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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 5, 2014Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2014, 10:59 PM CDT for Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 28 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: Jun 5, 2014, 10:59 PM CDT (03:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2014, 11:27 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:58 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.

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
Jun 5, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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: 1680 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -224 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1878 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

543 
WUUS54 KTSA 060359
SVRTSA
OKC113-117-060445-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0098.140606T0359Z-140606T0445Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1059 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1058 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF
  PAWNEE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER 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...PAWNEE...SKEDEE AND
  BLACKBURN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3651 9678 3642 9645 3619 9681 3642 9693
TIME...MOT...LOC 0359Z 316DEG 18KT 3641 9680

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

1 follow-up statement

119 
WWUS54 KTSA 060427
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1127 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

OKC113-117-060437-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-140606T0445Z/
OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-
1127 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PAWNEE AND CENTRAL OSAGE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA.  ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO
NORTHERN PAWNEE COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM.

LAT...LON 3651 9678 3642 9645 3619 9681 3642 9693
TIME...MOT...LOC 0427Z 316DEG 18KT 3631 9668

$$

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, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 9:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 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, 5 hours 54 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

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 9:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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

OKZ054>056-061-060300-
NOWATA OK-OSAGE OK-ROGERS OK-WASHINGTON OK-
913 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NOWATA...EASTERN OSAGE...NORTHERN ROGERS AND WASHINGTON

AT 913 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DEWEY...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM
INCLUDE...NOWATA...DELAWARE...LENAPAH...WATOVA...NEW ALLUWE...
OKESA...BARTLESVILLE...DEWEY...COPAN AND BARTLESVILLE MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT.

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

LAT...LON 3690 9543 3652 9547 3667 9618 3690 9597
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 272DEG 35KT 3678 9591

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 9:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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

OKZ054-059-060330-
OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-
948 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...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
     CENTRAL OSAGE AND PAWNEE

AT 949 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF
APPERSON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...SHIDLER...FAIRFAX...BURBANK...
APPERSON...WEBB CITY...PEARSONIA AND RALSTON.

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 3670 9706 3669 9695 3675 9689 3675 9683
      3679 9676 3684 9676 3683 9631 3645 9638
      3645 9704 3651 9704 3656 9691 3658 9690
      3659 9692 3658 9700 3659 9705 3668 9707
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 278DEG 36KT 3668 9693

Local storm report, Jun 5, 10:09 PM CDT, 50 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, 21 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, 4 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

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, 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 5, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	47 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

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.