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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 323, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 27, 2017Pittsburg County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2017, 11:10 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 65 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: May 27, 2017, 11:10 PM CDT (04:10 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2017, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:09 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
May 28, 12:25 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Clayton, OK

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 27, 4:01 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 5174 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 8.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

008 
WUUS54 KTSA 280410
SVRTSA
OKC121-127-280515-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0323.170528T0410Z-170528T0515Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1110 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Pushmataha County in southeastern Oklahoma...
  Southwestern Pittsburg County in southeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 1215 AM CDT

* At 1110 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 5 miles southwest of Ashland to 2 miles west of
  Atoka to 3 miles northwest of Fillmore, moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
           roofs, and outbuildings. 

* Locations in or near the path include...
  Antlers...                        Clayton...
  Kiowa...                          Ashland...
  Clayton Lake State Park...        Snow...
  Tuskahoma...                      Stanley...
  Moyers...                         Kosoma...
  Kellond...                        Dunbar...
  Blanco...                         Cloudy...
  Pittsburg...                      Eubanks...
  Sardis...                         Finley...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for southeastern
Oklahoma.

LAT...LON 3416 9578 3450 9578 3451 9567 3459 9567
      3459 9588 3468 9589 3468 9609 3477 9609
      3474 9552 3468 9551 3468 9520 3427 9524
TIME...MOT...LOC 0410Z 271DEG 38KT 3470 9612 3439 9617 3430 9654 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Lacy

1 follow-up statement

684 
WWUS54 KTSA 280431
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1131 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

OKC121-127-280515-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0323.000000T0000Z-170528T0515Z/
Pushmataha OK-Pittsburg OK-
1131 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR PUSHMATAHA AND SOUTHWESTERN PITTSBURG COUNTIES...

At 1131 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 2 miles southeast of Kiowa to 7 miles northeast of
Lane to 5 miles northwest of Caney, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
         tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
         roofs, and outbuildings. 

Locations in or near the path include...
Antlers...                        Clayton...
Kiowa...                          Ashland...
Clayton Lake State Park...        Snow...
Tuskahoma...                      Stanley...
Moyers...                         Kosoma...
Kellond...                        Dunbar...
Blanco...                         Cloudy...
Pittsburg...                      Eubanks...
Sardis...                         Finley...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for southeastern
Oklahoma.

LAT...LON 3416 9578 3450 9578 3451 9567 3459 9567
      3459 9588 3468 9589 3468 9609 3477 9609
      3474 9552 3468 9551 3468 9520 3427 9524
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 270DEG 38KT 3470 9586 3439 9591 3430 9628 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Lacy

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 27, 8:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 8:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
848 PM CDT Sat May 27 2017

.DISCUSSION...
Severe threat continues across the entire area. Latest
mesoanalysis shows the synoptic front extending from far northeast
OK into western Oklahoma/TX panhandle. Another wind shift
boundary was located across northeast OK noted in mesonet and
radar data from Pryor/Tulsa/Oilton. Supercell in Okfuskee County
has recently been tornado warned and large hail/tornado potential
continues with this cell. The other strong storms are located in
south central OK and have been produced some large hail so far.

Have increased the hourly pops across the southern zones in
advance of the supercells approaching from south central Oklahoma.
Short term model guidance continue to show semi-discrete
supercells persisting for several hours. Until a more linear mode
develops, tornado threat will continue especially south of
Interstate 40.

Updates already sent.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   65  81  58  87 /  60  10   0   0
FSM   71  83  60  87 /  70  10   0   0
MLC   67  80  57  86 /  70  10   0   0
BVO   62  81  53  87 /  40  10   0  10
FYV   64  77  51  82 /  70  10   0   0
BYV   66  78  54  82 /  70  10   0   0
MKO   66  79  57  86 /  70  10   0   0
MIO   64  80  54  84 /  60  10   0  10
F10   66  80  57  86 /  60  10   0   0
HHW   71  81  61  87 /  80  20  10  10

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...Flood Watch until 7 AM CDT Sunday for OKZ049-053-067>076.

AR...Flood Watch until 7 AM CDT Sunday for ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-
     029.

&&

SHORT TERM...06
AVIATION....30

CORFIDI

Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 4:57 PM CDT, 6 hours 13 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
457 PM CDT Sat May 27 2017

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-281030-
Adair OK-Benton AR-Carroll AR-Cherokee OK-Choctaw OK-Craig OK-
Crawford AR-Creek OK-Delaware OK-Franklin AR-Haskell OK-Latimer OK-
Le Flore OK-Madison AR-Mayes OK-McIntosh OK-Muskogee OK-Nowata OK-
Okfuskee OK-Okmulgee OK-Osage OK-Ottawa OK-Pawnee OK-Pittsburg OK-
Pushmataha OK-Rogers OK-Sebastian AR-Sequoyah OK-Tulsa OK-Wagoner OK-
Washington OK-Washington AR-
457 PM CDT Sat May 27 2017

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA
AND WESTERN ARKANSAS...

...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER LIKELY TONIGHT WITH DESTRUCTIVE
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WITH A FEW STRONG TORNADOES POSSIBLE...

This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and Tonight.
TORNADO.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas.
	ONSET...Late afternoon.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Critical.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas.
    ONSET...Late afternoon.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...Along and north of Interstate 44 through early evening,
    then along and south of Interstate 44 tonight.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas.
	ONSET...Early evening.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas.
	ONSET...Early evening.

