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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 23, 2016Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2016, 9:11 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 49 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 23, 2016, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
Expired: Mar 23, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Choctaw County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 186 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

494 
WUUS54 KTSA 240211
SVRTSA
OKC023-127-240300-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0023.160324T0211Z-160324T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
911 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHWESTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 911 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF BENNINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 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...
  HUGO...                           ANTLERS...
  BOSWELL...                        SOPER...
  KENT...                           KELLOND...
  GOODLAND...                       SPEER...
  DELA...                           UNGER...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3412 9594 3413 9595 3414 9595 3415 9596
      3415 9598 3416 9598 3416 9578 3423 9578
      3431 9552 3397 9545 3395 9594
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 259DEG 38KT 3406 9600 

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

1 follow-up statement

600 
WWUS54 KTSA 240256
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
956 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

OKC023-127-240306-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160324T0300Z/
CHOCTAW OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
956 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHOCTAW AND
SOUTHWESTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES 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 3412 9594 3413 9595 3414 9595 3415 9596
      3415 9598 3416 9598 3416 9578 3423 9578
      3431 9552 3397 9545 3395 9594
TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 259DEG 38KT 3406 9600 

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 23, 9:00 PM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 9:00 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Tulsa OK
900 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

.DISCUSSION...
Scattered severe thunderstorms continue across portions of eastern
Oklahoma, mainly east of a Miami to McAlester line.  The dryline has
stalled near a KBVO TO KSNL line with a cold front lurking to the
west across central Oklahoma. The front will begin to surge into
the area this evening and is expected to catch up with the line of
thunderstorms around 11 pm. This will allow the thunderstorms to
become more linear in nature. Expect the severe threat to end around
midnight with some lingering showers and thunderstorms continuing into
the overnight hours.

Will allow the Red Flag Warning to expire at 9 pm and will continue
the wind advisory until 1 am. Will continue to make adjustments to the
grids for tonight as the event wears on.

&&

.TSA Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
OK...Freeze Watch from late Thursday night through Friday morning for
     OKZ054>059-061>063-068-069.

     Wind Advisory until 1 AM CDT Thursday for OKZ054>071-073.

AR...Freeze Watch from late Thursday night through Friday morning for
     ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020.

     Wind Advisory until 1 AM CDT Thursday for ARZ001-010.

&&

SHORT TERM...10

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 23, 4:53 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
453 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-241030-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
453 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ONGOING NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL INCREASES THIS EVENING...

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
TORNADO.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...AFTER 7 PM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 75.
	ONSET...AFTER 6 PM.

SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...ALL EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

FIRE WEATHER DANGER.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...WEST OF A LINE FROM CRAIG TO MCINTOSH COUNTIES.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 75.

DISCUSSION...
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ONGOING AND WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD TOWARD THE HIGHWAY 75 CORRIDOR
INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.  EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITY VALUES
AND VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY AGGRESSIVE
WILDFIRE SPREAD POTENTIAL WITHIN THIS CORRIDOR.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING ALONG AND WEST OF
A LINE FROM TULSA TO MCALESTER.  SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY AND
WIND SHEAR ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL
AS STORMS MOVE RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST.  FURTHERMORE...
THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL POSE THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES
HOWEVER CONDITIONS ARE NOT FAVORABLE FOR A WIDESPREAD OR
PROLONGED TORNADIC THREAT.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THURSDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.
TUESDAY...VERY HIGH FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY
AS THE STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE AREA.
THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM ARRIVES OVER THE WEEKEND WITH
INCREASING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 23, 8:19 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
819 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0815 PM     HAIL             2 E LOCUST GROVE        36.20N 95.13W
03/23/2016  E1.25 INCH       MAYES              OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            EAST OF LOCUST GROVE SOUTH OF THE TURNPIKE

&&

AEJ

Local storm report, Mar 23, 8:20 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
820 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0811 PM     HAIL             3 SE LOCUST GROVE       36.17N 95.13W
03/23/2016  E1.75 INCH       MAYES              OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

0814 PM     HAIL             4 E LOCUST GROVE        36.20N 95.10W
03/23/2016  E1.00 INCH       MAYES              OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

SFP

Local storm report, Mar 23, 8:23 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
823 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0753 PM     HAIL             1 E JAMESVILLE          35.76N 95.62W
03/23/2016  E1.25 INCH       MUSKOGEE           OK   PUBLIC

&&

RJS

Local storm report, Mar 23, 8:42 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
842 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0839 PM     HAIL             PORUM                   35.36N 95.27W
03/23/2016  E1.00 INCH       MUSKOGEE           OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

AEJ

Special weather statement, Mar 23, 8:55 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
855 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

OKZ058-240230-
OTTAWA OK-
855 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY UNTIL
930 PM CDT...

AT 854 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF
FAIRLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
FAIRLAND...                       WYANDOTTE...
PEORIA...                         TWIN BRIDGES STATE PARK...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 322 AND 324.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3674 9462 3666 9474 3667 9476 3673 9490
      3700 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 224DEG 40KT 3673 9476

Special weather statement, Mar 23, 9:09 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
909 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

ARZ001-010-OKZ063-068-069-240245-
WASHINGTON AR-BENTON AR-ADAIR OK-CHEROKEE OK-DELAWARE OK-
909 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN BENTON...NORTHWESTERN
WASHINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE...SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE AND
NORTHERN ADAIR COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT...

AT 908 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF COLCORD TO CHEROKEE LANDING STATE
PARK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
ROGERS...                         BENTONVILLE...
SILOAM SPRINGS...                 BELLA VISTA...
GENTRY...                         TONTITOWN...
LINCOLN...                        CAVE SPRINGS...
DECATUR...                        WESTVILLE...
WEST SILOAM SPRINGS...            COLCORD...
HIGHFILL...                       WATTS...
SPRINGTOWN...                     PROCTOR...
HIWASSE...                        CINCINNATI...
ELDON...                          CHEROKEE LANDING STATE PARK...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3599 9436 3572 9499 3632 9468 3650 9421
      3650 9412
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 233DEG 49KT 3629 9460 3576 9490

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, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore	50 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

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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.