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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 17, 2021Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT for Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 60 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
Jun 17, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 222 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 2021-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 374 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -78 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
374 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-340 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1959 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

514 
WUUS54 KTSA 172300
SVRTSA
OKC127-180000-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0115.210617T2300Z-210618T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
600 PM CDT Thu Jun 17 2021

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Pushmataha County in southeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 700 PM CDT.

* At 600 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles east of
  Nashoba, moving west at 25 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...
  Clayton...                        Clayton Lake State Park...
  Snow...                           Nashoba...
  Kiamichi...                       Tuskahoma...
  Cloudy...                         

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3424 9548 3468 9537 3468 9514 3453 9494
      3451 9494 3450 9505 3424 9505 3424 9515
      3422 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 103DEG 22KT 3444 9503 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
917 
WWUS54 KTSA 172328
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
628 PM CDT Thu Jun 17 2021

OKC127-180000-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0115.000000T0000Z-210618T0000Z/
Pushmataha OK-
628 PM CDT Thu Jun 17 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL PUSHMATAHA COUNTY...

At 628 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Nashoba, moving
west at 20 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...
Clayton...                        Clayton Lake State Park...
Tuskahoma...                      Snow...
Cloudy...                         Nashoba...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3463 9538 3463 9523 3447 9511 3426 9509
      3424 9515 3422 9515 3424 9548
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 088DEG 19KT 3444 9522 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
123 
WWUS54 KTSA 180000
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
700 PM CDT Thu Jun 17 2021

OKC127-180010-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0115.000000T0000Z-210618T0000Z/
Pushmataha OK-
700 PM CDT Thu Jun 17 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL PUSHMATAHA COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3463 9538 3463 9523 3447 9511 3426 9509
      3424 9515 3422 9515 3424 9548
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 103DEG 22KT 3448 9545 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore37 min
Jun 17, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Pushmataha27 min
Jun 17, 6:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha32 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.