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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 235, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2023, 4:56 AM CDT for Okfuskee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 17 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
- Jul 6, 2023, 4:56 AM CDT (09:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2023, 5:13 AM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -294 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1888 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
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 Jul 6, 3:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 3:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Tulsa OK 456 AM CDT Thu Jul 6 2023 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-071000- 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- 456 AM CDT Thu Jul 6 2023 This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as much of Eastern Oklahoma. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...Limited. AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and West Central Arkansas. ONSET...Ongoing. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...Limited. AREA...Eastern Oklahoma. ONSET...Ongoing. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...Elevated. AREA...Eastern Oklahoma. ONSET...Ongoing. DISCUSSION... Showers and thunderstorms continue to increase across eastern Oklahoma and far northwest Arkansas this morning. A few of the early morning storms could become strong to marginally severe, with hail and gusty winds. Later this morning, a complex located over western Oklahoma will move into parts of eastern Oklahoma, with a continued low-end severe weather threat. As this complex moves over some of the same areas impacted by the early morning storms, the threat of heavy rain and localized flash flooding will develop across parts of eastern Oklahoma. Storms will gradually shift east into western Arkansas through early this afternoon. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... Local Spotter Activation May Be Needed. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...Severe Thunderstorm Potential...Heavy Rain Potential. SUNDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Heavy Rain Potential. MONDAY AND TUESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. WEDNESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Dangerous Heat Potential. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... An active pattern will continue into the weekend with additional rounds of thunderstorms possible through Tuesday. This will lead to an increasing threat of heavy rainfall and possible flooding. Severe weather will also be possible with any of the more organized thunderstorm complexes in this pattern. The overall threat of storms may begin to decrease by the middle of next week, with hotter temperatures returning. weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 4:28 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 4:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 4:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 5:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 6:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 7:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 7:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 7:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 9:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | LeFlore | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 11:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 7:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 43 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.