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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 29, 2016Osage County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2016, 2:27 PM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 33 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, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Osage County, OK

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 209 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 12:00Z on 2016-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 123 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2016-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 239 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-903 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
632 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
348 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.0

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The text

As transmitted.

174 
WUUS54 KTSA 291927
SVRTSA
OKC113-292000-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0085.160429T1927Z-160429T2000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 227 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR DEXTER TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAINOLA...MOVING
  EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  GRAINOLA...                       FORAKER...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9629 3688 9628 3686 9675 3700 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 259DEG 38KT 3716 9669 3688 9668 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
490 
WWUS54 KTSA 291952
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
252 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

OKC113-292000-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-160429T2000Z/
OSAGE OK-
252 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTY...

AT 252 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOLINE TO 8 MILES WEST OF SEDAN
TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORAKER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTH CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3692 9628 3693 9660 3700 9656 3699 9629
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 232DEG 52KT 3732 9637 3712 9633 3696 9646 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
804 
WWUS54 KTSA 291958
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
258 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

OKC113-292008-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-160429T2000Z/
OSAGE OK-
258 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM CDT...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3692 9628 3693 9660 3700 9656 3699 9629
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 259DEG 38KT 3732 9637 3712 9633 3696 9646 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw31 min
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, 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.