Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2016, 6:59 PM CDT for Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 31 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
- Apr 29, 2016, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Okmulgee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -903 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 348 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS54 KTSA 292359
SVRTSA
OKC111-300030-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0101.160429T2359Z-160430T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
659 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 659 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HENRYETTA...
MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
OKMULGEE... HENRYETTA...
MORRIS... BEGGS...
DEWAR... SCHULTER...
BALD HILL... PRESTON...
OKMULGEE STATE PARK...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 232 AND
240.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3580 9607 3574 9577 3540 9595 3542 9609
3545 9609
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 195DEG 44KT 3546 9601
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$4 follow-up statements
380
WWUS54 KTSA 300006
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
706 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
OKC111-300030-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-160430T0030Z/
OKMULGEE OK-
706 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL OKMULGEE COUNTY...
AT 706 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCHULTER...
MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
OKMULGEE... MORRIS...
BEGGS... SCHULTER...
BALD HILL... PRESTON...
OKMULGEE STATE PARK...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3580 9607 3574 9577 3550 9590 3549 9600
3553 9608
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 195DEG 44KT 3555 9598
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$817
WWUS54 KTSA 300013
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
713 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
OKC111-300030-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-160430T0030Z/
OKMULGEE OK-
713 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL OKMULGEE COUNTY...
AT 712 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER OKMULGEE...
MOVING NORTH 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...
OKMULGEE... MORRIS...
BEGGS... BALD HILL...
PRESTON... OKMULGEE STATE PARK...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3580 9607 3574 9577 3556 9587 3556 9597
3561 9607
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 197DEG 45KT 3563 9594
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$769
WWUS54 KTSA 300022
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
722 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
OKC111-300030-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-160430T0030Z/
OKMULGEE OK-
722 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY...
AT 722 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF BALD
HILL...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
OKMULGEE... BALD HILL...
PRESTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3580 9607 3574 9577 3564 9583 3567 9593
3568 9605
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 195DEG 39KT 3572 9591
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$712
WWUS54 KTSA 300028
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
728 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
OKC111-300037-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-160430T0030Z/
OKMULGEE OK-
728 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3580 9607 3574 9577 3564 9583 3567 9593
3568 9605
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 195DEG 44KT 3572 9591
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 31 min |
| Apr 29, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 4:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 4:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 6:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:46 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Pushmataha | 37 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 3:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 23 min |
| Apr 29, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 24 min |
| Apr 29, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 23 min |
| Apr 29, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 22 min |
| Apr 29, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 24 min |
| Apr 29, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Rogers, Tulsa | 25 min |
| Apr 29, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 25 min |
| Apr 29, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 20 min |
| Apr 29, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 27 min |
| Apr 29, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Wagoner | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 19 min |
| Apr 29, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 15 min |
| Apr 29, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 25 min |
| Apr 29, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 31 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.