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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Tulsa, OK

December 26, 2015Adair County, Cherokee County, Delaware County, Oklahoma; Benton County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 26, 2015, 5:42 PM CST for Adair County, Cherokee County, Delaware County, Oklahoma; Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 48 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
Dec 26, 2015, 5:42 PM CST (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Dec 26, 2015, 6:30 PM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Benton County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2015-12-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-12-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 478 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
433 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
478 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
446 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

648 
WUUS54 KTSA 262342
SVRTSA
ARC007-OKC001-021-041-270030-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0310.151226T2342Z-151227T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
542 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
  EASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHWESTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 542 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF SCRAPER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  TAHLEQUAH...                      JAY...
  GENTRY...                         GRAVETTE...
  DECATUR...                        WEST SILOAM SPRINGS...
  COLCORD...                        KANSAS...
  OAKS...                           LEACH...
  HIWASSE...                        SCRAPER...
  TWIN OAKS...                      MAYSVILLE...
  SULPHUR SPRINGS...                LAKE EUCHA STATE PARK...
  NATURAL FALLS STATE PARK...       CHEROKEE CITY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3650 9462 3650 9427 3649 9425 3586 9493
      3602 9508 3665 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 217DEG 46KT 3604 9494 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
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1 follow-up statement
340 
WWUS54 KTSA 270002
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
602 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015

ARC007-OKC001-021-041-270030-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-151227T0030Z/
BENTON AR-DELAWARE OK-CHEROKEE OK-ADAIR OK-
602 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST
FOR NORTHWESTERN BENTON...EASTERN DELAWARE...NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE
AND NORTHWESTERN ADAIR COUNTIES...

AT 601 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTH OF JAY TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS TO
2 MILES WEST OF ELDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
TAHLEQUAH...                      JAY...
GENTRY...                         GRAVETTE...
DECATUR...                        WEST SILOAM SPRINGS...
COLCORD...                        KANSAS...
OAKS...                           LEACH...
HIWASSE...                        SCRAPER...
TWIN OAKS...                      MAYSVILLE...
SULPHUR SPRINGS...                LAKE EUCHA STATE PARK...
NATURAL FALLS STATE PARK...       CHEROKEE CITY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3650 9462 3650 9427 3649 9425 3586 9493
      3602 9508 3665 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 215DEG 51KT 3637 9478 3615 9473 3592 9488 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 25, 9:04 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSAOkmulgee9 days
Dec 25, 9:08 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa5 days
Dec 25, 9:08 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa6 days
Dec 25, 9:18 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSAAdair4 days
Dec 25, 9:18 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSACherokee5 days
Dec 25, 9:18 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSACherokee, Delaware64 hr
Dec 25, 9:18 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSACherokee64 hr
Dec 25, 9:36 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSAPushmataha6 days
Dec 25, 9:36 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSAChoctaw4 days
Dec 25, 10:40 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSASequoyah8 days
Dec 25, 10:46 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore9 days
Dec 25, 10:46 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore10 days
Dec 26, 10:14 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSAMuskogee6 days
Dec 26, 10:14 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSACreek4 days
Dec 26, 10:14 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSATulsa56 hr
Dec 26, 10:17 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa4 days
Dec 26, 10:17 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSATulsa4 days
Dec 26, 10:19 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSAWashington3 days
Dec 26, 10:19 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSARogers, Tulsa5 days
Dec 26, 1:03 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner42 min
Dec 26, 2:34 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSAOsage52 hr
Dec 26, 2:41 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee49 min
Dec 26, 3:03 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Sequoyah42 min
Dec 26, 3:13 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa47 min
Dec 26, 3:15 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg45 min
Dec 26, 3:27 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware33 min
Dec 26, 3:47 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes, Rogers43 min
Dec 26, 3:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Mayes, Rogers46 min
Dec 26, 4:06 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg39 min
Dec 26, 4:08 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningTSACherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes and 11 more12 hr
Dec 26, 4:49 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner41 min
Dec 26, 4:53 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg39 min
Dec 26, 4:57 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware33 min
Dec 26, 5:10 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAOkmulgee6 hr
Dec 26, 5:24 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee51 min
Dec 26, 5:30 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh45 min
Dec 25, 10:40 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSACrawford, Sebastian10 days
Dec 25, 10:40 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSAFranklin, Johnson, Logan10 days
Dec 25, 10:40 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSACrawford, Franklin58 hr
Dec 25, 10:55 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSACarroll64 hr
Dec 26, 12:40 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian50 min
Dec 26, 1:42 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAFranklin, Madison48 min
Dec 26, 3:38 PM CSTTornado WarningTSABenton37 min
Dec 26, 5:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton29 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.