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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Tulsa, OK

September 1, 2014Craig County, Delaware County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 2014, 10:44 PM CDT for Craig County, Delaware County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 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: Sep 1, 2014, 10:44 PM CDT (03:44 UTC)
Expired: Sep 1, 2014, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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
Sep 1, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Sep 1, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 2037 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1123 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 13.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

834 
WUUS54 KTSA 020344
SVRTSA
OKC035-041-115-020430-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0186.140902T0344Z-140902T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1044 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1041 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM TREECE TO NARCISSA TO CHELSEA...AND MOVING EAST AT
  45 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
           TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
           ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...AFTON...FAIRLAND...
  QUAPAW...OTTAWA...TWIN BRIDGES STATE PARK...WYANDOTTE...PEORIA...
  BERNICE STATE PARK...BERNICE...CLEORA...TIFF CITY...GROVE AND HONEY
  CREEK STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 277 AND 324.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9461 3650 9461 3650 9464 3656 9533
      3659 9533 3660 9536 3678 9503 3701 9497
      3701 9470
TIME...MOT...LOC 0344Z 280DEG 49KT 3697 9483 3674 9488
          3657 9531

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

2 follow-up statements

734 
WWUS54 KTSA 020406
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1106 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014

OKC035-041-115-020430-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0186.000000T0000Z-140902T0430Z/
CRAIG OK-DELAWARE OK-OTTAWA OK-
1106 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
OTTAWA...NORTHERN DELAWARE AND SOUTHEASTERN CRAIG COUNTIES UNTIL 1130
PM CDT...

AT 1104 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM SHOAL CREEK DRIVE TO 6 MILES EAST OF SENECA TO 9 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WYANDOTTE TO 5 MILES WEST OF KETCHUM...AND MOVING EAST
AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
         HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...GROVE AND HONEY CREEK STATE
  PARK

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 288 AND 324.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3655 9517 3668 9508 3680 9486 3689 9474
      3701 9470 3700 9461 3650 9461 3650 9464
TIME...MOT...LOC 0407Z 280DEG 49KT 3698 9449 3682 9445
          3669 9456 3654 9507

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

605 
WWUS54 KTSA 020423
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1123 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014

OKC035-041-115-020433-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0186.000000T0000Z-140902T0430Z/
CRAIG OK-DELAWARE OK-OTTAWA OK-
1123 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OTTAWA...NORTHERN
DELAWARE AND SOUTHEASTERN CRAIG COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 PM
CDT...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY.  HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

IN ADDITION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM.

LAT...LON 3655 9517 3668 9508 3680 9486 3689 9474
      3701 9470 3700 9461 3650 9461 3650 9464
TIME...MOT...LOC 0423Z 280DEG 49KT 3694 9422 3678 9418
          3665 9429 3659 9463 3650 9480

$$

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 Sep 1, 9:51 PM CDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 9:51 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
951 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014

...UPDATE...

.DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX HAS BECOME COLD POOL DRIVEN
ACROSS NE OK...AND WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH ESE
ACROSS THE AREA AND INTO NW AR AFTER MIDNIGHT.
ADDTIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER CNTRL/NCNTRL OK
COULD MAKE A RUN AT PARTS OF ERN OK OVERNIGHT AS
WELL.

HAVE BUMPED UP POPS ACROSS THE NRN AREAS.

UPDATED PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN SENT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   71  91  75  96 /  70  40  20  10
FSM   75  91  73  94 /  30  40  20  10
MLC   77  93  76  93 /  30  30  10  10
BVO   69  90  69  96 /  80  40  30  10
FYV   71  86  69  91 /  60  50  30  20
BYV   71  86  69  91 /  60  50  30  20
MKO   73  90  72  93 /  50  40  20  10
MIO   71  88  72  94 /  80  40  40  10
F10   74  92  74  93 /  40  30  20  10
HHW   75  94  74  95 /  10  10  10  10

&&

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

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

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 5:03 PM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
503 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-021000-
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-
503 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT INCREASES THIS EVENING ACROSS
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

TORNADO.
	RISK...VERY LIMITED.
        AREA...FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER.
        ONSET...AFTER 6 PM...DIMINISHING AFTER 9 PM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...MAINLY NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...AFTER 6 PM.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...THIS EVENING.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...AFTER 6 PM.

