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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 14, 2023Osage County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2023, 5:34 PM CDT for Osage 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: Jul 14, 2023, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2023, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Osage County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 14, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 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: 109 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -486 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2146 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -100 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 Jul 14, 1:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 1:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 5:26 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
526 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-151030-
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-
526 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

...Severe Thunderstorm Expected into Tonight...

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.
TORNADO.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA....Far Northeast Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...After 6pm.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Significant.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...After 6pm.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Northeast Oklahoma into West-central Arkansas.
	ONSET...After 6pm.

DISCUSSION...
A complex of severe thunderstorms will track from southeast Kansas
across far northeast Oklahoma and into northwest Arkansas.  A swath
of 55 to 65 mph winds will occur with these storms.  A few locations
will likely see gusts near 75 mph.  As winds aloft increase this
evening and tonight there will be the potential for some rotation
along the line.

Other storms will are also occurring in southern Kansas and will
soon be moving into eastern Oklahoma.  These storm will also
produce severe weather with the stronger storms producing gusts of
60 to 70 mph and isolated quarter size hail.

Both areas of storms will move southeast and south across
eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas into tonight.  Very heavy
rainfall will occur with the stronger storms and there is a
risk of flash flooding, especially in areas that received heavy rain
last night and this morning.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.
SATURDAY and Sunday...Thunderstorm Potential.
MONDAY through Thursday...Dangerous Heat Potential.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
The chance for thunderstorms will drop off going into
the weekend and next week as the heat builds again
in the area.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 14, 12:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 1:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 2:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
257 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0743 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     2 SE Oologah            36.43N 95.68W
07/14/2023                   Rogers             OK   Public

            6 inch diameter treen down on top of a truck
            on the south end of Oologah Lake. Estimated
            winds of 60 mph. Time is radar estimated.
            Report relayed via social media.

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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, 7:27 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, 5:50 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.