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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 14, 20234 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2023, 12:07 AM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 31 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 14, 2023, 12:07 AM CDT (05:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2023, 12:38 AM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Osage County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:07 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 nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 5062 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1280 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.0
Supercell composite: 16.7

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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 Jul 13, 9:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 9:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 5:36 PM CDT, 6 hours 31 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
536 PM CDT Thu Jul 13 2023

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-141045-
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-
536 PM CDT Thu Jul 13 2023

... Scattered Strong to Severe Storms Tonight...

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...Northeast Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...Mainly after 10pm.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Northeast Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...After 10pm.

DANGEROUS HEAT.
	RISK...Significant to Critical.
	AREA...Area Wide.
	ONSET...Now... decreasing after sunset.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...Eastern Oklahoma and West-central Arkansas.

DISCUSSION...
Hot, humid, and unstable conditions continue across the area.  Scattered
thunderstorms are expected to develop tonight in northeast Oklahoma
and northwest Arkansas.  While a complex of storms is forecast to move
into northeast Oklahoma after Midnight and continue into Arkansas.
A few of the storms could be severe with strong winds the main concern.
The merging of the initial storms with the complex may result in a zone
of very heavy rain late tonight from parts of northeast Oklahoma into
northwest Arkansas.  Rainfall in this corridor of 2 to 3 inches is
could occur, with a local extreme near 5 inches possible.  Trends for
this will be monitored.  A Flood Watch may be needed later tonight as
the potential becomes more clear.

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...Dangerous Heat Potential.
SUNDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
MONDAY...Dangerous Heat Potential.
TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY...Dangerous Heat Potential.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Little change in the current weather pattern is expected into Sunday with daily
chances of thunderstorms and high heat and humidity.  Given the extreme instability
that is across the area, local flooding and very strong wind gusts will be possible
with the stronger storms.  If a well organized storm complex can form in the next few
days, a higher-end wind event could develop.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
Emergency managers should follow the forecasts closely the next several days as the
severe weather potential in this type of weather pattern can ramp down or up very
quickly.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 12:00 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 9:33 PM CDT	Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee and 7 more	12 hr
Jul 14, 12:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	30 min
Jul 14, 12:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	25 min
Jul 14, 12:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Kay	23 min
Jul 14, 12:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	34 min
Jul 14, 12:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	29 min
Jul 14, 12:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	33 min
Jul 14, 1:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	43 min
Jul 14, 1:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	37 min
Jul 14, 1:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	40 min
Jul 14, 1:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage, Washington	41 min
Jul 14, 1:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers	46 min
Jul 14, 1:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	116 min
Jul 14, 2:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	30 min
Jul 14, 2:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	42 min
Jul 14, 2:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington	46 min
Jul 14, 2:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	46 min
Jul 14, 2:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner	3 hr
Jul 14, 2:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	61 min
Jul 14, 3:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Ottawa	58 min
Jul 14, 3:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, LeFlore, Sequoyah	3 hr
Jul 14, 3:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	60 min
Jul 14, 3:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	LeFlore	31 min
Jul 14, 4:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	3 hr
Jul 14, 4:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers	62 min
Jul 14, 6:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, LeFlore, Sequoyah	3 hr
Jul 14, 6:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage, Washington	49 min
Jul 14, 6:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	36 min
Jul 14, 7:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	39 min
Jul 14, 7:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington	48 min
Jul 14, 7:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Washington	116 min
Jul 14, 8:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	39 min
Jul 14, 8:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	27 min
Jul 14, 1:49 PM CDT	Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata and 3 more	12 hr
Jul 14, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage	41 min
Jul 14, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Ottawa, Washington	55 min
Jul 14, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage	47 min
Jul 14, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Nowata, Ottawa, Washington	48 min
Jul 14, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Washington	53 min
Jul 14, 3:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	54 min
Jul 14, 4:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	3 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.