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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 1, 2016Choctaw County, Pittsburg County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 2016, 2:15 AM CST for Choctaw County, Pittsburg County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 60 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
Mar 1, 2016, 2:15 AM CST (08:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2016, 3:15 AM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Choctaw County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:19 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
Feb 29, 7:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 197 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2016-03-01Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2016-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3079 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

311 
WUUS54 KTSA 010815
SVRTSA
OKC023-121-127-010915-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0001.160301T0815Z-160301T0915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
215 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 315 AM CST

* AT 214 AM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF DAISY TO 6 MILES EAST OF
  LANE...MOVING EAST AT 50 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...
  ANTLERS...                        RATTAN...
  KOSOMA...                         SNOW...
  KELLOND...                        MOYERS...
  CLOUDY...                         DUNBAR...
  STANLEY...                        NASHOBA...
  CLAYTON LAKE STATE PARK...        OLETA...
  HUGO LAKE STATE PARK...           CORINNE...
  APPLE...                          DELA...
  SOBOL...                          EUBANKS...
  FINLEY...                         

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3421 9578 3450 9578 3451 9567 3459 9567
      3459 9588 3466 9586 3451 9502 3450 9505
      3425 9505 3424 9515 3401 9516
TIME...MOT...LOC 0814Z 286DEG 44KT 3458 9581 3433 9588 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
4 follow-up statements
514 
WWUS54 KTSA 010831
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
231 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2016

OKC023-121-010840-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160301T0915Z/
CHOCTAW OK-PITTSBURG OK-
231 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW AND SOUTH
CENTRAL PITTSBURG COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3426 9577 3444 9576 3439 9505 3425 9505
      3424 9515 3416 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0830Z 278DEG 40KT 3435 9568 

$$

OKC127-010915-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160301T0915Z/
PUSHMATAHA OK-
231 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CST
FOR SOUTHERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY...

AT 230 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOYERS...
MOVING EAST AT 45 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...
ANTLERS...                        RATTAN...
KOSOMA...                         SNOW...
CLOUDY...                         KELLOND...
MOYERS...                         OLETA...
EUBANKS...                        CORINNE...
FINLEY...                         

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3426 9577 3444 9576 3439 9505 3425 9505
      3424 9515 3416 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0830Z 278DEG 40KT 3435 9568 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
309 
WWUS54 KTSA 010845
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
245 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2016

OKC127-010915-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160301T0915Z/
PUSHMATAHA OK-
245 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CST
FOR SOUTHERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY...

AT 245 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SNOW...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
SNOW...                           CLOUDY...
FINLEY...                         

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3429 9563 3443 9556 3439 9505 3425 9505
      3424 9515 3416 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0845Z 281DEG 43KT 3433 9546 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$
926 
WWUS54 KTSA 010857
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
257 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2016

OKC127-010915-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160301T0915Z/
PUSHMATAHA OK-
257 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY...

AT 257 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF
CLOUDY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
CLOUDY...                         

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3430 9549 3439 9544 3439 9505 3425 9505
      3424 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0857Z 282DEG 30KT 3431 9535 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$
722 
WWUS54 KTSA 010913
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
313 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2016

OKC127-010922-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160301T0915Z/
PUSHMATAHA OK-
313 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 315 AM CST...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. SMALL HAIL AND
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE IN EAST CENTRAL PORTIONS OF
THE COUNTY THROUGH 345 AM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TULSA.

LAT...LON 3430 9549 3439 9544 3439 9505 3425 9505
      3424 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0910Z 286DEG 44KT 3431 9535 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 29, 10:42 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa33 min
Feb 29, 11:15 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWagoner45 min
Feb 29, 11:42 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee48 min
Feb 29, 11:56 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee49 min
Mar 1, 12:05 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg25 min
Mar 1, 12:08 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee37 min
Mar 1, 12:29 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Sequoyah46 min
Mar 1, 12:31 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg44 min
Mar 1, 12:59 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah46 min
Mar 1, 1:08 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore52 min
Mar 1, 1:35 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore40 min
Mar 1, 2:00 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa15 min
Mar 1, 2:07 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee38 min
Mar 1, 2:18 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa27 min
Mar 1, 2:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa, Wagoner24 min
Mar 1, 2:35 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHughes40 min
Mar 1, 2:36 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa39 min
Mar 1, 3:16 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer44 min
Mar 1, 3:33 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee42 min
Mar 1, 4:33 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh42 min
Mar 1, 3:50 PM CSTFire Weather WatchTSACraig, Creek, Mayes, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 6 more12 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.