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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 2, 2016Latimer County, Pittsburg County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2016, 10:42 PM CST for Latimer County, Pittsburg County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 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 2, 2016, 10:42 PM CST (04:42 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2016, 11:30 PM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

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

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 2016-03-03Temperature 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 2016-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
391 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

491 
WUUS54 KTSA 030442
SVRTSA
OKC077-121-127-030530-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0003.160303T0442Z-160303T0530Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1042 PM CST WED MAR 2 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...
  NORTHWESTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CST

* AT 1042 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF ASHLAND...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  MCALESTER...                      HARTSHORNE...
  KIOWA...                          SAVANNA...
  ASHLAND...                        HIGGINS...
  BLANCO...                         HAYWOOD...
  HAILEYVILLE...                    PITTSBURG...
  SARDIS...                         

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3458 9567 3459 9567 3459 9571 3466 9588
      3468 9589 3468 9593 3474 9609 3492 9609
      3483 9532 3451 9549
TIME...MOT...LOC 0442Z 281DEG 38KT 3482 9603 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
620 
WWUS54 KTSA 030503
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1103 PM CST WED MAR 2 2016

OKC077-121-127-030530-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160303T0530Z/
PITTSBURG OK-LATIMER OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
1103 PM CST WED MAR 2 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN PITTSBURG...SOUTHWESTERN LATIMER AND NORTHWESTERN
PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES...

AT 1103 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF
BLANCO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
BLANCO...                         STANLEY...
PITTSBURG...                      SARDIS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3466 9587 3481 9584 3477 9535 3452 9548
      3456 9563 3458 9567 3459 9567 3459 9571
TIME...MOT...LOC 0503Z 281DEG 38KT 3471 9577 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 11:50 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.