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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 18, 20196 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2019, 12:10 PM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 2019, 12:10 PM CDT (17:10 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 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.

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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 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: 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.

806 
WUUS54 KTSA 181710
SVRTSA
OKC061-077-091-101-121-127-181800-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0078.190518T1710Z-190518T1800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1210 PM CDT Sat May 18 2019

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Haskell County in southeastern Oklahoma...
  Pushmataha County in southeastern Oklahoma...
  Southern McIntosh County in southeastern Oklahoma...
  Latimer County in southeastern Oklahoma...
  Pittsburg County in southeastern Oklahoma...
  Southeastern Muskogee County in east central Oklahoma...

* Until 100 PM CDT.

* At 1210 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 2 miles south of Vivian to 5 miles east of Daisy to
  8 miles north of Bokchito, moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations in or near the path include...
  Mcalester...                      Wilburton...
  Eufaula...                        Stigler...
  Antlers...                        Clayton...
  Hartshorne...                     Krebs...
  Quinton...                        Kiowa...
  Savanna...                        Keota...
  Red Oak...                        Mccurtain...
  Crowder...                        Whitefield...
  Rattan...                         Alderson...
  Kinta...                          Canadian...

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

LAT...LON 3450 9578 3451 9567 3459 9567 3459 9588
      3468 9588 3468 9594 3522 9598 3540 9490
      3494 9493 3494 9500 3486 9500 3485 9506
      3464 9513 3417 9521 3416 9578
TIME...MOT...LOC 1710Z 261DEG 40KT 3525 9570 3456 9564 3413 9611 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

1 follow-up statement

446 
WWUS54 KTSA 181738
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1238 PM CDT Sat May 18 2019

OKC061-077-091-101-121-127-181800-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-190518T1800Z/
Haskell OK-Pushmataha OK-McIntosh OK-Latimer OK-Pittsburg OK-
Muskogee OK-
1238 PM CDT Sat May 18 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT
FOR HASKELL...PUSHMATAHA...SOUTHEASTERN MCINTOSH...LATIMER...EASTERN
PITTSBURG AND SOUTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTIES...

At 1237 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 4 miles north of Enterprise to near Clayton to 10
miles north of Boswell, moving east 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...
Wilburton...                      Eufaula...
Stigler...                        Antlers...
Clayton...                        Hartshorne...
Quinton...                        Keota...
Red Oak...                        Mccurtain...
Whitefield...                     Rattan...
Kinta...                          Canadian...
Snow...                           Mc Curtain...
Lequire...                        Clayton Lake State Park...
Damon...                          Briartown...

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

LAT...LON 3450 9578 3451 9567 3459 9567 3460 9568
      3528 9563 3540 9490 3494 9493 3494 9500
      3486 9500 3485 9506 3464 9513 3417 9521
      3416 9578
TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 259DEG 34KT 3529 9540 3460 9534 3417 9581 

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

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, 11:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Wagoner	59 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, 12:30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.