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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 14, 20235 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2023, 6:42 PM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 14, 2023, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2023, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 14, 6:54 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Welch, OK	Power pole snapped at Hwy 59 and S530 Road east of Welch. Time is radar estimated. Report relayed via social media.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 130 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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The text

As transmitted.

514 
WUUS54 KTSA 142342
SVRTSA
OKC035-041-105-115-147-150030-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0252.230714T2342Z-230715T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
642 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Craig County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Northwestern Delaware County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Ottawa County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Northern Washington County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Nowata County in northeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 730 PM CDT.

* At 642 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Quapaw to 9 miles west of Welch to 3 miles
  north of Dewey, moving southeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations in or near the path include...
  Bartlesville...                   Miami...
  Vinita...                         Nowata...
  Grove...                          Dewey...
  Commerce...                       Fairland...
  Afton...                          Quapaw...
  Copan...                          Welch...
  Bernice...                        Delaware...
  Bluejacket...                     Wyandotte...
  Lenapah...                        Wann...
  New Alluwe...                     Picher...

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 280 and 323.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3667 9462 3659 9500 3660 9581 3669 9600
      3696 9600 3700 9537 3700 9463
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 304DEG 36KT 3698 9477 3689 9527 3685 9595 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

1 follow-up statement

691 
WWUS54 KTSA 150001
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
701 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

OKC035-041-105-115-147-150030-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-230715T0030Z/
Craig OK-Delaware OK-Ottawa OK-Washington OK-Nowata OK-
701 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR CRAIG...NORTHWESTERN DELAWARE...OTTAWA...CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND
NOWATA COUNTIES...

At 701 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 3 miles northeast of Seneca to 10 miles north of White
Oak to 8 miles east of Bartlesville, moving southeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations in or near the path include...
Bartlesville...                   Miami...
Vinita...                         Nowata...
Grove...                          Dewey...
Commerce...                       Fairland...
Afton...                          Quapaw...
Welch...                          Bernice...
Delaware...                       Bluejacket...
Wyandotte...                      Lenapah...
New Alluwe...                     Bernice State Park...
Watova...                         White Oak...

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 280 and 323.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3667 9462 3659 9500 3660 9581 3669 9600
      3687 9600 3692 9535 3700 9463
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 304DEG 29KT 3688 9458 3677 9530 3670 9580 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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, 5:34 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, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Washington	53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.