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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 22, 2019LeFlore County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2019, 3:45 PM CDT for LeFlore County, Sequoyah 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2019, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2019, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties LeFlore County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 207 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2019-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3189 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2019-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 228 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3189 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 22, 3:10 PM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 3:10 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
310 PM CDT Sat Jun 22 2019

.DISCUSSION...
Main forecast concerns continue to be the severe thunderstorm
and heavy rainfall/flooding potential through early Monday
morning. The existing Flash Flood Watch has been expanded
southeastward into southeast Oklahoma and western Arkansas.

Scattered thunderstorm continue to develop this afternoon across
parts of southeast and east central Oklahoma, as well as west
central Arkansas, within the 850 mb moisture maximum in response
to a mid level disturbance lifting northward out of Texas. These
are currently remaining in check intensity wise, but some
strengthening could occur through the rest of the afternoon given
how much instability - around 5 kJ/kg on mesoanalysis - is
present across the region. Additional development is still
expected later tonight along the approaching cold front to our
northwest that would first affect northeast Oklahoma during the
evening hours. Severe thunderstorms remain most likely to the
northwest of Tulsa this evening associated with the cold front
development, with large hail and damaging winds the main threats,
outside of the flooding potential. Precipitable water values
approaching 2 inches exist on current mesoanalysis, and this
should further increase given the strong southerly low level flow
that is expected to continue. These well above normal precipitable
water values will lead to very efficient rainfall production,
with the potential for very high rainfall rates areawide. Overall
coverage may wane some through the morning hours tomorrow, before
expanding again during the afternoon along the cold front as the
upper level trough moves into the central United States. Highest
concern severe weather and flooding wise should shift to areas
along and southeast of Interstate 44 tomorrow afternoon and into
the overnight, with a slightly higher risk of tornadoes than
exists today. That said, the main threats tomorrow will continue
to be large hail, damaging winds, and flooding.

Thunderstorm potential will shift southeastward Sunday night, with
much of the activity ending by midday Monday. Low thunderstorm
chances will exist mainly during the daytime for much of next
week, with temperatures within a couple of degrees of normal
values for this time of year.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   73  86  64  85 /  80  80  70  10
FSM   75  88  69  87 /  60  70  90  30
MLC   73  86  65  85 /  70  60  80  20
BVO   72  84  62  84 /  80  80  70  10
FYV   71  82  65  83 /  70  80  90  30
BYV   72  85  64  85 /  70  80  90  30
MKO   72  85  65  84 /  80  70  80  20
MIO   71  83  63  83 /  80  80  90  20
F10   71  86  64  84 /  70  60  80  20
HHW   75  87  67  85 /  70  60  90  30

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...Flash Flood Watch from 7 PM CDT this evening through Monday
     morning for OKZ049-053>076.

AR...Flash Flood Watch from 7 PM CDT this evening through Monday
     morning for ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029.

&&

LONG TERM....22
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 3:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore28 min
Jun 22, 3:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah33 min
Jun 22, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah39 min
Jun 22, 4:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell26 min
Jun 22, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer25 min
Jun 22, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore23 min
Jun 22, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh33 min
Jun 22, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWagoner42 min
Jun 22, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa, Wagoner38 min
Jun 22, 9:07 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSAFranklin, Johnson, Logan11 hr
Jun 22, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford, Sebastian26 min
Jun 22, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford26 min
Jun 22, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington29 min
Jun 22, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMadison34 min
Jun 22, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMadison26 min
Jun 22, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian46 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.