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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Tulsa, OK

September 30, 2021Creek County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 30, 2021, 1:28 PM CDT for Creek County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 23 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 30, 2021, 1:28 PM CDT (18:28 UTC)
Expired
Sep 30, 2021, 1:51 PM CDT
In force
23 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), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 2021-09-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 961 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 2021-09-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
961 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

271 
WUUS54 KTSA 301828
SVRTSA
OKC037-143-301915-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0155.210930T1828Z-210930T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
128 PM CDT Thu Sep 30 2021

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Creek County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Southern Tulsa County in northeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 215 PM CDT.

* At 128 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles southeast
  of Sand Springs, moving east at 20 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...
  Sand Springs...                   Bixby...
  Sapulpa...                        Jenks...
  Glenpool...                       Catoosa...
  Jenks Riverside Airport...        Gray...

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 207 and 232.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3616 9618 3617 9581 3616 9581 3616 9576
      3597 9576 3598 9618
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 268DEG 19KT 3608 9606 

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

$$
Snider
2 follow-up statements
517 
WWUS54 KTSA 301840
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
140 PM CDT Thu Sep 30 2021

OKC037-143-301915-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-210930T1915Z/
Creek OK-Tulsa OK-
140 PM CDT Thu Sep 30 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CREEK AND SOUTHERN TULSA COUNTIES...

At 140 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Jenks Riverside
Airport, moving east at 20 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...
Sand Springs...                   Bixby...
Sapulpa...                        Jenks...
Glenpool...                       Catoosa...
Jenks Riverside Airport...        Gray...

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 207 and 232.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3616 9618 3617 9581 3616 9581 3616 9576
      3597 9576 3598 9618
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 268DEG 19KT 3608 9598 

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

$$
Snider
440 
WWUS54 KTSA 301851
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
151 PM CDT Thu Sep 30 2021

OKC037-143-301901-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-210930T1915Z/
Creek OK-Tulsa OK-
151 PM CDT Thu Sep 30 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CREEK AND
SOUTHERN 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 3616 9618 3617 9581 3616 9581 3616 9576
      3597 9576 3598 9618
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 268DEG 19KT 3608 9591 

$$
Snider

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 30, 12:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek30 min
Sep 30, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Tulsa34 min
Sep 30, 1:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa36 min
Sep 30, 1:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa16 min
Sep 30, 2:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers31 min
Sep 30, 2:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes35 min
Sep 30, 3:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee23 min
Sep 30, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw44 min
Sep 30, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware26 min
Sep 30, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw47 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.