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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 9, 2021Choctaw County, LeFlore County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2021, 9:58 PM CDT for Choctaw County, LeFlore County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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
Apr 9, 2021, 9:58 PM CDT (02:58 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2021, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Choctaw County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Apr 9, 10:18 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGFort Towson, OKDELAYED REPORT... A LIMB FELL AND SNAPPED A POWER METER POLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF FT. TOWSON.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 9, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 226 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2021-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 148 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2021-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 329 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
148 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-321 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2441 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
329 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
421 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

706 
WUUS54 KTSA 100258
SVRTSA
OKC023-079-127-100345-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0050.210410T0258Z-210410T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
958 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Pushmataha County in southeastern Oklahoma...
  Eastern Choctaw County in southeastern Oklahoma...
  South central Le Flore County in southeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 1045 PM CDT.

* At 957 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 5 miles east of Snow to near Kent to 8 miles
  southeast of Goodland, 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...
  Hugo...                           Antlers...
  Fort Towson...                    Sawyer...
  Rattan...                         Octavia...
  Snow...                           Hugo Lake State Park...
  Clayton Lake State Park...        Kent...
  Goodland...                       Messer...
  Raymond Gary State Park...        Nashoba...
  Oleta...                          Cloudy...
  Grant...                          Ord...
  Fallon...                         Sobol...

LAT...LON 3389 9546 3387 9550 3389 9551 3388 9554
      3414 9570 3461 9529 3458 9457 3451 9462
      3451 9504 3425 9505 3424 9515 3394 9516
      3396 9523 3389 9526 3391 9527 3390 9527
      3387 9529 3389 9533 3387 9539
TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 283DEG 35KT 3440 9532 3413 9563 3388 9548 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
845 
WWUS54 KTSA 100322
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1022 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021

OKC023-079-127-100345-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-210410T0345Z/
Pushmataha OK-Choctaw OK-Le Flore OK-
1022 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA...EASTERN CHOCTAW AND SOUTH CENTRAL LE
FLORE COUNTIES...

At 1021 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 12 miles southeast of Nashoba to near Hugo Lake State
Park to 7 miles southeast of Goodland, 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...
Hugo...                           Fort Towson...
Sawyer...                         Octavia...
Goodland...                       Messer...
Hugo Lake State Park...           Raymond Gary State Park...
Oleta...                          Grant...
Ord...                            Corinne...
Fallon...                         Sobol...
Swink...                          Frogville...
Apple...                          Huskey...
Honobia...                        

LAT...LON 3389 9546 3387 9550 3389 9551 3388 9554
      3400 9561 3458 9491 3458 9457 3451 9462
      3451 9497 3446 9505 3425 9505 3424 9515
      3394 9516 3396 9523 3389 9526 3391 9527
      3390 9527 3387 9529 3389 9533 3387 9539
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 269DEG 35KT 3435 9506 3408 9537 3390 9547 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
693 
WWUS54 KTSA 100337
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1037 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021

OKC023-079-127-100347-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-210410T0345Z/
Pushmataha OK-Choctaw OK-Le Flore OK-
1037 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA...
EASTERN CHOCTAW AND SOUTH CENTRAL LE FLORE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
1045 PM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning will likely weaken below 
severe limits, and exit the warned area. Therefore the warning will 
be allowed to expire. However gusty winds are still possible.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
southeastern Oklahoma.

LAT...LON 3389 9546 3387 9550 3389 9551 3388 9554
      3400 9561 3458 9491 3458 9457 3451 9462
      3451 9497 3446 9505 3425 9505 3424 9515
      3394 9516 3396 9523 3389 9526 3391 9527
      3390 9527 3387 9529 3389 9533 3387 9539
TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 283DEG 35KT 3432 9489 3405 9520 3387 9530 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 7:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers28 min
Apr 9, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee51 min
Apr 9, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee48 min
Apr 9, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa36 min
Apr 9, 7:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa31 min
Apr 9, 7:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Nowata37 min
Apr 9, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner52 min
Apr 9, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Tulsa20 min
Apr 9, 7:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, Mayes23 min
Apr 9, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee34 min
Apr 9, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware29 min
Apr 9, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, Mayes32 min
Apr 9, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg46 min
Apr 9, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee41 min
Apr 9, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha50 min
Apr 9, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah42 min
Apr 9, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha66 min
Apr 9, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Sequoyah48 min
Apr 9, 9:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee30 min
Apr 9, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha55 min
Apr 9, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah38 min
Apr 9, 10:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore36 min
Apr 9, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah42 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.