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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 30, 2016Osage County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2016, 5:26 PM CDT for Osage 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 30, 2016, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Osage County, OK

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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.

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 30, 1:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 197 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: 571 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 328 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

347 
WUUS54 KTSA 302226
SVRTSA
OKC113-302315-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0033.160330T2226Z-160330T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
526 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 526 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF SHIDLER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
  SHIDLER...                        GRAINOLA...
  FORAKER...                        WEBB CITY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3685 9631 3674 9674 3678 9676 3678 9675
      3694 9675 3700 9663 3700 9639
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 245DEG 23KT 3686 9671 

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

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2 follow-up statements

523 
WWUS54 KTSA 302244
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
544 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

OKC113-302315-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160330T2315Z/
OSAGE OK-
544 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTY...

AT 543 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FORAKER...MOVING
EAST AT 30 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...
SHIDLER...                        GRAINOLA...
FORAKER...                        

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3685 9631 3676 9667 3691 9673 3700 9663
      3700 9639
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 255DEG 26KT 3689 9655 

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

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673 
WWUS54 KTSA 302302
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
602 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

OKC113-302315-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160330T2315Z/
OSAGE OK-
602 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTY...

AT 601 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ELGIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
GRAINOLA...                       FORAKER...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3689 9633 3681 9669 3691 9673 3700 9659
      3700 9639
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 245DEG 23KT 3694 9641 

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

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 10:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	46 min
Mar 30, 11:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	26 min
Mar 30, 11:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee	36 min
Mar 30, 11:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	27 min
Mar 30, 12:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	38 min
Mar 30, 1:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee, Tulsa	48 min
Mar 30, 1:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	42 min
Mar 30, 2:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	41 min
Mar 30, 2:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee, Wagoner	41 min
Mar 30, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Kay	45 min
Mar 30, 3:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Wagoner	39 min
Mar 30, 3:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	49 min
Mar 30, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	37 min
Mar 30, 4:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	28 min
Mar 30, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Washington	44 min
Mar 30, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	54 min
Mar 30, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Washington	29 min
Mar 30, 5:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	51 min
Mar 30, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	45 min
Mar 30, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	27 min
Mar 30, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	38 min
Mar 30, 6:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage, Washington	33 min
Mar 30, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	29 min
Mar 30, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington	55 min
Mar 30, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	44 min
Mar 30, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Rogers, Washington	51 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.