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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 30, 2016Nowata County, Washington County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2016, 7:05 PM CDT for Nowata County, Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 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, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Nowata County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 30, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 165 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-03-31Temperature 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 319 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
839 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

555 
WUUS54 KTSA 310005
SVRTSA
OKC105-147-310045-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0039.160331T0005Z-160331T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 704 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF WANN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  SOUTH COFFEYVILLE...              COPAN...
  WANN...                           

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3690 9543 3689 9594 3700 9597 3700 9549
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 264DEG 29KT 3696 9587 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek30 min
Mar 30, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata, Washington29 min
Mar 30, 7:29 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatTSARogers, Tulsa46 min
Mar 30, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage25 min
Mar 30, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata33 min
Mar 30, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig, Nowata24 min
Mar 30, 8:08 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTSAMayes, Rogers52 min
Mar 30, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig12 min
Mar 30, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata25 min
Mar 30, 8:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig29 min
Mar 30, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata34 min
Mar 30, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningTSADelaware, Mayes34 min
Mar 30, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Nowata32 min
Mar 30, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata34 min
Mar 30, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Ottawa33 min
Mar 30, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa25 min
Mar 30, 10:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa38 min
Mar 30, 10:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa45 min
Mar 31, 1:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware38 min
Mar 31, 6:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore42 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.