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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 17, 2021Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2021, 2:04 AM CDT for Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 41 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
Mar 17, 2021, 2:04 AM CDT (07:04 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2021, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 17, 1:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 626 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
626 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted.

588 
WUUS54 KTSA 170704
SVRTSA
OKC113-117-170745-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0006.210317T0704Z-210317T0745Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
204 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Osage County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Northwestern Pawnee County in northeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 245 AM CDT.

* At 203 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 5 miles northwest of Marland to 3 miles north of
  Perry, moving northeast at 35 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.

* These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
  west central Osage and northwestern Pawnee Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3670 9703 3668 9694 3675 9689 3674 9683
      3677 9682 3677 9679 3678 9679 3638 9678
      3633 9693 3633 9703 3651 9703 3651 9701
      3653 9698 3655 9690 3658 9689 3660 9692
      3658 9698 3659 9705 3660 9704 3668 9706
TIME...MOT...LOC 0703Z 222DEG 30KT 3660 9724 3634 9727 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
378 
WWUS54 KTSA 170734
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
234 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

OKC113-117-170745-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210317T0745Z/
Osage OK-Pawnee OK-
234 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL OSAGE AND NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES...

At 234 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 3 miles east of Kildare to 5 miles east of Marland,
moving northeast at 35 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.

These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
west central Osage and northwestern Pawnee Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3670 9703 3668 9694 3675 9689 3674 9683
      3677 9682 3677 9679 3645 9679 3642 9703
      3651 9703 3651 9701 3653 9697 3655 9690
      3658 9689 3660 9692 3658 9698 3659 9704
      3668 9706
TIME...MOT...LOC 0734Z 221DEG 30KT 3679 9699 3653 9706 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 1:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore35 min
Mar 17, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore42 min
Mar 17, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee46 min
Mar 17, 3:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage47 min
Mar 17, 3:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee44 min
Mar 17, 4:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata, Washington26 min
Mar 17, 4:22 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAOsage, Pawnee3 hr
Mar 17, 4:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Osage, Pawnee, Washington50 min
Mar 17, 4:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee53 min
Mar 17, 4:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 4 more38 min
Mar 17, 5:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata, Washington47 min
Mar 17, 5:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata, Washington46 min
Mar 17, 5:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee36 min
Mar 17, 5:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 4 more33 min
Mar 17, 5:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Creek, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers, Tulsa51 min
Mar 17, 5:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah48 min
Mar 17, 6:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw45 min
Mar 17, 6:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair42 min
Mar 17, 6:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa29 min
Mar 17, 1:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa33 min
Mar 17, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa, Wagoner44 min
Mar 17, 1:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware36 min
Mar 17, 1:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek32 min
Mar 17, 2:13 PM CDTWind AdvisoryTSACraig, Creek, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pawnee and 3 more7 hr
Mar 17, 2:17 PM CDTTornado WarningTSARogers, Wagoner28 min
Mar 17, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Tulsa47 min
Mar 17, 2:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware43 min
Mar 17, 3:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers34 min
Mar 17, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata31 min
Mar 17, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware29 min
Mar 17, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware29 min
Mar 17, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig37 min
Mar 17, 3:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington29 min
Mar 17, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Washington10 min
Mar 17, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa31 min
Mar 17, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware32 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.