Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2016, 9:37 AM CDT for Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 18, 2016, 9:37 AM CDT (14:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2016, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Choctaw County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 10:15 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Soper, OK |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 188 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 740 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
659
WUUS54 KTSA 181437
SVRTSA
OKC023-127-181530-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0008.160318T1437Z-160318T1530Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
937 AM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHWESTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
* AT 937 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF
LANE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
BOSWELL... SOPER...
KENT... UNGER...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3401 9594 3412 9594 3415 9596 3415 9598
3416 9598 3416 9578 3423 9578 3421 9555
3391 9568
TIME...MOT...LOC 1437Z 282DEG 24KT 3416 9601
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$4 follow-up statements
632
WWUS54 KTSA 181445
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
945 AM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016
OKC023-127-181530-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160318T1530Z/
CHOCTAW OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
945 AM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
FOR WESTERN CHOCTAW AND SOUTHWESTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES...
AT 945 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST
OF BOSWELL...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
BOSWELL... SOPER...
KENT... UNGER...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3401 9594 3412 9594 3415 9596 3415 9598
3416 9598 3416 9578 3423 9578 3421 9555
3391 9568
TIME...MOT...LOC 1445Z 282DEG 24KT 3415 9594
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$377
WWUS54 KTSA 181459
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
959 AM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016
OKC023-127-181530-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160318T1530Z/
CHOCTAW OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
959 AM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
FOR WESTERN CHOCTAW AND SOUTHWESTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES...
AT 958 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST
OF BOSWELL...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
BOSWELL... SOPER...
KENT... UNGER...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3401 9594 3412 9594 3415 9596 3415 9598
3416 9598 3416 9578 3423 9578 3421 9555
3391 9568
TIME...MOT...LOC 1458Z 289DEG 25KT 3410 9583
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$883
WWUS54 KTSA 181504
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1004 AM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016
OKC127-181513-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160318T1530Z/
PUSHMATAHA OK-
1004 AM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3401 9594 3412 9594 3414 9595 3416 9598
3416 9557 3391 9568
TIME...MOT...LOC 1503Z 282DEG 24KT 3409 9578
$$
OKC023-181530-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160318T1530Z/
CHOCTAW OK-
1004 AM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
FOR WESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY...
AT 1003 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST
OF SOPER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
BOSWELL... SOPER...
KENT... UNGER...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3401 9594 3412 9594 3414 9595 3416 9598
3416 9557 3391 9568
TIME...MOT...LOC 1503Z 282DEG 24KT 3409 9578
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$001 WWUS54 KTSA 181506 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1006 AM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016 OKC023-181530- /O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160318T1530Z/ CHOCTAW OK- 1006 AM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR WESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY... AT 1006 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOPER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... BOSWELL... SOPER... KENT... UNGER... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3403 9590 3416 9587 3416 9557 3391 9568 TIME...MOT...LOC 1506Z 284DEG 23KT 3408 9576 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 9:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 31 min |
| Mar 18, 10:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 10:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 26 min |
| Mar 18, 10:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 28 min |
| Mar 18, 2:14 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 12 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 18, 2:14 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes and 9 more | 19 hr |
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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.