Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2016, 8:36 PM CDT for Delaware County, Mayes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 39 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
- Mar 23, 2016, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 8:39 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Salina, OK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 243 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1307 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted.
306
WUUS54 KTSA 240136
SVRTSA
OKC041-097-240215-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0021.160324T0136Z-160324T0215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
836 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
NORTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 835 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LOCUST GROVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
JAY... GROVE...
LOCUST GROVE... SALINA...
LANGLEY... BERNICE...
SPAVINAW... DISNEY...
HOOT OWL... CLEORA...
CHEROKEE STATE PARK... SPAVINAW STATE PARK...
CHLOETA... HONEY CREEK STATE PARK...
SPORTSMEN ACRES COMMUNITY... BERNICE STATE PARK...
STRANG... SNOWDALE STATE PARK...
ZENA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3649 9462 3614 9517 3624 9534 3651 9506
3651 9500 3657 9501 3667 9490 3667 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 222DEG 55KT 3624 9520
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$3 follow-up statements
823
WWUS54 KTSA 240147
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
847 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
OKC041-097-240215-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160324T0215Z/
MAYES OK-DELAWARE OK-
847 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MAYES AND NORTHERN DELAWARE COUNTIES...
AT 847 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF SPAVINAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
JAY... GROVE...
LANGLEY... BERNICE...
SPAVINAW... DISNEY...
HOOT OWL... CLEORA...
CHEROKEE STATE PARK... SPAVINAW STATE PARK...
CHLOETA... HONEY CREEK STATE PARK...
BERNICE STATE PARK... ZENA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3649 9462 3626 9501 3635 9514 3651 9506
3651 9500 3657 9501 3667 9490 3667 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 234DEG 56KT 3635 9500
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$392
WWUS54 KTSA 240157
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
857 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
OKC097-240206-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160324T0215Z/
MAYES OK-
857 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MAYES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3654 9471 3636 9489 3638 9500 3645 9499
3657 9501 3667 9490 3667 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 209DEG 59KT 3650 9491
$$
OKC041-240215-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160324T0215Z/
DELAWARE OK-
857 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY...
AT 856 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF
DISNEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
GROVE... BERNICE...
CHLOETA... HONEY CREEK STATE PARK...
CLEORA... BERNICE STATE PARK...
ZENA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3654 9471 3636 9489 3638 9500 3645 9499
3657 9501 3667 9490 3667 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 209DEG 59KT 3650 9491
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 240207
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
907 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
OKC041-240217-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160324T0215Z/
DELAWARE OK-
907 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3654 9471 3636 9489 3638 9500 3645 9499
3657 9501 3667 9490 3667 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 222DEG 55KT 3650 9491
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 38 min |
| Mar 23, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Wagoner | 48 min |
| Mar 23, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 27 min |
| Mar 23, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 39 min |
| Mar 23, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 38 min |
| Mar 23, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Wagoner | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner | 29 min |
| Mar 23, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 40 min |
| Mar 23, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 47 min |
| Mar 23, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Wagoner | 28 min |
| Mar 23, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 41 min |
| Mar 23, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 42 min |
| Mar 23, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pushmataha | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 8:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 36 min |
| Mar 23, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 50 min |
| Mar 23, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 49 min |
| Mar 23, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 47 min |
| Mar 23, 9:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 4 hr |
| Mar 23, 9:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 45 min |
| Mar 23, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 51 min |
| Mar 23, 9:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 50 min |
| Mar 23, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 10:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 33 min |
| Mar 24, 3:09 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata and 4 more | 30 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016
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.