Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2016, 9:10 PM CDT for Latimer County, LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 50 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, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 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, 10:04 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | Howe, OK | DIME HAIL IN HOWE |
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
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
933
WUUS54 KTSA 240210
SVRTSA
OKC077-079-240300-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0022.160324T0210Z-160324T0300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
910 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHEASTERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 909 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF
TALIHINA...MOVING EAST AT 45 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...
POTEAU... TALIHINA...
WISTER... HOWE...
BENGAL... MUSE...
LAKE WISTER STATE PARK... WHITESBORO...
TALIMENA STATE PARK... HODGEN...
SUMMERFIELD...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3468 9494 3468 9519 3481 9522 3500 9463
3465 9462 3465 9494
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 259DEG 38KT 3474 9512
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
456
WWUS54 KTSA 240227
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
927 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
OKC077-240237-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160324T0300Z/
LATIMER OK-
927 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LATIMER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3469 9494 3474 9499 3485 9502 3500 9463
3472 9462 3471 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 243DEG 41KT 3481 9489
$$
OKC079-240300-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160324T0300Z/
LE FLORE OK-
927 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LE FLORE COUNTY...
AT 927 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST
OF TALIMENA STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
POTEAU... HOWE...
LAKE WISTER STATE PARK... TALIMENA STATE PARK...
HODGEN... SUMMERFIELD...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3469 9494 3474 9499 3485 9502 3500 9463
3472 9462 3471 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 243DEG 41KT 3481 9489
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$474
WWUS54 KTSA 240254
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
954 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
OKC079-240304-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160324T0300Z/
LE FLORE OK-
954 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LE FLORE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3469 9494 3474 9499 3485 9502 3500 9463
3472 9462 3471 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 259DEG 38KT 3481 9489
$$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, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 39 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, 9:11 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 |
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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.