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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 9, 2023Craig County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2023, 7:22 PM CDT for Craig County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 23 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 9, 2023, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2023, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Craig County, OK, Ottawa County, OK

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 251 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2023-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 106 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2023-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-160 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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 9, 6:49 PM CDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 6:49 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 5:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
505 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-101030-
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-
505 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023

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

.DAY ONE...This Evening and Tonight.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Northwest Arkansas and Northeast Oklahoma.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...Limited.
 AREA...Northwest Arkansas and Far Northeast Oklahoma.
ONSET...Ongoing.

DISCUSSION...
Scattered thunderstorms will continue through the late afternoon
hours across northeast Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas along a
stalled convergence boundary. A few briefly strong to severe wind
gusts along with hail up to quarter size will continue to be the
primary threat with this activity. Training storms has also lead
to areas of heavy rainfall, mainly across portions of northwest
Arkansas. Localized flooding of urban and low lying areas, along
with small creeks and streams will continue to be a problem into
the early evening. Storms should decrease in coverage after sunset
as instability wanes. A complex of storms will then move into
portions of northeast Oklahoma late tonight with most activity
expected to be sub severe.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Activation of the Regional Spotter Network Likely.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.
SATURDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Heavy Rain Potential.
SUNDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
MONDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Heavy Rain Potential.
TUESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
WEDNESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Heavy Rain Potential.
THURSDAY...No Hazards.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
An area of thunderstorms is likely to be ongoing Saturday
morning with these storms spreading eastward through the day.
A window for severe weather is possible from late morning
through early evening with potential for ongoing storms
to intensify or for new storms to develop. Locations generally
along and south of Interstate 40 have the higher potential for
any severe storms on Saturday.

A cold front will pass on Sunday with additional thunderstorm
chances. The weather pattern becomes more unsettled across
the Southern Plains for next week. One or more days may experience
severe weather potential across portions of eastern Oklahoma
and northwest Arkansas.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:58 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore25 min
Jun 9, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage21 min
Jun 9, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah29 min
Jun 9, 7:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington25 min
Jun 9, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore35 min
Jun 9, 7:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWagoner32 min
Jun 9, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig32 min
Jun 9, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers35 min
Jun 9, 8:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington30 min
Jun 9, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell29 min
Jun 9, 8:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore34 min
Jun 9, 8:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa29 min
Jun 9, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore31 min
Jun 9, 8:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSARogers3 hr
Jun 9, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa32 min
Jun 9, 9:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa28 min
Jun 10, 3:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee57 min
Jun 10, 3:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage, Pawnee33 min
Jun 10, 4:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage, Washington45 min
Jun 10, 4:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington42 min
Jun 10, 4:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek, Tulsa50 min
Jun 10, 5:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee8 min
Jun 10, 5:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers46 min
Jun 10, 5:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa45 min
Jun 10, 6:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner43 min
Jun 10, 6:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware, Mayes, Ottawa31 min
Jun 10, 6:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner41 min
Jun 10, 6:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg36 min
Jun 10, 7:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair49 min
Jun 10, 7:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pushmataha47 min
Jun 10, 7:17 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAPittsburg118 min
Jun 10, 8:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore, Pushmataha44 min
Jun 10, 8:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha52 min
Jun 10, 8:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore49 min
Jun 10, 9:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw34 min
Jun 9, 9:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPolk27 min
Jun 10, 8:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll, Crawford, Washington42 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2023Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2023

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.