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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Tulsa, OK

December 5, 20215 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 5, 2021, 8:40 PM CST for 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Dec 5, 2021, 8:40 PM CST (02:40 UTC)
Expired
Dec 5, 2021, 9:30 PM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 5, 8:56 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG6 Wsw Inola, OKSTRONG THUNDERSTORM WIND SNAPPED LARGE TREE LIMBS.
Dec 5, 9:11 PM CSTHAIL 1.754 Ssw Broken Arrow, OKDIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 00:00Z on 2021-12-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 125 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2021-12-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 286 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
125 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1105 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
462 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

085 
WUUS54 KTSA 060240
SVRTSA
OKC041-097-131-143-145-060330-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0190.211206T0240Z-211206T0330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
840 PM CST Sun Dec 5 2021

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Rogers County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Southwestern Delaware County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Southern Mayes County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Northern Wagoner County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Southeastern Tulsa County in northeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 930 PM CST.

* At 840 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 2 miles west of Catoosa to Sapulpa, moving east at
  45 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...
  Tulsa...                          Broken Arrow...
  Wagoner...                        Bixby...
  Jenks...                          Glenpool...
  Coweta...                         Catoosa...
  Verdigris...                      Chouteau...
  Inola...                          Locust Grove...
  Rose...                           Jenks Riverside Airport...
  Sportsmen Acres Community...      Oneta...
  Leach...                          Mazie...
  Murphy...                         

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 221 and 243.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3626 9483 3616 9501 3616 9512 3609 9512
      3607 9516 3607 9521 3604 9521 3591 9544
      3598 9603 3607 9603 3624 9577
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 269DEG 41KT 3618 9579 3599 9611 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$
1 follow-up statement
233 
WWUS54 KTSA 060304
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
904 PM CST Sun Dec 5 2021

OKC041-097-131-143-145-060330-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0190.000000T0000Z-211206T0330Z/
Rogers OK-Delaware OK-Mayes OK-Wagoner OK-Tulsa OK-
904 PM CST Sun Dec 5 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CST
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ROGERS...SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE...SOUTHERN MAYES...
NORTHERN WAGONER AND SOUTHEASTERN TULSA COUNTIES...

At 904 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 2 miles northeast of Inola to 2 miles north of Bixby,
moving east at 40 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...
Tulsa...                          Broken Arrow...
Wagoner...                        Bixby...
Jenks...                          Glenpool...
Coweta...                         Catoosa...
Chouteau...                       Inola...
Locust Grove...                   Rose...
Sportsmen Acres Community...      Oneta...
Leach...                          Mazie...
Murphy...                         

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3626 9483 3616 9501 3616 9512 3609 9512
      3607 9516 3607 9521 3604 9521 3591 9544
      3598 9603 3605 9594 3624 9563
TIME...MOT...LOC 0304Z 270DEG 35KT 3618 9548 3598 9589 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 5, 8:13 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa47 min
Dec 5, 8:26 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa34 min
Dec 5, 8:54 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware, Mayes51 min
Dec 5, 9:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner52 min
Dec 5, 9:58 PM CSTWind AdvisoryTSACherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes and 10 more5 hr
Dec 5, 10:03 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, Muskogee57 min
Dec 5, 10:26 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair34 min
Dec 5, 11:59 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg46 min
Dec 6, 12:37 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer, LeFlore38 min
Dec 6, 1:14 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.