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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 18, 2019Rogers County, Tulsa County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2019, 11:00 AM CDT for Rogers County, Tulsa County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 60 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 2019, 11:00 AM CDT (16:00 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2019, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 18, 11:02 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Wsw Bixby, OKDAMAGE TO METAL OUTBUILDING, ROOF PEELED BACK. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT WITH PICTURE, RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA.
May 18, 11:02 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 Wsw Bixby, OKTHUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE VICINITY OF 161ST AND HARVARD, WEST OF BIXBY. FENCED DAMAGED AND PART OF OUTBUILDING DAMAGED. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT WITH PICTURE.
May 18, 11:06 AM CDTTORNADO2 Wnw Bixby, OKA TORNADO DAMAGED THE ROOFS OF HOMES...BLEW THE ROOF OFF OF AN OUTBUILDING...AND SNAPPED LARGE TREE LIMBS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 18, 9:10 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2019-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2398 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2019-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 236 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2398 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
236 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.0
Supercell composite
11.7

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The text

As transmitted.

083 
WUUS54 KTSA 181600
SVRTSA
OKC131-143-145-181700-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0073.190518T1600Z-190518T1700Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1100 AM CDT Sat May 18 2019

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Rogers County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Western Wagoner County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Tulsa County in northeastern Oklahoma...

* Until noon CDT.

* At 1100 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles southeast
  of Glenpool, moving northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations in or near the path include...
  Tulsa...                          Broken Arrow...
  Claremore...                      Owasso...
  Bixby...                          Jenks...
  Glenpool...                       Coweta...
  Skiatook...                       Catoosa...
  Collinsville...                   Verdigris...
  Inola...                          Sperry...
  Porter...                         Jenks Riverside Airport...
  Stonebluff...                     Turley...
  Tulsa International Airport...    Taiwah...

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 220 and 259.
 
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 PM CDT for northeastern
and east central Oklahoma.

LAT...LON 3643 9544 3585 9545 3586 9603 3616 9601
      3617 9600 3642 9600
TIME...MOT...LOC 1600Z 235DEG 37KT 3592 9596 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 8:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa34 min
May 18, 8:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa32 min
May 18, 9:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek, Pawnee64 min
May 18, 10:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee58 min
May 18, 10:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage61 min
May 18, 10:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage42 min
May 18, 10:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee53 min
May 18, 10:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig34 min
May 18, 10:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner58 min
May 18, 11:06 AM CDTTornado WarningTSARogers, Tulsa, Wagoner39 min
May 18, 11:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner61 min
May 18, 11:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata, Washington38 min
May 18, 11:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg, Pushmataha48 min
May 18, 11:33 AM CDTTornado WarningTSARogers27 min
May 18, 11:43 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAMayes, Rogers, Wagoner47 min
May 18, 11:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Wagoner59 min
May 18, 11:56 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Wagoner49 min
May 18, 11:58 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig, Mayes, Rogers47 min
May 18, 11:58 AM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg17 min
May 18, 12:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah55 min
May 18, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Pushmataha50 min
May 18, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa45 min
May 18, 12:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw25 min
May 18, 12:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Ottawa50 min
May 18, 12:45 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell15 min
May 18, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah50 min
May 18, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee and 3 more48 min
May 18, 1:07 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell17 min
May 18, 1:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Ottawa67 min
May 18, 1:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore34 min
May 18, 1:21 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore24 min
May 18, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha and 1 more41 min
May 18, 1:38 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore30 min
May 18, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha36 min
May 18, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.