DANGEROUS HEAT.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Western Arkansas.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

DISCUSSION...
Latest surface mesoanalysis shows boundary across far northeast
Oklahoma. OK mesonet observations and radar data suggest
convective towers are developing along a line from just north of
Vinita southwest toward central Osage County - near Pawhuska. We
are monitoring this area for first development this afternoon.

Elevated showers and storms are approaching from central Oklahoma
with a few lightning strikes noted. The cap has held strong to
this point but once the cap is breached, explosive storm
development is likely given extreme instability in place. All
modes of severe will be likely, including very large hail,
damaging wind gusts and tornadoes.

Eventually, storms will increase in coverage and likely
transition toward a damaging wind threat by mid to late evening as
they develop southeastward. Additionally, an axis of heavy
rainfall is likely from northwest Arkansas through eastern
Oklahoma. Recent heavy rainfall may allow for rapid onset flash
flooding in a few locations.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Regional Spotter Network has been activated.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SUNDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
MONDAY and TUESDAY...No Hazards.
WEDNESDAY through FRIDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Storms will begin to shift southeast of the region Sunday morning
with dry conditions on Monday and Tuesday. Low thunderstorm
chances return mid to late week, with limited additional severe
weather potential.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
A Tornado Watch is in effect through midnight for all of eastern
Oklahoma and western Arkansas. Initiation of storms is expected
within the next hour or so. The holiday weekend will provide
numerous outdoor exposures which will further increase the
potential for a rapid safety response. Outdoor activities may need
to be cancelled this evening, especially if you are unable to
quickly move indoors to a substantial shelter.

weather.gov/tulsa Contains additional information.

CORFIDI

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 27, 10:17 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1017 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1009 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 SW MORRIS             35.58N 95.90W
05/27/2017  M60 MPH          OKMULGEE           OK   MESONET

&&

JDS

Special weather statement, May 27, 10:17 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1017 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

OKZ057-058-061>063-280400-
Craig OK-Rogers OK-Delaware OK-Ottawa OK-Mayes OK-
1017 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN CRAIG...NORTHEASTERN
ROGERS...NORTHWESTERN DELAWARE...SOUTH CENTRAL OTTAWA AND NORTHERN
MAYES COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...

At 1017 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 5 miles northwest
of Adair, moving east at 40 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations in or near the path include...
Vinita...                         Jay...
Grove...                          Chelsea...
Langley...                        Adair...
Bernice...                        Ketchum...
Disney...                         Big Cabin...
Pensacola...                      Honey Creek State Park...
Cherokee State Park...            Bernice State Park...
Cleora...                         Chloeta...
White Oak...                      Strang...
Zena...

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 260 and 287.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

A tornado watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for northeastern
Oklahoma.

LAT...LON 3646 9468 3633 9543 3659 9547 3672 9476
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 256DEG 34KT 3648 9536

69

Local storm report, May 27, 10:39 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1039 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0915 PM     HAIL             TULSA                   36.13N 95.92W
05/27/2017  E1.50 INCH       TULSA              OK   PUBLIC

            OBSERVED AT OWEN PARK IN DOWNTOWN TULSA. RELAYED BY
            BROADCAST MEDIA.

&&

JDS

Local storm report, May 27, 10:43 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1043 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0915 PM     HAIL             TULSA                   36.13N 95.92W
05/27/2017  E1.25 INCH       TULSA              OK   PUBLIC

            OWEN PARK IN DOWNTOWN TULSA.

&&

AEJ

Local storm report, May 27, 11:03 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1103 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1103 PM     HAIL             VINITA                  36.64N 95.15W
05/27/2017  E1.00 INCH       CRAIG              OK   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

AEJ

Local storm report, May 27, 11:08 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1108 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1108 PM     HAIL             VINITA                  36.64N 95.15W
05/27/2017  E1.75 INCH       CRAIG              OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

AEJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	20 min
May 27, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers	63 min
May 27, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	47 min
May 27, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	55 min
May 27, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes	50 min
May 27, 8:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	49 min
May 27, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	30 min
May 27, 8:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	51 min
May 27, 8:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	42 min
May 27, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes	53 min
May 27, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	35 min
May 27, 8:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	47 min
May 27, 9:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	3 hr
May 27, 9:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	34 min
May 27, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	46 min
May 27, 9:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	29 min
May 27, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	39 min
May 27, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	34 min
May 27, 9:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	4 hr
May 27, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner	63 min
May 27, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	47 min
May 27, 9:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	3 hr
May 27, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	44 min
May 27, 10:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	46 min
May 27, 10:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	43 min
May 27, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee	37 min
May 27, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg, Pushmataha	35 min
May 27, 10:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	43 min
May 27, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers	61 min
May 27, 10:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair	3 hr
May 27, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah	42 min
May 27, 11:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	51 min
May 27, 11:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	41 min
May 27, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	35 min
May 27, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	37 min
May 28, 12:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	40 min
May 28, 12:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	38 min
May 28, 12:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	32 min
May 28, 1:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	30 min
May 28, 1:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	33 min
May 28, 1:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	41 min
May 28, 1:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	31 min
May 28, 2:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee	26 min
May 28, 2:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	37 min

Nearby

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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.