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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 226, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 2, 2015Adair County, Cherokee County, Mayes County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2015, 4:05 PM CDT for Adair County, Cherokee County, Mayes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 2015, 4:05 PM CDT (21:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2015, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Mayes County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 2, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2015-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 923 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2015-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 257 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
923 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
304 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.8

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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 Jul 2, 3:11 PM CDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 3:11 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
311 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY...PRIMARILY A WIND-SHIFT LINE...WAS NOTED
ACROSS NE OK EXTENDING INTO WRN OK. SCATTERED CONVECTION
CONTINUES TO BUBBLE ACROSS SRN KS INTO NRN OK...AND THIS ACTIVITY
IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY/COVERAGE AS IT
ENCOUNTERS AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE (SURFACE-BASED CAPES 3500-4000
J/KG) ACROSS NE OK INTO NW AR. THE HIGH INSTABILITY AND DEEP
MOISTURE CONTENT SUGGESTS THAT A FEW STRONG DOWNBURSTS MAY OCCUR
WITH CONVECTION ALONG/NEAR THE WEAK FRONT INTO THE EVENING
HOURS...WITH THE ACTIVITY GRADUALLY SINKING SWD AND WEAKENING
AFTER SUNSET.

THE FOCUS FOR MORE CONCENTRATED CONVECTION SHOULD SHIFT A LITTLE
FARTHER S INTO SE OK AND WRN AR FOR FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH
SOME INTENSIFICATION LIKELY INTO THE AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER UPPER
WAVE SWINGS THROUGH IN THE NWLY FLOW ALOFT. A RETREATING SURFACE
BOUNDARY ALONG WITH THE PERSISTENT NWLY FLOW WILL RESULT IN
ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF SHOWERS/STORMS THE REMAINDER OF THE HOLIDAY
WEEKEND.

GIVEN THE HIGH FORECAST PRECIP-WATER VALUES (AROUND 2
INCHES)...AREAS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING
WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL CONCERN FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

THERE MAY BE A BRIEF BREAK FROM THE PRECIPITATION LATER SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY...ALTHOUGH LONG RANGE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT
BRINGING ANOTHER WEAK FRONT AND INCREASING SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES INTO THE AREA FOR TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   72  88  69  89 /  60  60  50  30
FSM   74  86  70  88 /  70  70  60  40
MLC   73  84  69  87 /  70  60  60  50
BVO   68  87  66  89 /  40  50  40  20
FYV   69  83  64  84 /  60  70  50  30
BYV   68  81  64  83 /  60  60  50  30
MKO   71  84  69  87 /  60  70  50  30
MIO   68  86  67  89 /  40  60  40  20
F10   72  84  69  87 /  70  60  50  40
HHW   73  83  70  87 /  60  70  60  60

&&

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

SHORT TERM...69
LONG TERM....18
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 12:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 3:54 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
354 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015

OKZ068-022145-
CHEROKEE OK-
354 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY
UNTIL 445 PM CDT...

AT 354 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
PEGGS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCRAPER...ELDON AND PEGGS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3603 9512 3615 9511 3615 9481 3588 9482
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 291DEG 14KT 3611 9507

69

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee51 min
Jul 2, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek52 min
Jul 2, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, Wagoner45 min
Jul 2, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner25 min
Jul 2, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner61 min
Jul 2, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee42 min
Jul 2, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Delaware48 min
Jul 2, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa, Wagoner42 min
Jul 2, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Rogers, Tulsa52 min
Jul 2, 6:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAOsage, Tulsa58 min
Jul 2, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Sequoyah, Tulsa and 1 more55 min
Jul 2, 6:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more3 hr
Jul 2, 6:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner2 hr
Jul 2, 3:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll33 min
Jul 2, 4:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACarroll3 hr
Jul 2, 4:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton, Washington52 min
Jul 2, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Washington51 min
Jul 2, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Carroll57 min
Jul 2, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll, Madison24 min
Jul 2, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Carroll, Madison, Washington60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2015Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.