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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 319, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 24, 2022Rogers County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 24, 2022, 12:17 PM CDT for Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 16 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 24, 2022, 12:17 PM CDT (17:17 UTC)
Expired: Oct 24, 2022, 12:33 PM CDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Rogers County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 171 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 348 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 444 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 24, 10:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 10:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 24, 5:02 AM CDT, 7 hours 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 24, 11:29 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 24, 11:47 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 24, 12:01 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 24, 12:03 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1203 PM CDT Mon Oct 24 2022

OKZ060-065>067-070-071-241745-
Tulsa OK-Muskogee OK-Okmulgee OK-Okfuskee OK-Wagoner OK-McIntosh OK-
1203 PM CDT Mon Oct 24 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of central McIntosh,
southwestern Wagoner, Okmulgee, northwestern Muskogee, southeastern
Tulsa and southeastern Okfuskee Counties through 1245 PM CDT...

At 1203 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a
line extending from 2 miles south of Bixby to 2 miles southeast of
Weleetka. Movement was east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
         around unsecured objects.

Locations in or near the path include...
Okmulgee...                       Bixby...
Coweta...                         Henryetta...
Haskell...                        Morris...
Weleetka...                       Dewar...
Porter...                         Schulter...
Taft...                           Boynton...
Grayson...                        Council Hill...
Hoffman...                        Stidham...
Preston...                        Raiford...
Vivian...                         Stonebluff...

This includes Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 229 and
262.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3591 9601 3595 9542 3527 9561 3526 9598
      3529 9598 3529 9619
TIME...MOT...LOC 1703Z 256DEG 26KT 3592 9591 3531 9611

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Special weather statement, Oct 24, 12:05 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1205 PM CDT Mon Oct 24 2022

OKZ071-073-241745-
Pittsburg OK-McIntosh OK-
1205 PM CDT Mon Oct 24 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southwestern McIntosh
and western Pittsburg Counties through 1245 PM CDT...

At 1205 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a
line extending from 3 miles south of Weleetka to 4 miles northwest of
Lehigh. Movement was east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
         around unsecured objects.

Locations in or near the path include...
Mcalester...                      Krebs...
Kiowa...                          Savanna...
Crowder...                        Canadian...
Indianola...                      Hanna...
Ashland...                        Raiford...
Haywood...                        Mcalester Regional Airport...
Scipio...                         Blanco...
Pittsburg...                      Arpelar...
Vernon...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3468 9589 3468 9609 3505 9609 3506 9607
      3509 9606 3512 9603 3512 9601 3515 9601
      3515 9598 3529 9598 3528 9561 3459 9579
      3459 9588
TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 251DEG 19KT 3530 9612 3450 9628

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Special weather statement, Oct 24, 12:10 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1210 PM CDT Mon Oct 24 2022

OKZ055-060>062-067-241800-
Tulsa OK-Rogers OK-Washington OK-Mayes OK-Wagoner OK-
1210 PM CDT Mon Oct 24 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Rogers, western
Mayes, southeastern Washington, northwestern Wagoner and eastern
Tulsa Counties through 100 PM CDT...

At 1210 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a
line extending from 2 miles west of Talala to 3 miles west of
Verdigris to 3 miles southeast of Bixby. Movement was east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
         around unsecured objects.

Locations in or near the path include...
Tulsa...                          Broken Arrow...
Claremore...                      Wagoner...
Pryor...                          Owasso...
Bixby...                          Jenks...
Coweta...                         Pryor Creek...
Catoosa...                        Collinsville...
Verdigris...                      Chouteau...
Chelsea...                        Inola...
Oologah...                        Foyil...
Talala...                         Taiwah...

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 228 and 270.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3651 9533 3651 9530 3633 9529 3593 9541
      3590 9595 3623 9585 3655 9583 3660 9541
      3660 9533
TIME...MOT...LOC 1710Z 256DEG 24KT 3653 9575 3624 9575 3592 9586

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 24, 10:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	36 min
Oct 24, 11:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage, Rogers, Washington	23 min
Oct 24, 11:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa	29 min
Oct 24, 11:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata, Rogers, Washington	31 min
Oct 24, 11:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington	39 min
Oct 24, 11:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	28 min
Oct 24, 12:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	44 min
Oct 24, 12:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Okmulgee	42 min
Oct 24, 12:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	40 min
Oct 24, 12:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers, Wagoner	50 min
Oct 24, 12:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Wagoner	42 min
Oct 24, 12:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	40 min
Oct 24, 1:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes	13 min
Oct 24, 1:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Ottawa	35 min
Oct 24, 2:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee	11 min
Oct 24, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Delaware, Ottawa	29 min
Oct 24, 2:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Ottawa	25 min
Oct 24, 2:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Haskell, Sequoyah	46 min
Oct 24, 3:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	58 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.