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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 333, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 28, 2017Creek County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2017, 2:01 AM CDT for Creek County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 26 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: May 28, 2017, 2:01 AM CDT (07:01 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2017, 2:27 AM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Creek County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:01 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.

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 28, 12:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.

641 
WUUS54 KTSA 280701
SVRTSA
OKC037-111-280745-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0333.170528T0701Z-170528T0745Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
201 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Creek County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Central Okmulgee County in northeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 245 AM CDT

* At 201 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles south of
  Slick, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

* Locations in or near the path include...
  Okmulgee...                       Morris...
  Beggs...                          Schulter...
  Grayson...                        Slick...
  Preston...                        Okmulgee State Park...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3582 9630 3572 9578 3546 9589 3554 9609
      3555 9609 3555 9612 3558 9619 3564 9619
      3564 9634 3565 9637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0701Z 289DEG 32KT 3571 9625 

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

Lacy

2 follow-up statements

214 
WWUS54 KTSA 280710
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
210 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

OKC037-280719-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0333.000000T0000Z-170528T0745Z/
Creek OK-
210 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CREEK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT for
northeastern and east central Oklahoma.

LAT...LON 3572 9578 3546 9589 3554 9609 3555 9609
      3555 9612 3558 9619 3580 9619
TIME...MOT...LOC 0709Z 289DEG 32KT 3569 9616 

$$

OKC111-280745-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0333.000000T0000Z-170528T0745Z/
Okmulgee OK-
210 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT
FOR CENTRAL OKMULGEE COUNTY...

At 209 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southwest of
Beggs, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

Locations in or near the path include...
Okmulgee...                       Morris...
Beggs...                          Schulter...
Grayson...                        Preston...
Okmulgee State Park...

A weakening trend has been observed with this storm. If this trend 
continues, the warning may be cancelled. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3572 9578 3546 9589 3554 9609 3555 9609
      3555 9612 3558 9619 3580 9619
TIME...MOT...LOC 0709Z 289DEG 32KT 3569 9616 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

Lacy

612 
WWUS54 KTSA 280727
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
227 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

OKC111-280737-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0333.000000T0000Z-170528T0745Z/
Okmulgee OK-
227 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL OKMULGEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT for
northeastern and east central Oklahoma.

LAT...LON 3572 9578 3546 9589 3554 9609 3555 9609
      3555 9612 3558 9619 3580 9619
TIME...MOT...LOC 0724Z 289DEG 32KT 3564 9597 

$$

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 28, 1:24 AM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 1:24 AM CDT, 37 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
124 AM CDT Sun May 28 2017

.AVIATION...
CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM/KROG.
Main convective line has pushed out of southeast Oklahoma/northwest
Arkansas TAF sites. Additional elevated thunderstorms starting
to develop west of Tulsa and this will likely continue into the
overnight hours with a marginally severe hail threat.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 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.

&&

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

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

&&

SHORT TERM...99
LONG TERM....99
AVIATION...12

Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 4:57 PM CDT, 9 hours 4 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 28, 1:26 AM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
126 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

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

1241 AM     TSTM WND GST     3 NW WHITESBORO         34.72N 94.92W
05/28/2017  E60 MPH          LE FLORE           OK   PUBLIC

&&

SFP

Special weather statement, May 28, 1:27 AM CDT, 34 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
127 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

OKZ064-066-280700-
Okmulgee OK-Creek OK-
127 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN CREEK AND NORTHWESTERN
OKMULGEE COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT...

At 127 AM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 4 miles west of
Depew, moving east at 35 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations in or near the path include...
Bristow...                        Depew...
Slick...                          Shamrock...
Milfay...

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 178 and 196.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for northeastern
Oklahoma.

LAT...LON 3593 9662 3588 9611 3562 9618 3562 9619
      3564 9619 3564 9625 3573 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 0627Z 281DEG 32KT 3583 9659

Lacy

Local storm report, May 28, 1:28 AM CDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
128 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

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

0120 AM     TSTM WND DMG     10 SE HEAVENER          34.79N 94.48W
05/28/2017                   LE FLORE           OK   BROADCAST MEDIA

            DAMAGE TO BARN, TIN BLOWN OFF ROOF IN HAW CREEK.

&&

AEJ

Local storm report, May 28, 1:31 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
131 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

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

0110 AM     TSTM WND GST     3 SE HEAVENER           34.86N 94.56W
05/28/2017  E60 MPH          LE FLORE           OK   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

AEJ

Special weather statement, May 28, 1:44 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
144 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

OKZ065-280715-
Okfuskee OK-
144 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN OKFUSKEE COUNTY
UNTIL 215 AM CDT...

At 144 AM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 4 miles south of
Paden, moving east at 25 mph.

Dime size hail will be possible with this storm.

Locations in or near the path include...
Okemah...                         Boley...
Paden...                          Bearden...
Castle...

This includes Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 212 and
223.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for east central
Oklahoma.

LAT...LON 3555 9662 3550 9621 3529 9628 3529 9644
      3546 9644 3546 9647 3543 9650 3543 9652
      3546 9654 3544 9657 3543 9656 3542 9656
      3541 9654 3539 9654 3541 9658 3540 9660
      3540 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 0644Z 284DEG 23KT 3545 9660

Lacy

Local storm report, May 28, 1:50 AM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
150 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

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

1200 AM     TSTM WND DMG     HODGEN                  34.84N 94.63W
05/28/2017                   LE FLORE           OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MEDIUM SIZE TREES SNAPPED

&&

SFP

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, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg, Pushmataha	65 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, 2:23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.