Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2014, 3:52 PM CDT for McIntosh County, Muskogee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 38 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
- Apr 3, 2014, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2014, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 3:58 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Morris, OK | REPORTED BY MORRIS CITY HALL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 3, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2779 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 356 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 363 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.9
- Supercell composite
- 23.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS54 KTSA 032052
SVRTSA
OKC091-101-111-032130-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0021.140403T2052Z-140403T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
352 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
WEST CENTRAL MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
CENTRAL OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 351 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCHULTER...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...GRAYSON...OKMULGEE...
HOFFMAN...MORRIS...HITCHITA...ERAM...COUNCIL HILL...BOYNTON AND
WAINWRIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3569 9550 3549 9564 3546 9609 3567 9595
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 239DEG 25KT 3555 9593
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
112
WWUS54 KTSA 032106
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
406 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014
OKC091-101-111-032130-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140403T2130Z/
MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-
406 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
OKMULGEE...WEST CENTRAL MUSKOGEE AND NORTH CENTRAL MCINTOSH COUNTIES
UNTIL 430 PM CDT...
AT 404 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MORRIS...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...ERAM...COUNCIL HILL...BOYNTON
AND WAINWRIGHT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3548 9604 3567 9588 3569 9550 3549 9564
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 236DEG 31KT 3562 9579
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 24 min |
| Apr 2, 10:07 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:29 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg | 12 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 7:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 53 min |
| Apr 3, 8:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 8:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 8:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 9:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 10:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 10:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 12:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 60 min |
| Apr 3, 2:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 2:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 3:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes | 63 min |
| Apr 3, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.