DANGEROUS HEAT.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS
EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF A COLD FRONT AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING WILL HAVE A VERY
LIMITED TORNADO THREAT...ALTHOUGH STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
EVENTUALLY DEVELOP INTO CLUSTERS AND MOVE EAST-SOUTHEAST ACROSS
PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WELL INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS...POSSIBLY AFFECTING PARTS OF NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS.
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THE WEAK COLD FRONT ALONG WITH VARIOUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL
REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY...AND WILL SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR
CONTINUED THUNDERSTORM CHANCES.  TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL
ABOVE NORMAL FOR MID TO LATE WEEK...BEFORE THE NEXT COLD FRONT AND
ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARRIVE NEXT WEEKEND.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 1, 6:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
640 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014

OKZ057-020015-
CRAIG OK-
640 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHERN CRAIG

AT 640 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CRAIG
COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

THIS ADVISORY WILL REPLACE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EXPIRING
AT 645 PM FOR CRAIG COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3699 9501 3699 9504 3697 9504 3695 9500
      3691 9501 3688 9543 3694 9542 3696 9540
      3700 9540 3701 9538 3700 9501
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 263DEG 15KT 3699 9527

LACY

Local storm report, Sep 1, 7:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
705 PM CDT MON SEP 01 2014

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

0624 PM     HAIL             7 NW WELCH              36.95N 95.19W
09/01/2014  M2.75 INCH       CRAIG              OK   PUBLIC

&&

PBS

Local storm report, Sep 1, 7:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
720 PM CDT MON SEP 01 2014

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

0624 PM     HAIL             7 NW HOLLOW             36.96N 95.36W
09/01/2014  M2.75 INCH       CRAIG              OK   PUBLIC

&&

PBS

Local storm report, Sep 1, 9:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
913 PM CDT MON SEP 01 2014

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

0905 PM     TSTM WND GST     8 ESE FORAKER           36.83N 96.43W
09/01/2014  M73 MPH          OSAGE              OK   MESONET

&&

PBS

Local storm report, Sep 1, 10:21 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1021 PM CDT MON SEP 01 2014

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

0925 PM     TSTM WND GST     BARTLESVILLE            36.75N 95.98W
09/01/2014  M80 MPH          WASHINGTON         OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

CKH

Local storm report, Sep 1, 10:34 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1034 PM CDT MON SEP 01 2014

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

1024 PM     TSTM WND GST     7 E CENTRAILIA          36.80N 95.21W
09/01/2014  M67 MPH          CRAIG              OK   MESONET

&&

JBM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 1, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	40 min
Sep 1, 7:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	49 min
Sep 1, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	27 min
Sep 1, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	67 min
Sep 1, 8:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	48 min
Sep 1, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Washington	58 min
Sep 1, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington	39 min
Sep 1, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers	47 min
Sep 1, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	46 min
Sep 1, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Washington	42 min
Sep 1, 11:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	51 min
Sep 2, 12:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	27 min
Sep 2, 1:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	39 min
Sep 2, 1:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	63 min
Sep 2, 3:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Ottawa	4 hr
Sep 2, 3:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Ottawa, Washington	6 hr
Sep 2, 4:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	37 min
Sep 2, 5:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	47 min
Sep 2, 5:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	42 min
Sep 2, 5:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata, Washington	49 min
Sep 2, 6:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	40 min
Sep 2, 6:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Rogers and 1 more	67 min
Sep 2, 7:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	33 min
Sep 2, 7:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Ottawa	5 hr
Sep 2, 7:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	89 min
Sep 2, 8:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee and 3 more	83 min
Sep 2, 9:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Nowata	22 hr
Sep 2, 9:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Sequoyah	30 min
Sep 2, 9:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee and 3 more	62 min
Sep 2, 11:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	30 min
Sep 2, 11:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	91 min

Nearby

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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.