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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Tulsa, OK

September 15, 2021Creek County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 2021, 5:21 PM CDT for Creek County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 24 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
Sep 15, 2021, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Creek County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 220 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2021-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2021-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -64 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1932 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

070 
WUUS54 KTSA 152221
SVRTSA
OKC037-143-152300-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0150.210915T2221Z-210915T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
521 PM CDT Wed Sep 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Creek County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Southeastern Tulsa County in northeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 600 PM CDT.

* At 521 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Jenks
  Riverside Airport, moving south at 10 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations in or near the path include...
  Tulsa...                          Broken Arrow...
  Bixby...                          Sapulpa...
  Jenks...                          Glenpool...
  Kiefer...                         Jenks Riverside Airport...

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 204 and 225.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3613 9602 3608 9584 3586 9590 3597 9625
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 015DEG 9KT 3604 9597 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$
1 follow-up statement
367 
WWUS54 KTSA 152245
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
545 PM CDT Wed Sep 15 2021

OKC037-143-152255-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-210915T2300Z/
Creek OK-Tulsa OK-
545 PM CDT Wed Sep 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CREEK AND
SOUTHEASTERN TULSA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
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 cancelled.  However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3613 9602 3608 9584 3586 9590 3597 9625
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 015DEG 9KT 3598 9599 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa31 min
Sep 15, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa34 min
Sep 15, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek46 min
Sep 15, 6:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek53 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.