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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 29, 2016Adair County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2016, 7:57 PM CDT for Adair County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 33 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 29, 2016, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Adair County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 7:57 PM CDTHAIL 1Baron, OK

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1355 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
1355 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

887 
WUUS54 KTSA 300057
SVRTSA
OKC001-300130-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0166.160530T0057Z-160530T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
757 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 757 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CHRISTIE...
  MOVING EAST AT 15 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...
  WESTVILLE...                      BARON...
  CHRISTIE...                       

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3583 9450 3588 9476 3600 9473 3607 9455
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 264DEG 12KT 3594 9470 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
120 
WWUS54 KTSA 300115
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
815 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

OKC001-300130-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-160530T0130Z/
ADAIR OK-
815 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL ADAIR COUNTY...

AT 815 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF BARON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 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...
BARON...                          

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3583 9450 3588 9476 3595 9468 3595 9452
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 297DEG 10KT 3590 9466 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee29 min
May 29, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee23 min
May 29, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair30 min
May 29, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee33 min
May 29, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair33 min
May 29, 7:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw41 min
May 29, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair35 min
May 29, 8:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair30 min
May 29, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair17 min
May 30, 12:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha41 min
May 30, 12:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha48 min
May 30, 12:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw47 min

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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.