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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 1, 2016Rogers County, Tulsa County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 2016, 2:20 AM CST for Rogers County, Tulsa County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 24 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, 2:20 AM CST (08:20 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2016, 2:44 AM CST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 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 175 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.

989 
WUUS54 KTSA 010820
SVRTSA
OKC131-143-145-010900-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0002.160301T0820Z-160301T0900Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHWESTERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  EAST CENTRAL TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 300 AM CST

* AT 220 AM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM TULSA TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROKEN ARROW...MOVING
  EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  TULSA...                          BROKEN ARROW...
  SAND SPRINGS...                   COWETA...
  CATOOSA...                        INOLA...
  ONETA...                          

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 223 AND 238.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3616 9612 3616 9600 3619 9600 3623 9584
      3608 9544 3607 9543 3592 9554
TIME...MOT...LOC 0820Z 253DEG 25KT 3616 9598 3609 9582 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
533 
WWUS54 KTSA 010844
SVSTSA

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

OKC131-143-145-010854-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160301T0900Z/
ROGERS OK-WAGONER OK-TULSA OK-
244 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ROGERS...
NORTHWESTERN WAGONER AND EAST CENTRAL TULSA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 3616 9612 3616 9600 3619 9600 3623 9584
      3608 9544 3607 9543 3592 9554
TIME...MOT...LOC 0842Z 253DEG 25KT 3621 9580 3614 9564 

$$

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, 2:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pittsburg, Pushmataha60 min
Mar 1, 2:18 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa27 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.