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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 29, 2016Choctaw County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2016, 3:14 AM CDT for Choctaw County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 31 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
Apr 29, 2016, 3:14 AM CDT (08:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2016, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Choctaw County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:18 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 nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 216 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2016-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 101 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2016-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 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
101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-347 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

366 
WUUS54 KTSA 290814
SVRTSA
OKC023-290845-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0082.160429T0814Z-160429T0845Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
314 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT

* AT 314 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF RAYMOND GARY STATE PARK...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  FORT TOWSON...                    SAWYER...
  HUGO LAKE STATE PARK...           RAYMOND GARY STATE PARK...
  SWINK...                          FROGVILLE...
  HUSKEY...                         

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3391 9542 3415 9539 3414 9516 3401 9516
      3395 9518 3396 9523 3395 9523 3394 9525
      3390 9525 3389 9526 3389 9527 3391 9527
      3390 9528 3388 9528
TIME...MOT...LOC 0814Z 193DEG 35KT 3394 9530 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha45 min
Apr 29, 4:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh34 min
Apr 29, 4:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha47 min
Apr 29, 6:22 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha3 hr
Apr 29, 8:46 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSAPushmataha37 hr
Apr 29, 2:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage51 min
Apr 29, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage33 min
Apr 29, 3:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee23 min
Apr 29, 3:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore24 min
Apr 29, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah44 min
Apr 29, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha23 min
Apr 29, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage33 min
Apr 29, 4:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha33 min
Apr 29, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Sequoyah49 min
Apr 29, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa32 min
Apr 29, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha29 min
Apr 29, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore22 min
Apr 29, 5:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee24 min
Apr 29, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee42 min
Apr 29, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Rogers, Tulsa25 min
Apr 29, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha25 min
Apr 29, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah20 min
Apr 29, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa27 min
Apr 29, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Wagoner41 min
Apr 29, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee43 min
Apr 29, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers, Wagoner19 min
Apr 29, 6:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig15 min
Apr 29, 6:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee25 min
Apr 29, 6:37 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee38 min
Apr 29, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig31 min
Apr 29, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee31 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.