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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 248, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 14, 20236 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2023, 7:27 AM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 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, 7:27 AM CDT (12:27 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2023, 8:15 AM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 174 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: 426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1072 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

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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 14, 6:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 6:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 4:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 6:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 6:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 6:43 AM CDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 6:54 AM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:21 AM CDT, 6 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, 12:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	31 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, 7:34 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.