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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 23, 2016Latimer County, LeFlore County, Oklahoma

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 23, 10:04 PM CDTHAIL 0.5Howe, OKDIME 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 23, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2016-03-24Temperature 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 2016-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee38 min
Mar 23, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Wagoner48 min
Mar 23, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee27 min
Mar 23, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg, Pushmataha39 min
Mar 23, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee38 min
Mar 23, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Wagoner33 min
Mar 23, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner29 min
Mar 23, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg40 min
Mar 23, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha47 min
Mar 23, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Wagoner28 min
Mar 23, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Mayes41 min
Mar 23, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah42 min
Mar 23, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Mayes39 min
Mar 23, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, Pushmataha35 min
Mar 23, 8:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa35 min
Mar 23, 9:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair36 min
Mar 23, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha49 min
Mar 23, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Sequoyah47 min
Mar 23, 9:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha4 hr
Mar 23, 9:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg45 min
Mar 23, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore51 min
Mar 23, 9:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha50 min
Mar 23, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore35 min
Mar 23, 10:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha33 min
Mar 24, 3:09 AM CDTFreeze WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata and 4 more30 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.