Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2019
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 267, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2019, 4:12 AM CDT for Craig County, Nowata County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 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
- Aug 18, 2019, 4:12 AM CDT (09:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2019, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Craig County, OK, Nowata County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 18, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 2279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1439 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.6
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 Aug 17, 11:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 11:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1150 PM CDT Sat Aug 17 2019
.AVIATION...
CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM/KROG.
Limited potential for convection between 11-15z across KBVO.
Outside of thunderstorms and the remaining sites, VFR TAF
elements will prevail through the period.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 940 PM CDT Sat Aug 17 2019/
..UPDATE...
DISCUSSION...
Ongoing storms across western OK continue to weaken and are not
likely to make it into the forecast area overnight. Additional
isolated storms have recently developed over SE KS and this area
may gradually expand in coverage downstream of smaller complex
currently across western KS. The southward extent of storms
through the overnight hours is uncertain thus only low precip
chances mentioned. Warm overnight lows continue with heat advisory
for Sunday continuing to appear warranted.
&&
.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...Heat Advisory from 1 PM to 9 PM CDT Sunday for OKZ049-053>057-
059>062-064>067-070>076.
AR...Heat Advisory from 1 PM to 9 PM CDT Sunday for ARZ019-029.
&&
AVIATION.....23Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 5:00 PM CDT, 11 hours 12 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Tulsa OK 500 PM CDT Sat Aug 17 2019 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-181030- 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- 500 PM CDT Sat Aug 17 2019 This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as much of Eastern Oklahoma. .DAY ONE...This Evening and Tonight. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...Limited. AREA...Northeast Oklahoma. ONSET...This Evening. DANGEROUS HEAT. RISK...Significant. AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and West Central Arkansas. ONSET...Ongoing...improving after sunset. DISCUSSION... Dangerous heat is ongoing across much of eastern Oklahoma and west central Arkansas this afternoon. Heat will gradually subside after sunset. Thunderstorm chances will remain across northeast Oklahoma and far northwest Arkansas this evening through the overnight hours. Any storms which do spread into the region will pose a limited risk of damaging winds. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... Local Spotter Activation May Be Needed. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. SUNDAY through WEDNESDAY...Thunderstorm and Dangerous Heat Potential. THURSDAY and FRIDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... Dangerous heat is expected to persist into early next week as a ridge of high pressure aloft builds over the region. Afternoon heat indices between 105 and 110 degrees will be common over much of the region through Wednesday. Storm chances will persist on Sunday primarily across northeast Oklahoma through northwest Arkansas. Winds aloft coupled with strong afternoon instability will be sufficient for a few severe storms Sunday afternoon and evening. Daily thunderstorm chances will persist through much of next week, with slightly cooler temperatures expected for the latter part of the work week. weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 3:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Tulsa OK 309 AM CDT Sun Aug 18 2019 OKZ054>056-180845- Osage OK-Nowata OK-Washington OK- 309 AM CDT Sun Aug 18 2019 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN OSAGE...WASHINGTON AND WESTERN NOWATA COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM CDT... At 308 AM CDT, an outflow boundary was located near Bigheart, moving southeast at 40 to 50 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this outflow boundary as it moves through. Locations in or near the path include... Bartlesville... Pawhuska... Dewey... Barnsdall... South Coffeyville... Copan... Ramona... Wynona... Ochelata... Avant... Lenapah... Wann... Elgin... Foraker... Bigheart... Bartlesville Municipal Airport... Osage Hills State Park... Pearsonia... Hulah... Sunset Lake... A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 AM CDT for northeastern Oklahoma. LAT...LON 3700 9555 3643 9590 3651 9667 3700 9654 TIME...MOT...LOC 0808Z 310DEG 45KT 3682 9618 Lacy
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 4:01 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 3:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage, Washington | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 3:47 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more | 41 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 29 min |
| Aug 18, 4:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 53 min |
| Aug 18, 11:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 11:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 40 min |
| Aug 18, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 48 min |
| Aug 18, 12:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 39 min |
| Aug 18, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 35 min |
| Aug 18, 1:46 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Ottawa | 18 hr |
| Aug 18, 1:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 35 min |
| Aug 18, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 1:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 26 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.