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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 5, 2014Craig County, Nowata County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2014, 11:43 PM CDT for Craig County, Nowata County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 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: Jun 5, 2014, 11:43 PM CDT (04:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2014, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Craig County, OK, Nowata County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:44 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
Jun 5, 11:56 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	7 Ne Nowata, OK	REPORTED IN CHILDERS AREA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 13 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 5, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 1089 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 887 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 5.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

515 
WUUS54 KTSA 060443
SVRTSA
OKC035-105-060530-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0101.140606T0443Z-140606T0530Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1143 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  CENTRAL NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1141 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DELAWARE...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...LENAPAH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3695 9537 3668 9537 3673 9575 3686 9575
TIME...MOT...LOC 0444Z 254DEG 20KT 3677 9563

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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 Jun 5, 9:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 9:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
939 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...UPDATE...

.DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY INCREASE IN
INTENSITY AND COVERAGE ALONG AND N OF A STATIONARY
FRONT DRAPED ACROSS NE OK/NW AR. HAVE BUMPED
UP POPS SOME THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING IN THIS
REGION.

HRRR CONSISTENT IN BRINGING ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM
COMPLEX INTO ERN OK AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH ACTIVITY
REACHING WRN AR AFTER 4 AM.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   72  85  71  86 /  60  60  50  60
FSM   71  85  70  91 /  50  60  30  40
MLC   73  88  72  90 /  60  40  30  30
BVO   69  83  69  84 /  60  60  60  60
FYV   67  81  67  84 /  50  60  50  50
BYV   67  81  67  82 /  50  60  50  60
MKO   71  85  71  88 /  60  60  40  50
MIO   68  82  68  83 /  60  60  60  60
F10   72  87  72  89 /  60  50  40  40
HHW   73  90  72  90 /  50  30  20  20

&&

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

SHORT TERM...18
LONG TERM....99

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 5:05 PM CDT, 6 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
505 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-061000-
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-
505 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

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

.DAY ONE...LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...PRIMARILY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40.
        ONSET...AFTER 9 PM...BEST CHANCES AFTER MIDNIGHT.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...AFTER MIDNIGHT.

DISCUSSION...
AN UNSTABLE BUT CAPPED ATMOSPHERE REMAINS ACROSS THE REGION IN THE
WAKE OF THE EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SOME
REDEVELOPMENT OF STORMS DURING THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS FAR
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND THESE STORMS
WOULD HAVE A LIMITED THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER.

BETTER CHANCES OF WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER WILL
BE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS ANOTHER COMPLEX OF STORMS IS FORECAST TO ROLL
INTO THE AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH
RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER.  DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL WILL
BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER CONCERNS.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN
POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN
POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS ACROSS THE REGION.  EACH COMPLEX WILL
CONTAIN A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
FLOODING WILL BECOME AN INCREASING CONCERN AS REPEATED ROUNDS
OF HEAVY RAIN EFFECT THE REGION.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 10:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1009 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2014

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

0956 PM     HAIL             2 W NOWATA              36.70N 95.67W
06/05/2014  E1.00 INCH       NOWATA             OK   PUBLIC

&&

PBS

Local storm report, Jun 5, 10:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1038 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2014

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

1015 PM     HAIL             1 S TALALA              36.52N 95.70W
06/05/2014  E1.25 INCH       ROGERS             OK   PUBLIC

&&

PBS

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 10:55 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1055 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

OKZ055-060-061-060445-
ROGERS OK-TULSA OK-WASHINGTON OK-
1055 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     WESTERN ROGERS...NORTHERN TULSA AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON

AT 1055 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTH OF
VERA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...OOLOGAH...COLLINSVILLE...VERA AND
RAMONA.

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 3654 9575 3633 9563 3638 9600 3639 9600
      3655 9594
TIME...MOT...LOC 0355Z 302DEG 20KT 3647 9588

Local storm report, Jun 5, 11:11 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1111 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2014

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

1045 PM     HAIL             6 NW PAWNEE             36.40N 96.88W
06/05/2014  E1.25 INCH       PAWNEE             OK   STORM CHASER

            ESTIMATED WIND TO 55 MPH, FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED

&&

PBS

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 11:16 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1116 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

OKZ060>062-060500-
MAYES OK-ROGERS OK-TULSA OK-
1116 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

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

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHWESTERN MAYES...CENTRAL ROGERS AND NORTHEASTERN TULSA

AT 1116 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BUSHYHEAD TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAREMORE TO
COLLINSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS
INCLUDE...CLAREMORE...CATOOSA...VERDIGRIS...TIAWAH...FOYIL...BUSHYH
EAD...COLLINSVILLE...PRYOR AND THE ROCKLAHOMA VENUE.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND 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 3632 9519 3615 9544 3617 9577 3636 9589
      3643 9574 3652 9545
TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 314DEG 19KT 3646 9548 3637 9568
          3634 9585

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 11:30 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1130 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

OKZ054-059-064-060515-
CREEK OK-OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-
1130 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHWESTERN CREEK...SOUTHWESTERN OSAGE AND PAWNEE

AT 1130 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PAWNEE TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HALLETT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...OSAGE...PAWNEE...JENNINGS...
TERLTON...HALLETT...MARAMEC...BLACKBURN...SKEDEE...CLEVELAND...
WESTPORT...OILTON...SILVER CITY...QUAY AND WALNUT CREEK STATE PARK.

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 3629 9622 3600 9662 3615 9663 3615 9682
      3616 9683 3624 9682 3624 9692 3633 9693
      3633 9704 3650 9704
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 311DEG 23KT 3641 9694 3624 9660

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 9:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata, Washington	47 min
Jun 5, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Rogers, Washington	38 min
Jun 5, 9:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	42 min
Jun 5, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Rogers, Washington	38 min
Jun 5, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	38 min
Jun 5, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	51 min
Jun 5, 10:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	29 min
Jun 5, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers	48 min
Jun 5, 10:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	23 min
Jun 5, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	46 min
Jun 5, 10:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	50 min
Jun 5, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	28 min
Jun 5, 11:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	95 min
Jun 5, 11:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	44 min
Jun 5, 11:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata	39 min
Jun 5, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	50 min
Jun 5, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	45 min
Jun 6, 12:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	40 min
Jun 6, 12:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	53 min
Jun 6, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee	20 min
Jun 6, 1:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	48 min
Jun 6, 3:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 15 more	4 days
Jun 6, 7:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	66 min
Jun 6, 7:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Pawnee	64 min
Jun 6, 8:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	55 min
Jun 6, 8:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	42 min
Jun 6, 8:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Okfuskee	3 hr
Jun 6, 9:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	38 min
Jun 6, 9:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	40 min
Jun 6, 9:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	67 min
Jun 6, 9:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	34 min
Jun 6, 9:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	119 min
Jun 6, 9:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Tulsa, Wagoner	46 min
Jun 6, 9:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	53 min
Jun 6, 10:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Rogers, Wagoner	29 min
Jun 6, 10:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	52 min
Jun 6, 10:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	43 min
Jun 6, 10:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	56 min
Jun 6, 2:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.