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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 17, 2021Osage County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2021, 3:28 AM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 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
Mar 17, 2021, 3:28 AM CDT (08:28 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2021, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Osage County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 17, 1:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 626 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2021-03-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
626 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted.

582 
WUUS54 KTSA 170828
SVRTSA
OKC113-170915-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0010.210317T0828Z-210317T0915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
328 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Osage County in northeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 415 AM CDT.

* At 328 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles northwest
  of Pearsonia, moving northeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations in or near the path include...
  Foraker...                        Pearsonia...
  Wah Sha She State Park...         

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9600 3695 9600 3674 9651 3689 9662
      3700 9641
TIME...MOT...LOC 0828Z 239DEG 49KT 3686 9648 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
344 
WWUS54 KTSA 170844
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
344 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

OKC113-170915-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210317T0915Z/
Osage OK-
344 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY...

At 343 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles southwest of
Elgin, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations in or near the path include...
Wah Sha She State Park...         

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3682 9633 3697 9645 3700 9640 3700 9600
      3695 9600 3690 9611
TIME...MOT...LOC 0843Z 238DEG 32KT 3694 9631 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 1:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore35 min
Mar 17, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore42 min
Mar 17, 2:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee41 min
Mar 17, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee46 min
Mar 17, 3:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee44 min
Mar 17, 4:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata, Washington26 min
Mar 17, 4:22 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAOsage, Pawnee3 hr
Mar 17, 4:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Osage, Pawnee, Washington50 min
Mar 17, 4:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee53 min
Mar 17, 4:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 4 more38 min
Mar 17, 5:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata, Washington47 min
Mar 17, 5:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata, Washington46 min
Mar 17, 5:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee36 min
Mar 17, 5:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 4 more33 min
Mar 17, 5:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Creek, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers, Tulsa51 min
Mar 17, 5:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah48 min
Mar 17, 6:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw45 min
Mar 17, 6:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair42 min
Mar 17, 6:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa29 min
Mar 17, 1:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa33 min
Mar 17, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa, Wagoner44 min
Mar 17, 1:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware36 min
Mar 17, 1:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek32 min
Mar 17, 2:13 PM CDTWind AdvisoryTSACraig, Creek, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pawnee and 3 more7 hr
Mar 17, 2:17 PM CDTTornado WarningTSARogers, Wagoner28 min
Mar 17, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Tulsa47 min
Mar 17, 2:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware43 min
Mar 17, 3:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers34 min
Mar 17, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata31 min
Mar 17, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware29 min
Mar 17, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware29 min
Mar 17, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig37 min
Mar 17, 3:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington29 min
Mar 17, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Washington10 min
Mar 17, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa31 min
Mar 17, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware32 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.