

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

0110 AM     TORNADO          SPAVINAW                36.39N 95.05W
04/18/2013                   MAYES              OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN
            SPAVINAW...NO DETAILS AT THIS TIME.

&&

SFP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 17, 7:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	53 min
Apr 17, 8:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	33 min
Apr 17, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	43 min
Apr 17, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Osage, Washington	52 min
Apr 17, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa	51 min
Apr 17, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	55 min
Apr 17, 10:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Nowata	44 min
Apr 17, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa	60 min
Apr 17, 11:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee	33 min
Apr 17, 11:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	31 min
Apr 17, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	52 min
Apr 18, 12:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	4 hr
Apr 18, 12:17 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	28 min
Apr 18, 12:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee and 2 more	67 min
Apr 18, 12:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	29 min
Apr 18, 1:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Ottawa and 2 more	4 hr
Apr 18, 1:16 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa	44 min
Apr 18, 1:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	37 min
Apr 18, 2:39 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	51 min
Apr 18, 2:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	44 min
Apr 18, 3:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	64 min
Apr 18, 3:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Ottawa	4 hr
Apr 18, 4:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	14 hr
Apr 18, 4:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Rogers, Wagoner	14 hr
Apr 18, 7:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	12 hr
Apr 18, 8:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	8 hr
Apr 18, 8:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	4 days
Apr 18, 9:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	48 hr
Apr 18, 11:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair	30 hr
Apr 18, 3:30 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	TSA	Craig, Creek, Nowata, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	17 hr
Apr 18, 6:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2013 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2013 Every 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.