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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 8, 2024Choctaw County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2024, 6:57 PM CDT for Choctaw County, 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
May 8, 2024, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2024, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Choctaw County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 8, 2:18 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

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 May 8, 6:10 PM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 6:10 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
610 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

...New AVIATION...

.SHORT TERM...
(The rest of this afternoon and tonight)
Issued at 145 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

Thunderstorms continue to develop early this afternoon across
northeast Oklahoma in the vicinity of a cold front that extends
from near Nowata to near Oilton and back into south-central
Oklahoma. Thunderstorm development is expected to continue in
the vicinity of the front as it moves east across the region. With
the airmass already extremely unstable and very little if any cap
in place, any storms that develop will have the potential to become
severe rapidly. Giant hail and significant tornadoes will be the
main concern with impressive deep layer shear above. The storms are
expected to come to an end later this evening as the cold front
exits.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Thursday through Wednesday)
Issued at 145 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

Most of the area will be dry on Thursday. However, there will be
a small chance of showers/storms across southeast Oklahoma Thursday
afternoon/evening as a storm system skirts the area to the
south. High pressure is expected to prevail Friday into Saturday with
dry conditions forecast area-wide. Shower/storm chances return
Sunday and continue into early next week as an upper level low slowly
moves out of the Rockies and into the Plains.

&&

.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 610 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

A cold front will continue to move through eastern Oklahoma and
northwest Arkansas this evening. Ongoing showers/storms along the
front in northeast Oklahoma and far northwest Arkansas are
expected to continue to expand in coverage across southeast
Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas this evening with the movement of
the front. Some of these storms could be strong to severe with
large hail and strong winds. Also within the storms...LIFR to MVFR
conditions are forecast. By 06z the storms and cold front are
forecast to be southeast of the CWA TAF sites. Behind the
front...clearing skies should spread over the CWA tonight and
remain common into Thursday morning. During the day
Thursday scattered/broken high clouds are forecast to move over
the CWA. Winds ahead of the front remain south to southwest and
then transition to west to northerly behind the frontal passage.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   54  80  53  76 /   0   0   0   0
FSM   60  84  57  78 /  80  10  10   0
MLC   60  81  57  77 /  10  20  10   0
BVO   49  78  49  76 /   0   0   0   0
FYV   54  80  50  75 /  60  10  10   0
BYV   54  77  50  72 /  80   0  10   0
MKO   55  78  53  75 /  10  10  10   0
MIO   50  76  50  73 /  10   0   0   0
F10   55  78  53  75 /   0  10  10   0
HHW   63  82  58  77 /  30  40  20   0

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...None.
AR...None.
&&

SHORT TERM...10
LONG TERM....10
AVIATION...20
Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 4:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
442 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-091030-
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-
442 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

...SEVERE STORM THREAT THRU THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.
TORNADO.
	RISK...Limited to Elevated.
	AREA...East of US highway 69.
	ONSET...Ongoing...ending by mid-evening.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Significant.
	AREA...East of US highway 69.
	ONSET...Ongoing...ending by mid-evening.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...West-central and northwest Arkansas and extreme eastern Oklahoma.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Far Northeast Oklahoma into Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...Ongoing...ending by mid-evening.

DISCUSSION...
A slow-moving cold front will collide with a very unstable and
strongly sheared air mass over eastern Oklahoma and western
Arkansas to bring scattered strong to severe storms this afternoon
and into the evening, primarily east of US highway 69. Very large
hail to 2 inches in diameter or greater and isolated damaging
wind are the primary threats. Low level shear isn't particularly
strong (especially compared to Monday night's event), but there is
enough to support some tornado threat with the more discrete
cells. Locally heavy rainfall may support an isolated flash flood
threat, especially across far northeast Oklahoma into northwest
Arkansas where storms will have more of a tendency to train over
the same areas.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.
THURSDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY...No Hazards.
SUNDAY thru TUESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
A slight chance of thunderstorms will remain across far southeast
Oklahoma on Thursday with dry and mild weather for areas further
north. The quiet weather pattern will continue for late week
into the weekend with thunderstorm chances returning by early
next week.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 6:24 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 8:45 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware10 hr
May 8, 12:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata25 min
May 8, 1:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig26 min
May 8, 1:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Ottawa53 min
May 8, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Ottawa46 min
May 8, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig, Ottawa50 min
May 8, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Ottawa63 min
May 8, 3:11 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAOttawa3 hr
May 8, 3:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa34 min
May 8, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Ottawa46 min
May 8, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Mayes, Rogers43 min
May 8, 3:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAOttawa3 hr
May 8, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa18 min
May 8, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa41 min
May 8, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Ottawa52 min
May 8, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Mayes48 min
May 8, 4:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSADelaware3 hr
May 8, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware27 min
May 8, 5:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware24 min
May 8, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware26 min
May 8, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware39 min
May 8, 6:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSADelaware2 hr
May 8, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw47 min
May 8, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee34 min
May 8, 6:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell27 min
May 8, 6:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee38 min
May 8, 10:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAFranklin, Johnson, Logan22 hr
May 8, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton32 min
May 8, 6:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton30 min
May 8, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Carroll, Madison19 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.