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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 3, 2023Pittsburg County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2023, 4:19 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Pushmataha 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2023, 4:19 PM CDT (21:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2023, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 295 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 12:00Z on 2023-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 280 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2023-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
280 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1397 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 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 Jun 3, 3:38 PM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 3:38 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 1:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
140 PM CDT Sat Jun 3 2023

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-041015-
Adair OK-Benton AR-Carroll AR-Cherokee OK-Choctaw OK-Craig OK-
Crawford AR-Creek OK-Delaware OK-Franklin AR-Haskell OK-Latimer OK-
Le Flore OK-Madison AR-Mayes OK-McIntosh OK-Muskogee OK-Nowata OK-
Okfuskee OK-Okmulgee OK-Osage OK-Ottawa OK-Pawnee OK-Pittsburg OK-
Pushmataha OK-Rogers OK-Sebastian AR-Sequoyah OK-Tulsa OK-Wagoner OK-
Washington OK-Washington AR-
140 PM CDT Sat Jun 3 2023

This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Western Arkansas.
	ONSET...Ongoing...ending this evening.

FLASH FLOOD and HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Far Eastern Oklahoma; Western Arkansas.
	ONSET...Ongoing...ending this evening.

DISCUSSION...
Scattered to numerous thunderstorms this afternoon over far
eastern Oklahoma into western Arkansas will pose a limited severe
wind and hail threat. In addition, locally heavy rainfall from
these slow moving storms could yield some localized flooding.
Storms should begin to die off this evening.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Local Spotter Activation May Be Needed.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.
SUNDAY thru FRIDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Drier air moves in Sunday, with rain chances lowering from today.
However, a low end thunderstorm risk will continue each afternoon through
the entire period. The main threats will be brief heavy rain,
dangerous lightning, and marginally severe hail or wind at times.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
310 PM CDT Sat Jun 3 2023

ARZ019-020-032045-
Franklin AR-Crawford AR-
310 PM CDT Sat Jun 3 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
Franklin and northeastern Crawford Counties through 345 PM CDT...

At 310 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm 3 miles
north of Fern, moving west at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
         around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects
         is possible.

Locations in or near the path include...
Mountainburg...                   Chester...
Lake Fort Smith...                Fern...
Piney...                          Bidville...
Locke...                          Mount Gayler...

This includes Interstate 49 between mile markers 30 and 36, and
between mile markers 39 and 40.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3559 9393 3556 9419 3575 9420 3575 9413
      3576 9412 3575 9395
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 084DEG 6KT 3569 9402

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 11:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair28 min
Jun 3, 11:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware36 min
Jun 3, 12:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAAdair, Delaware3 hr
Jun 3, 12:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig37 min
Jun 3, 12:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware36 min
Jun 3, 12:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington34 min
Jun 3, 12:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes35 min
Jun 3, 1:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig31 min
Jun 3, 1:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair24 min
Jun 3, 1:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig42 min
Jun 3, 1:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair47 min
Jun 3, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah44 min
Jun 3, 2:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSALeFlore, Sequoyah3 hr
Jun 3, 2:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata28 min
Jun 3, 2:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah25 min
Jun 3, 3:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair29 min
Jun 3, 3:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers26 min
Jun 3, 3:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell37 min
Jun 3, 3:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair27 min
Jun 3, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha35 min
Jun 3, 3:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah38 min
Jun 3, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg36 min
Jun 3, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg35 min
Jun 3, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWagoner32 min
Jun 3, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha28 min
Jun 3, 4:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg25 min
Jun 3, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa32 min
Jun 3, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha30 min
Jun 3, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWagoner41 min
Jun 3, 5:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSATulsa, Wagoner3 hr
Jun 3, 5:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa28 min
Jun 3, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHughes35 min
Jun 3, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa, Wagoner21 min
Jun 3, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee33 min
Jun 3, 5:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAPittsburg, Pushmataha2 hr
Jun 3, 5:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa37 min
Jun 3, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee28 min
Jun 3, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh37 min
Jun 3, 6:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee71 min
Jun 3, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee28 min
Jun 3, 11:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton23 min
Jun 3, 12:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington31 min
Jun 3, 12:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian30 min
Jun 3, 12:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington23 min
Jun 3, 1:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington37 min
Jun 3, 1:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian48 min
Jun 3, 1:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian42 min
Jun 3, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Sebastian46 min
Jun 3, 2:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford23 min
Jun 3, 2:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAFranklin34 min
Jun 3, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin27 min
Jun 3, 3:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford35 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.