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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 29, 2016Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2016, 3:45 AM CDT for Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 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, 3:45 AM CDT (08:45 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2016, 4:30 AM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Choctaw County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:44 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 226 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2063 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

390 
WUUS54 KTSA 290845
SVRTSA
OKC023-127-290930-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0083.160429T0845Z-160429T0930Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  CENTRAL PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT

* AT 345 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF
  OLETA...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...
  CLAYTON...                        RATTAN...
  CLOUDY...                         TUSKAHOMA...
  KIAMICHI...                       NASHOBA...
  CLAYTON LAKE STATE PARK...        OLETA...
  SOBOL...                          CORINNE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3415 9545 3464 9536 3464 9502 3424 9513
      3424 9515 3416 9515 3416 9516 3413 9516
      3408 9517
TIME...MOT...LOC 0845Z 188DEG 35KT 3419 9525 

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

1 follow-up statement

645 
WWUS54 KTSA 290851
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
351 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

OKC023-127-290930-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-160429T0930Z/
CHOCTAW OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
351 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW AND CENTRAL PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES...

AT 350 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CLOUDY...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.

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...
CLAYTON...                        RATTAN...
CLOUDY...                         TUSKAHOMA...
KIAMICHI...                       NASHOBA...
CLAYTON LAKE STATE PARK...        OLETA...
SOBOL...                          CORINNE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3415 9545 3464 9536 3464 9502 3424 9513
      3424 9515 3416 9515 3416 9516 3413 9516
      3408 9517
TIME...MOT...LOC 0850Z 188DEG 35KT 3424 9524 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 3:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	31 min
Apr 29, 4:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	34 min
Apr 29, 4:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	47 min
Apr 29, 6:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	3 hr
Apr 29, 8:46 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Pushmataha	37 hr
Apr 29, 2:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	51 min
Apr 29, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	33 min
Apr 29, 3:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	23 min
Apr 29, 3:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	24 min
Apr 29, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	44 min
Apr 29, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	23 min
Apr 29, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	33 min
Apr 29, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	33 min
Apr 29, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	49 min
Apr 29, 4:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	32 min
Apr 29, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	29 min
Apr 29, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	22 min
Apr 29, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	24 min
Apr 29, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee	42 min
Apr 29, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Rogers, Tulsa	25 min
Apr 29, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	25 min
Apr 29, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	20 min
Apr 29, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	27 min
Apr 29, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Wagoner	41 min
Apr 29, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	43 min
Apr 29, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	19 min
Apr 29, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	15 min
Apr 29, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	25 min
Apr 29, 6:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	38 min
Apr 29, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	31 min
Apr 29, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	31 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.