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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 10, 2015Adair County, LeFlore County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma; Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2015, 10:27 AM CDT for Adair County, LeFlore County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma; Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 48 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: May 10, 2015, 10:27 AM CDT (15:27 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2015, 11:15 AM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Crawford County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Adair County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 10, 10:55 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Fort Smith, AR	LARGE TREE DOWNED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS NEAR EUPER LANE AND BURNHAM.

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
May 10, 9:28 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1931 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

201 
WUUS54 KTSA 101527
SVRTSA
ARC033-131-OKC001-079-135-101615-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0133.150510T1527Z-150510T1615Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1027 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
  SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  EASTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT

* AT 1025 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM BRUSHY TO HOWE TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OCTAVIA...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...SHADY POINT...BRUSHY...
  PANAMA...GANS...POTEAU...HODGEN...SPIRO...HEAVENER...SCULLYVILLE...
  HEAVENER RUNESTONE STATE PARK...MULDROW...CAMERON...OCTAVIA...
  COTTONWOOD...BIG CEDAR...ROCK ISLAND...ROLAND...POCOLA...BRADEN...
  SHORT...JENSON...MOFFETT...HACKETT...BONANZA...ARKOMA...MILL
  CREEK...DORA...UNIONTOWN...MIDLAND...FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT...
  HARTFORD...FORT SMITH...RYE HILL...NATURAL DAM...EXCELSIOR...
  CEDARVILLE...PATTERSON...VAN BUREN...JENNY LIND...ARKOLA...FIGURE
  FIVE...BARLING...WITCHERVILLE...LEE CREEK...FURRY...GREENWOOD...
  SHIBLEY...HUNTINGTON...CENTRAL CITY...CONCORD...RUDY...MANSFIELD...
  DAYTON...BURNVILLE...KIBLER...ALMA...CROSSROADS...LIBERTY...
  LAVACA...MILLTOWN...BLOOMER...MOUNTAINBURG...CHESTER...DYER...LAKE
  FORT SMITH...WASHBURN AND URSULA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 305 AND
328.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND
21.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

INTENSE SQUALL LINES CAN SOMETIMES PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND
SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

LAT...LON 3514 9409 3514 9413 3510 9414 3507 9423
      3496 9424 3495 9436 3492 9444 3451 9446
      3450 9488 3490 9474 3560 9486 3575 9458
      3577 9409
TIME...MOT...LOC 1527Z 238DEG 43KT 3556 9475 3494 9464
          3445 9483

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

1 follow-up statement

107 
WWUS54 KTSA 101548
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1048 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

ARC033-131-OKC001-079-135-101615-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-150510T1615Z/
CRAWFORD AR-SEBASTIAN AR-LE FLORE OK-SEQUOYAH OK-ADAIR OK-
1048 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ADAIR...EASTERN SEQUOYAH...EASTERN LE FLORE...SEBASTIAN AND CRAWFORD
COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 AM CDT...

AT 1046 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHORT TO HARTFORD TO 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF OCTAVIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...MILL CREEK...MOFFETT...
  DORA...HACKETT...UNIONTOWN...MIDLAND...FORT SMITH...RYE HILL...
  HARTFORD...FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT...EXCELSIOR...VAN BUREN...
  JENNY LIND...PATTERSON...NATURAL DAM...ARKOLA...FIGURE FIVE...
  CEDARVILLE...BARLING...LEE CREEK...WITCHERVILLE...GREENWOOD...
  SHIBLEY...HUNTINGTON...FURRY...RUDY...CENTRAL CITY...MANSFIELD...
  KIBLER...DAYTON...CONCORD...BURNVILLE...ALMA...CROSSROADS...
  LAVACA...BLOOMER...MILLTOWN...MOUNTAINBURG...CHESTER...DYER...
  URSULA...LAKE FORT SMITH AND WASHBURN

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 315 AND
328.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN ARKANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND
21.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

INTENSE SQUALL LINES CAN SOMETIMES PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND
SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

LAT...LON 3514 9409 3514 9413 3510 9414 3507 9423
      3496 9424 3495 9436 3492 9444 3451 9446
      3450 9479 3509 9468 3570 9468 3575 9458
      3575 9413 3577 9412 3577 9409
TIME...MOT...LOC 1548Z 238DEG 43KT 3569 9452 3507 9442
          3458 9461

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 7:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	46 min
May 9, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	45 min
May 9, 7:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	6 hr
May 9, 9:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	71 hr
May 9, 9:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	38 min
May 9, 10:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg	6 hr
May 9, 10:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	45 min
May 9, 10:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore	115 min
May 9, 11:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore	6 hr
May 9, 11:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	50 min
May 9, 11:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	5 days
May 9, 11:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	63 hr
May 9, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	45 min
May 10, 12:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	40 min
May 10, 12:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah	4 hr
May 10, 12:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Sequoyah	56 min
May 10, 1:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	48 min
May 10, 1:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	3 hr
May 10, 4:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah	6 hr
May 10, 4:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah	6 hr
May 10, 5:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	20 hr
May 10, 7:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	66 min
May 10, 8:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	6 hr
May 10, 8:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	6 hr
May 10, 8:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg	53 min
May 10, 8:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg and 1 more	6 hr
May 10, 8:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	60 min
May 10, 8:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Choctaw	55 hr
May 10, 8:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	6 days
May 10, 9:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee, Tulsa	44 min
May 10, 9:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	50 min
May 10, 9:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg	26 min
May 10, 9:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee and 3 more	65 min
May 10, 9:32 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Ottawa	45 hr
May 10, 9:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	4 hr
May 10, 9:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore	32 min
May 10, 9:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner	59 min
May 10, 9:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee and 1 more	6 hr
May 10, 9:52 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee	71 hr
May 10, 10:51 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	LeFlore	24 min
May 10, 11:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	72 min
May 10, 12:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	107 min
May 10, 1:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 5 more	24 hr
May 10, 2:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee and 1 more	24 hr
May 10, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	35 min
May 10, 5:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	6 hr
May 10, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	46 min
May 10, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	35 min
May 10, 6:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pittsburg, Pushmataha	39 min
May 10, 6:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	38 min
May 9, 8:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington	9 hr
May 10, 12:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	44 min
May 10, 2:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin	29 min
May 10, 4:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Crawford, Sebastian	59 hr
May 10, 5:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington	6 hr
May 10, 8:11 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Crawford, Franklin	37 hr
May 10, 8:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Franklin, Johnson, Logan	3 days
May 10, 11:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Sebastian	14 min
May 10, 11:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	62 min
May 10, 11:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison	48 min
May 10, 12:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll, Madison	37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.