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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 14, 2016Latimer County, Pittsburg County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2016, 2:21 PM CDT for Latimer County, Pittsburg County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 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 14, 2016, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Latimer County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 14, 2:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Hartshorne, OK	AT LEAST 60 MPH WINDS ESTIMATED IN HARTSHORNE. RELAYED BY LE FLORE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 14, 11:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1508 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -353 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 330 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 483 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.2

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The text

As transmitted.

953 
WUUS54 KTSA 141921
SVRTSA
OKC077-121-127-142015-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0201.160714T1921Z-160714T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
221 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHWESTERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 221 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF HARTSHORNE TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  WARDVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  CLAYTON...                        HARTSHORNE...
  KIOWA...                          SAVANNA...
  ASHLAND...                        KOSOMA...
  YANUSH...                         BLANCO...
  SNOW...                           KIAMICHI...
  MOYERS...                         HIGGINS...
  DUNBAR...                         TUSKAHOMA...
  STANLEY...                        NASHOBA...
  CLAYTON LAKE STATE PARK...        HAILEYVILLE...
  PITTSBURG...                      BACHE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3450 9578 3451 9567 3459 9567 3459 9588
      3468 9589 3468 9609 3476 9609 3494 9554
      3452 9497 3451 9504 3450 9505 3426 9578
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 334DEG 21KT 3492 9552 3469 9611 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LACY

1 follow-up statement

920 
WWUS54 KTSA 141949 RRA
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
249 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

OKC077-121-127-142015-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-160714T2015Z/
PITTSBURG OK-LATIMER OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
249 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN PITTSBURG...SOUTHWESTERN LATIMER AND NORTHERN PUSHMATAHA
COUNTIES...

AT 249 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTH OF YANUSH TO 6 MILES NORTH OF
STRINGTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 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...
CLAYTON...                        HARTSHORNE...
KIOWA...                          SAVANNA...
ASHLAND...                        KOSOMA...
YANUSH...                         BLANCO...
SNOW...                           KIAMICHI...
MOYERS...                         HIGGINS...
DUNBAR...                         TUSKAHOMA...
STANLEY...                        NASHOBA...
CLAYTON LAKE STATE PARK...        HAILEYVILLE...
PITTSBURG...                      BACHE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3450 9578 3451 9567 3459 9567 3459 9588
      3468 9589 3468 9609 3476 9609 3494 9554
      3452 9497 3451 9504 3450 9505 3426 9578
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 322DEG 24KT 3477 9530 3455 9603 

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

LACY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 10:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Kay	39 min
Jul 14, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	61 min
Jul 14, 12:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	46 min
Jul 14, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	32 min
Jul 14, 1:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	41 min
Jul 14, 1:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	26 min
Jul 14, 2:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	49 min
Jul 14, 2:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more	50 min
Jul 14, 3:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore	54 min
Jul 14, 3:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	43 min
Jul 14, 4:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	59 min
Jul 14, 10:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	52 min
Jul 14, 11:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	59 min
Jul 14, 11:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Rogers, Washington	54 min
Jul 14, 11:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	62 min
Jul 14, 11:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pawnee	38 min
Jul 14, 11:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	57 min
Jul 14, 11:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington	57 min
Jul 14, 12:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Pawnee, Tulsa	42 min
Jul 14, 12:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	23 min
Jul 14, 12:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	6 min
Jul 14, 12:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	66 min
Jul 14, 12:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	59 min
Jul 14, 12:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	56 min
Jul 14, 12:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington	3 hr
Jul 14, 12:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	56 min
Jul 14, 12:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	67 min
Jul 14, 12:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	34 min
Jul 14, 1:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers and 2 more	3 hr
Jul 14, 1:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, McIntosh, Mayes and 5 more	55 min
Jul 14, 1:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	28 min
Jul 14, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	49 min
Jul 14, 1:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Sequoyah	3 hr
Jul 14, 1:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 14, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh and 3 more	60 min
Jul 14, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	60 min
Jul 14, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	59 min
Jul 14, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	58 min
Jul 14, 3:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	68 min
Jul 14, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore, Pushmataha	54 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.