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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 26, 20166 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2016, 11:43 PM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 min. 4 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, 11:43 PM CDT (04:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2016, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:47 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 27, 12:12 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cowlington, OK	LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN IN COWLINGTON. REPORT RELAYED VIA HASKELL COUNTY EM FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Apr 27, 12:20 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 0	1 W Spiro, OK	SPOTTER REPORTED 75 MPH WIND
Apr 27, 12:20 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 75	1 W Spiro, OK	SPOTTER REPORTED 75 MPH WIND
Apr 27, 12:25 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Muldrow, OK	3 HOMES DAMAGED IN MULDROW. ROOF TAKEN OFF OF A HOME. RELAYED BY THE ARKANSAS RED CROSS. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 26, 2:32 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr
Apr 26, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 220 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: 851 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -259 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

533 
WUUS54 KTSA 270443
SVRTSA
OKC061-077-079-101-127-135-270515-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0075.160427T0443Z-160427T0515Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1143 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1143 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR WEBBERS FALLS TO 2 MILES NORTH OF TUSKAHOMA...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
  SALLISAW...                       POTEAU...
  WILBURTON...                      STIGLER...
  POCOLA...                         MULDROW...
  HEAVENER...                       ROLAND...
  SPIRO...                          ARKOMA...
  PANAMA...                         TALIHINA...
  WISTER...                         HOWE...
  KEOTA...                          RED OAK...
  MCCURTAIN...                      BOKOSHE...
  FANSHAWE...                       GANS...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 299 AND
328.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3546 9519 3547 9445 3472 9445 3463 9535
TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 244DEG 38KT 3549 9513 3465 9527 

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 8:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	51 min
Apr 26, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	61 min
Apr 26, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	59 min
Apr 26, 9:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	23 min
Apr 26, 10:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	30 min
Apr 26, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington	47 min
Apr 26, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	40 min
Apr 26, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg	39 min
Apr 26, 10:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	34 min
Apr 26, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	39 min
Apr 26, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee and 3 more	49 min
Apr 26, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Wagoner	33 min
Apr 26, 11:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	44 min
Apr 26, 11:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Craig	32 min
Apr 26, 11:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah	31 min
Apr 26, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers	51 min
Apr 26, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	48 min
Apr 26, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Rogers and 2 more	46 min
Apr 26, 11:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	25 min
Apr 26, 11:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah	31 min
Apr 27, 12:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware	14 min
Apr 27, 12:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	54 min
Apr 27, 12:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair	32 min
Apr 27, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha and 1 more	59 min
Apr 27, 12:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Ottawa	17 min
Apr 27, 8:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	5 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.