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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 14, 2024Okfuskee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2024, 12:22 PM CDT for Okfuskee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 23 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: Mar 14, 2024, 12:22 PM CDT (17:22 UTC)
Expired: Mar 14, 2024, 12:45 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 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 17:24 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 14, 11:09 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 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.

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: 2303 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.5
Supercell composite: 11.5

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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 Mar 14, 10:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 10:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 9:26 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
926 AM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-151015-
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-
926 AM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

...SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED TODAY...

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.
TORNADO.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Mainly Southeast Oklahoma into Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...Afternoon.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Significant.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...Late morning into Afternoon.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...Along and southeast of Interstate 44.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Southeast Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...Afternoon.

DISCUSSION...
Severe thunderstorms will develop from late morning into the
early afternoon and increase in coverage from mid afternoon through
early evening. Areas southeast of Interstate 44 will have the
highest chances for severe weather, including the potential for
very large damaging hail and a few tornadoes. Locally heavy
rainfall is likely primarily across southeast Oklahoma into
northwest Arkansas with a limited risk of flash flooding.
Thunderstorms will end from northwest to southeast this
evening as a cold front sweep across the region.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.
FRIDAY through WEDNESDAY...No Hazards.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Relatively quiet weather will prevail Friday into next week.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 14, 11:53 AM CDT, 29 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1153 AM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

OKZ064-065-141730-
Okfuskee OK-Creek OK-
1153 AM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL CREEK AND WESTERN
OKFUSKEE COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 PM CDT...

At 1152 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over
Little, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
         around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation
         is possible.

Locations in or near the path include...
Okemah...                         Boley...
Paden...                          Bearden...
Castle...                         Welty...
Mason...

This includes Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 212 and
222.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM CDT for northeastern
and east central Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3553 9662 3571 9645 3550 9617 3529 9639
      3529 9644 3546 9644 3546 9647 3543 9650
      3543 9652 3546 9654 3544 9657 3543 9656
      3542 9656 3541 9654 3539 9654 3541 9658
      3540 9660 3540 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 1652Z 221DEG 31KT 3536 9665

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Mejia

Special weather statement, Mar 14, 12:16 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1216 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

OKZ060-067-141745-
Tulsa OK-Wagoner OK-
1216 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN WAGONER AND
SOUTHEASTERN TULSA COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 PM CDT...

At 1216 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near
Broken Arrow, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
         around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation
         is possible.

Locations in or near the path include...
Tulsa...                          Broken Arrow...
Bixby...                          Jenks...
Coweta...                         Catoosa...
Oneta...                          Leonard...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM CDT for northeastern
Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3614 9561 3613 9559 3609 9555 3608 9556
      3608 9558 3607 9557 3607 9553 3606 9552
      3586 9578 3598 9596 3616 9580 3616 9562
TIME...MOT...LOC 1716Z 219DEG 31KT 3598 9582

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 13, 8:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	28 min
Mar 13, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	38 min
Mar 13, 8:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	27 min
Mar 13, 9:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata, Washington	39 min
Mar 13, 9:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	39 min
Mar 13, 9:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	40 min
Mar 14, 11:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	37 min
Mar 14, 12:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	24 min
Mar 14, 12:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	29 min
Mar 14, 12:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	33 min
Mar 14, 12:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	29 min
Mar 14, 12:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	27 min
Mar 14, 12:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	31 min
Mar 14, 12:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	24 min
Mar 14, 12:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	37 min
Mar 14, 12:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	34 min
Mar 14, 12:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	34 min
Mar 14, 12:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes	47 min
Mar 14, 1:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	24 min
Mar 14, 1:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	33 min
Mar 14, 1:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	44 min
Mar 14, 1:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	26 min
Mar 14, 1:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee	29 min
Mar 14, 1:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah	27 min
Mar 14, 1:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	24 min
Mar 14, 1:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	3 hr
Mar 14, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	49 min
Mar 14, 1:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner	33 min
Mar 14, 1:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	TSA	Delaware	53 min
Mar 14, 2:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	30 min
Mar 14, 2:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware	26 min
Mar 14, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner	21 min
Mar 14, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	29 min
Mar 14, 2:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	3 hr
Mar 14, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, McIntosh, Mayes and 6 more	34 min
Mar 14, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	28 min
Mar 14, 2:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	28 min
Mar 14, 2:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	34 min
Mar 14, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, LeFlore, McIntosh and 3 more	50 min
Mar 14, 3:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	27 min
Mar 14, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	46 min
Mar 14, 3:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah	3 hr
Mar 14, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah	45 min
Mar 14, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	29 min
Mar 14, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	50 min
Mar 14, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	32 min
Mar 14, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	27 min
Mar 14, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Haskell, Sequoyah	49 min
Mar 14, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	26 min
Mar 14, 4:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	5 hr
Mar 14, 4:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	33 min
Mar 14, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	46 min
Mar 14, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	51 min
Mar 14, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore	50 min
Mar 14, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	34 min
Mar 14, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	14 min
Mar 14, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	48 min
Mar 14, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Pittsburg	46 min
Mar 14, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	39 min
Mar 14, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	40 min
Mar 14, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	45 min
Mar 14, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	51 min
Mar 14, 6:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	5 hr
Mar 14, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Haskell, Latimer	38 min
Mar 14, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Pittsburg	35 min
Mar 14, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	47 min
Mar 14, 2:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Benton	20 min
Mar 14, 2:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	24 min
Mar 14, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton	51 min
Mar 14, 3:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	25 min
Mar 14, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll, Madison	33 min
Mar 14, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll	34 min
Mar 14, 3:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	25 min
Mar 14, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	37 min
Mar 14, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	29 min
Mar 14, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Washington	13 min
Mar 14, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	29 min
Mar 14, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	31 min
Mar 14, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	29 min
Mar 14, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	39 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.