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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 18, 20196 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2019, 11:46 AM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 59 min. 6 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, 11:46 AM CDT (16:46 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2019, 12:45 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:44 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 18, 11:59 AM CDT	TORNADO	6 W Pryor, OK	A TORNADO DAMAGED HOMES...SNAPPED TREES AND POWER POLES...AND DAMAGED OUTBUILDINGS.
May 18, 12:06 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Nnw Pryor, OK	MAYES COUNTY REPORTING POWER LINES DOWN AT OR NEAR INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS N430 AND W440.
May 18, 12:06 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Nw Pryor, OK	GRDA POLICE REPORTING POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN NORTHWEST OF PRYOR, VICNINITY OF 450E ROAD AND 428 RD, AND 428 RD AND 440 RD.
May 18, 12:21 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 S Inola, OK	TREE DOWNED AND BLOCKING ROADWAY AT 4210 ROAD AND HALF A MILE NORTH OF 640 ROAD.
May 18, 12:54 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nnw Langley, OK	GRDA POLICE REPORT POWER LINES DOWN VICINITY OF HIGHWAYS 82 AND 28 NEAR LANGLEY.
May 18, 12:54 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 W Langley, OK	STORM CHASER REPORTS TREES DOWNED ON POWER LINES WEST OF LANGLEY. MUCH OF TOWN WITHOUT POWER.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 18, 9:10 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 149 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 717 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -216 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 969 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 345 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 385 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

170 
WUUS54 KTSA 181646
SVRTSA
OKC021-035-097-105-131-145-181745-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0076.190518T1646Z-190518T1745Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1146 AM CDT Sat May 18 2019

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Craig County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Central Rogers County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Mayes County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Southeastern Nowata County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Eastern Wagoner County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Northwestern Cherokee County in east central Oklahoma...

* Until 1245 PM CDT.

* At 1146 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 3 miles west of Foyil to 3 miles northeast of Taft,
  moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations in or near the path include...
  Claremore...                      Tahlequah...
  Wagoner...                        Vinita...
  Pryor...                          Pryor Creek...
  Chouteau...                       Chelsea...
  Inola...                          Locust Grove...
  Salina...                         Langley...
  Adair...                          Okay...
  Hulbert...                        Porter...
  Ketchum...                        Spavinaw...
  Foyil...                          Bluejacket...

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 249 and 292.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

&&

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 PM CDT for northeastern
and east central Oklahoma.

LAT...LON 3689 9500 3616 9501 3582 9497 3582 9536
      3581 9540 3580 9557 3659 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 1646Z 231DEG 32KT 3643 9557 3579 9550 

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

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1 follow-up statement

838 
WWUS54 KTSA 181733
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1233 PM CDT Sat May 18 2019

OKC105-131-181743-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-190518T1745Z/
Rogers OK-Nowata OK-
1233 PM CDT Sat May 18 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL ROGERS AND
SOUTHEASTERN NOWATA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 PM CDT for northeastern
and east central Oklahoma.

LAT...LON 3689 9500 3616 9501 3582 9497 3581 9540
      3651 9539 3651 9533 3660 9533 3660 9539
      3670 9539
TIME...MOT...LOC 1733Z 242DEG 34KT 3672 9511 3631 9503 3582 9514 

$$

OKC021-035-097-145-181745-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-190518T1745Z/
Craig OK-Mayes OK-Wagoner OK-Cherokee OK-
1233 PM CDT Sat May 18 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN CRAIG...MAYES...EASTERN WAGONER AND NORTHWESTERN
CHEROKEE COUNTIES...

At 1233 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 5 miles southwest of Bluejacket to 5 miles south of
Spavinaw to 6 miles east of Fort Gibson, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations in or near the path include...
Tahlequah...                      Wagoner...
Vinita...                         Pryor...
Pryor Creek...                    Chouteau...
Locust Grove...                   Salina...
Langley...                        Adair...
Okay...                           Hulbert...
Ketchum...                        Spavinaw...
Bluejacket...                     Disney...
Big Cabin...                      Pensacola...
Hoot Owl...                       Peggs...

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 264 and 292.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

&&

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 PM CDT for northeastern
and east central Oklahoma.

LAT...LON 3689 9500 3616 9501 3582 9497 3581 9540
      3651 9539 3651 9533 3660 9533 3660 9539
      3670 9539
TIME...MOT...LOC 1733Z 242DEG 34KT 3672 9511 3631 9503 3582 9514 

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 8:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	34 min
May 18, 8:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	32 min
May 18, 9:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Pawnee	64 min
May 18, 10:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	58 min
May 18, 10:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	61 min
May 18, 10:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	42 min
May 18, 10:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	53 min
May 18, 10:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	34 min
May 18, 10:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	58 min
May 18, 11:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	60 min
May 18, 11:06 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	39 min
May 18, 11:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	61 min
May 18, 11:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata, Washington	38 min
May 18, 11:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	48 min
May 18, 11:33 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Rogers	27 min
May 18, 11:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	47 min
May 18, 11:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Wagoner	49 min
May 18, 11:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Rogers	47 min
May 18, 11:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg	17 min
May 18, 12:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah	55 min
May 18, 12:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	50 min
May 18, 12:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa	45 min
May 18, 12:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	25 min
May 18, 12:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	50 min
May 18, 12:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell	15 min
May 18, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah	50 min
May 18, 12:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee and 3 more	48 min
May 18, 1:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell	17 min
May 18, 1:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Ottawa	67 min
May 18, 1:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	LeFlore	34 min
May 18, 1:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore	24 min
May 18, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha and 1 more	41 min
May 18, 1:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	LeFlore	30 min
May 18, 4:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	36 min
May 18, 6:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	26 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.