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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 3, 2021Latimer County, Pittsburg County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2021, 8:55 PM CDT for Latimer County, Pittsburg County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 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: May 3, 2021, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2021, 9:27 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Latimer County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 3, 3:48 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 240 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3299 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1213 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.6
Supercell composite: 13.9

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The text

As transmitted.

185 
WUUS54 KTSA 040155
SVRTSA
OKC077-121-127-040245-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0069.210504T0155Z-210504T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
855 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Pushmataha County in southeastern Oklahoma...
  Southwestern Latimer County in southeastern Oklahoma...
  Southeastern Pittsburg County in southeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 945 PM CDT.

* At 854 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles southwest
  of Daisy, 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.

* Locations in or near the path include...
  Sardis...                         

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

LAT...LON 3434 9574 3437 9578 3450 9578 3451 9567
      3459 9567 3460 9582 3483 9565 3470 9537
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 215DEG 30KT 3446 9578 

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

Lacy

1 follow-up statement

172 
WWUS54 KTSA 040227
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
927 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

OKC077-121-127-040237-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-210504T0245Z/
Pushmataha OK-Latimer OK-Pittsburg OK-
927 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PUSHMATAHA...
SOUTHWESTERN LATIMER AND SOUTHEASTERN PITTSBURG 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.

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

LAT...LON 3434 9574 3437 9578 3450 9578 3451 9567
      3459 9567 3460 9582 3483 9565 3470 9537
TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 215DEG 30KT 3469 9558 

$$

Lacy

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	41 min
May 3, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	45 min
May 3, 7:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	26 min
May 3, 7:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	33 min
May 3, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	23 min
May 3, 7:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	3 hr
May 3, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg	48 min
May 3, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	27 min
May 3, 7:49 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee	12 hr
May 3, 8:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	29 min
May 3, 8:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Latimer	25 min
May 3, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	34 min
May 3, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	36 min
May 3, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	42 min
May 3, 8:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	32 min
May 3, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	31 min
May 3, 8:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	28 min
May 3, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah	53 min
May 3, 8:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	37 min
May 3, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	28 min
May 3, 9:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	28 min
May 3, 9:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	26 min
May 3, 9:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	57 min
May 3, 9:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg	3 hr
May 3, 9:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	37 min
May 3, 9:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	3 hr
May 3, 9:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	33 min
May 3, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	31 min
May 3, 10:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	3 hr
May 3, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	45 min
May 3, 10:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair	3 hr
May 3, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	39 min
May 3, 11:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pawnee	49 min
May 4, 1:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	34 min
May 4, 2:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	33 min
May 4, 2:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	32 min
May 4, 2:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	25 min
May 4, 8:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	29 hr
May 4, 8:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	13 hr
May 4, 8:15 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	24 hr

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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.