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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 26, 20164 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2016, 10:51 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 39 min. 3 reports 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
Apr 26, 2016, 10:51 PM CDT (03:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2016, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

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

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:53 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
Apr 26, 11:19 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 652 Nw Hugo, OK
Apr 26, 11:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGRattan, OKTREES UPROOTED IN RATTAN. POWER POLES SNAPPED ON CLOUDY ROAD IN BETWEEN RATTAN AND CLOUDY. PART OF THE ROOF OF A HOUSE TORN OFF, HAY BARN FLIPPED, TREE DAMAGE 2 WSW RATTAN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Apr 26, 11:33 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGRattan, OKSEVERAL HOMES WITH ROOF DAMAGE. LARGE TREES DOWN.

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
Apr 26, 2:32 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC9 hr
Apr 26, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 2016-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2869 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2016-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 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
2869 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1035 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
13.0

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The text

As transmitted.

762 
WUUS54 KTSA 270351
SVRTSA
OKC023-077-121-127-270430-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0069.160427T0351Z-160427T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1051 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHWESTERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1051 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF DAISY TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BONHAM
  STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  HUGO...                           ANTLERS...
  CLAYTON...                        BOSWELL...
  RATTAN...                         SOPER...
  HUGO LAKE STATE PARK...           MESSER...
  KENT...                           TUSKAHOMA...
  STANLEY...                        CLAYTON LAKE STATE PARK...
  KOSOMA...                         YANUSH...
  SNOW...                           KELLOND...
  MOYERS...                         DUNBAR...
  GOODLAND...                       OLETA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3389 9546 3387 9550 3389 9551 3388 9554
      3393 9556 3394 9560 3388 9570 3390 9575
      3388 9584 3395 9594 3412 9594 3415 9598
      3416 9578 3450 9578 3451 9567 3459 9567
      3459 9588 3462 9588 3480 9522 3387 9541
TIME...MOT...LOC 0351Z 258DEG 30KT 3455 9591 3348 9611 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 8:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee51 min
Apr 26, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee61 min
Apr 26, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa59 min
Apr 26, 9:52 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage23 min
Apr 26, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa30 min
Apr 26, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington47 min
Apr 26, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more40 min
Apr 26, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg39 min
Apr 26, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningTSARogers, Tulsa, Wagoner34 min
Apr 26, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee and 3 more49 min
Apr 26, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Wagoner33 min
Apr 26, 11:01 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner44 min
Apr 26, 11:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig32 min
Apr 26, 11:14 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah31 min
Apr 26, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers51 min
Apr 26, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha48 min
Apr 26, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Rogers and 2 more46 min
Apr 26, 11:35 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes25 min
Apr 26, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Pushmataha, Sequoyah32 min
Apr 26, 11:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Sequoyah31 min
Apr 27, 12:01 AM CDTTornado WarningTSADelaware14 min
Apr 27, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware54 min
Apr 27, 12:13 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair32 min
Apr 27, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha and 1 more59 min
Apr 27, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Ottawa17 min
Apr 27, 8:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa5 days

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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.