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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 349, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 20, 2019, 9:00 PM CDT for Creek County, Okfuskee 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
- Oct 20, 2019, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 20, 2019, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Creek County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 760 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1785 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 425 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
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 Oct 20, 6:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 20, 6:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tulsa OK 649 PM CDT Sun Oct 20 2019 .AVIATION... CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM/KROG. Cloud cover will continue to increase from west to east over the next few hours as a cold front approaches the CWA. Thunderstorms are expected to develop along/near the boundary and move into the CWA over the next couple of hours and push through the CWA with the movement of the front. Will continue with VCTS and Tempo groups for timing of the greatest thunderstorm coverage. Strong winds...periods of MVFR conditions and possible severe weather will be possible within the thunderstorms. Storms look to clear Western Arkansas by 12z with clearing skies and west to northwesterly winds behind the front. During the day Monday...mostly clear skies and gusty west to northwesterly winds are forecast. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 340 PM CDT Sun Oct 20 2019/ DISCUSSION... Sfc pressure falls continue to intensify this afternoon across western OK ahead of the impressive wave currently moving into central CO. Deeper low level moisture is currently just south of Interstate 20 corridor through central / eastern TX and will continue to drawn northward ahead of the advancing cold front. Data has remained consistent for several days in developing impressive wind fields across the region tonight including strong shear within the lowest levels. The larger uncertainty has been the northward extent of the deeper moisture and the resultant impacts on instability profiles. Trends within the past 24hrs have been for a more northward surge of moisture through eastern OK / western AR before the cold front passes. Fcst soundings offer differing levels of sfc based inhibition, however a consistent idea is that any remaining inhibition should remain rather shallow. Given the strong synoptic scale forcing overspreading the area tonight, pattern evolution supports an increased risk of severe storms beginning early evening across central OK and quickly spreading eastward through the evening. Any sustained cellular storms early in the evening are likely to become supercells with a large hail / wind threat. Evolution into broken line segments is likely with time as forcing further intensifies. The strengthening low level wind fields will continue to support locally damaging wind potential as well as quickly evolving small scale circulations. The event should remain rather progressive with the cold front clearing western AR well before sunrise Monday. Breezy winds will follow the cold front with only a minor cool down Monday into Tuesday. The pattern evolution by late week differs amongst extended data w/ GFS progressive and the ECMWF developing a closed low over the southern Plains. An uptick in late week precip chances will accompany either scenario with the duration of the rain chances into next weekend the larger uncertainty. The associated cold front does look rather strong with a notable cool down likely for late in the week. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TUL 50 69 42 68 / 90 0 0 0 FSM 54 69 43 68 / 100 0 0 0 MLC 51 70 42 69 / 100 0 0 0 BVO 46 68 39 69 / 70 0 0 0 FYV 49 65 39 63 / 100 0 0 0 BYV 52 67 42 64 / 100 0 0 0 MKO 49 66 41 67 / 100 0 0 0 MIO 48 65 40 65 / 100 0 0 0 F10 49 68 42 69 / 100 0 0 0 HHW 54 71 44 70 / 100 0 0 0 && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...None. AR...None. && AVIATION.....20
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 20, 5:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Tulsa OK 501 PM CDT Sun Oct 20 2019 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-211045- 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- 501 PM CDT Sun Oct 20 2019 ...SEVERE STORMS LIKELY TONIGHT... 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...Mainly southeast of I-44...greatest threat along and south of I-40. ONSET...After 9 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...Critical. AREA...Much of Eastern Oklahoma and all of Western Arkansas. ONSET...After 9 PM. AREA AT GREATEST RISK...Along and southeast of I-44. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...Limited. AREA...Along and southeast of I-44. ONSET...After 9 PM. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...Limited. AREA...Along and southeast of I-44. ONSET...After 9 PM. DISCUSSION... There is a significant risk of severe storms and an elevated tornado risk to the southeast of I-44, and especially along and south of I-40 from around 9 PM tonight to 4 AM Monday. Storms will develop early this evening from northeast Oklahoma through south central Oklahoma. These storms will quickly spread eastward while also increasing in coverage. Instability will initially be low, however conditions are likely to become somewhat more unstable through the overnight hours ahead of the advancing cold front. Recent data suggests that discrete rotating storms could also form ahead of the main frontal convective band from southeast Oklahoma up into western Arkansas. Storms are likely to develop into one or more line segments with time and pose a damaging wind and large hail risk. Also, the risk of tornadoes will exist, some of which may be quickly developing circulations along the thunderstorm line segments. The largest uncertainty remains the degree of instability which can be maintained overnight. Should conditions become unstable near the surface then the tornado potential could increase further. This would be most likely across portions of southeast Oklahoma into west central Arkansas. Locally heavy rainfall will also be a concern especially where storms track over the same areas. Storms will be moving fast so repeated storm paths will be needed to cause any flooding concerns. The cold front will sweep through western Arkansas and storms will exit the region to the east by around 4 AM Monday, ending the severe weather threat. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... Activation of the Regional Spotter Network Expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. MONDAY and TUESDAY...No Hazards. WEDNESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Hind Potential. THURSDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. FRIDAY and SATURDAY...No Hazards. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... The next storm system and cold front will bring a chance for storms Wednesday night into Thursday. Instability will be lacking with this system, thus the coverage and intensity of storms will be low. weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.
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Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Oct 20, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 29 min |
| Oct 20, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 27 min |
| Oct 20, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 18 min |
| Oct 20, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 15 min |
| Oct 20, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 32 min |
| Oct 20, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 25 min |
| Oct 20, 8:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 37 min |
| Oct 20, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 36 min |
| Oct 20, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 35 min |
| Oct 20, 9:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 33 min |
| Oct 20, 9:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Wagoner | 31 min |
| Oct 20, 9:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 45 min |
| Oct 20, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 38 min |
| Oct 20, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 35 min |
| Oct 20, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 47 min |
| Oct 20, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington | 42 min |
| Oct 20, 9:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 23 min |
| Oct 20, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 34 min |
| Oct 20, 9:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 30 min |
| Oct 20, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 44 min |
| Oct 20, 9:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 20, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa | 27 min |
| Oct 20, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 47 min |
| Oct 20, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 29 min |
| Oct 20, 10:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 29 min |
| Oct 20, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington | 24 min |
| Oct 20, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 37 min |
| Oct 20, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg | 49 min |
| Oct 20, 10:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 26 min |
| Oct 20, 10:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee, Creek, Mayes, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 20, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 16 min |
| Oct 20, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Ottawa | 47 min |
| Oct 20, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg | 45 min |
| Oct 20, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Wagoner | 31 min |
| Oct 20, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah and 1 more | 46 min |
| Oct 20, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes | 41 min |
| Oct 20, 11:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 16 min |
| Oct 20, 11:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair | 31 min |
| Oct 21, 12:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 28 min |
| Oct 21, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Sequoyah | 41 min |
| Oct 21, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 53 min |
| Oct 21, 12:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 34 min |
| Oct 21, 12:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 30 min |
| Oct 21, 12:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Latimer | 26 min |
| Oct 21, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 49 min |
| Oct 21, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 48 min |
| Oct 21, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 41 min |
| Oct 21, 1:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McCurtain | 33 min |
| Oct 21, 12:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll | 35 min |
| Oct 21, 12:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 30 min |
| Oct 21, 1:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 24 min |
| Oct 21, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian | 21 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.