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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 8, 2016Creek County, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2016, 8:50 AM CDT for Creek County, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 55 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
Jul 8, 2016, 8:50 AM CDT (13:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2016, 9:45 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Creek County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 8, 9:00 AM CDTHAIL 1Okemah, OKA FEW QUARTER SIZE HAIL STONES. MAINLY NICKEL SIZE.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1829 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2016-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 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
1829 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-342 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1153 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
360 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

057 
WUUS54 KTSA 081350
SVRTSA
OKC037-107-081445-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0182.160708T1350Z-160708T1445Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
850 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHWESTERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 945 AM CDT

* AT 850 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF PADEN TO 4 MILES NORTH OF
  BEARDEN... MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
  OKEMAH...                         OKFUSKEE...
  BOLEY...                          PADEN...
  BEARDEN...                        CASTLE...
  CLEARVIEW...                      PHAROAH...
  WELTY...                          MASON...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 212 AND
231.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3568 9662 3578 9634 3558 9619 3555 9619
      3555 9617 3543 9609 3538 9608 3532 9644
      3546 9644 3546 9647 3543 9649 3543 9652
      3555 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 1350Z 255DEG 16KT 3560 9657 3540 9642 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
827 
WWUS54 KTSA 081404
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
904 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

OKC037-107-081445-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-160708T1445Z/
OKFUSKEE OK-CREEK OK-
904 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT
FOR CENTRAL OKFUSKEE AND SOUTHWESTERN CREEK COUNTIES...

AT 904 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WELTY TO 2 MILES WEST OF
OKEMAH... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
OKEMAH...                         OKFUSKEE...
BOLEY...                          BEARDEN...
CASTLE...                         CLEARVIEW...
PHAROAH...                        WELTY...
MASON...                          

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 214 AND
231.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3568 9662 3578 9634 3558 9619 3555 9619
      3555 9617 3543 9609 3538 9608 3536 9640
      3546 9644 3546 9647
TIME...MOT...LOC 1404Z 240DEG 18KT 3568 9650 3542 9635 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
329 
WWUS54 KTSA 081420
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
920 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

OKC037-107-081445-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-160708T1445Z/
OKFUSKEE OK-CREEK OK-
920 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT
FOR CENTRAL OKFUSKEE AND SOUTH CENTRAL CREEK COUNTIES...

AT 920 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF WELTY TO 2 MILES EAST OF OKEMAH...
MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
OKEMAH...                         OKFUSKEE...
CASTLE...                         CLEARVIEW...
PHAROAH...                        WELTY...
MASON...                          

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 216 AND
231.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3578 9634 3558 9619 3555 9619 3555 9617
      3543 9609 3538 9608 3537 9636 3546 9641
      3562 9645 3573 9649
TIME...MOT...LOC 1420Z 268DEG 18KT 3570 9639 3544 9627 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 6:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage29 min
Jul 8, 7:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage28 min
Jul 8, 7:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage35 min
Jul 8, 7:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee26 min
Jul 8, 8:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Osage, Pawnee56 min
Jul 8, 8:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington28 min
Jul 8, 8:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa25 min
Jul 8, 8:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata29 min
Jul 8, 8:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa35 min
Jul 8, 9:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers27 min
Jul 8, 9:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee43 min
Jul 8, 9:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers28 min
Jul 8, 10:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers26 min
Jul 8, 10:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes, Rogers38 min
Jul 8, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee42 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.