Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2018, 5:51 PM CDT for Craig County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 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
- Aug 16, 2018, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2018, 6:23 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Craig County, OK, Ottawa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 92 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 481 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
121
WUUS54 KTSA 162251
SVRTSA
OKC035-115-162345-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0252.180816T2251Z-180816T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
551 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2018
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Craig County in northeastern Oklahoma...
Northern Ottawa County in northeastern Oklahoma...
* Until 645 PM CDT.
* At 551 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles west of
Commerce, moving northeast at 20 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...
Miami... Baxter Springs...
Commerce... Quapaw...
Treece... Picher...
Cardin...
This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 309 and 324.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3696 9462 3680 9501 3696 9508 3700 9502
3700 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 238DEG 18KT 3693 9495
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
207
WWUS54 KTSA 162308
SVSTSA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
608 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2018
OKC035-162318-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-180816T2345Z/
Craig OK-
608 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CRAIG COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
northeastern Oklahoma.
LAT...LON 3700 9462 3696 9462 3686 9496 3694 9500
3695 9499 3695 9500 3699 9502 3700 9500
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 240DEG 14KT 3694 9491
$$
OKC115-162345-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-180816T2345Z/
Ottawa OK-
608 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN OTTAWA COUNTY...
At 608 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Commerce,
moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations in or near the path include...
Miami... Baxter Springs...
Commerce... Quapaw...
Treece... Picher...
Cardin...
This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 314 and 324.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9462 3696 9462 3686 9496 3694 9500
3695 9499 3695 9500 3699 9502 3700 9500
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 240DEG 14KT 3694 9491
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$253
WWUS54 KTSA 162323
SVSTSA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
623 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2018
OKC115-162332-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-180816T2345Z/
Ottawa OK-
623 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN OTTAWA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened
therefore the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
northeastern Oklahoma.
LAT...LON 3700 9462 3696 9462 3686 9496 3694 9500
3695 9499 3695 9500 3699 9502 3700 9500
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 238DEG 18KT 3698 9483
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 3:55 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TSA | Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Haskell, Latimer and 13 more | 15 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 2:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Wagoner | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 2:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 2:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 3:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 56 min |
| Aug 16, 3:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 4 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 4:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 4 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 39 min |
| Aug 16, 4:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 5:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 25 min |
| Aug 16, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 29 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.