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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 14, 20246 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2024, 2:09 PM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 21 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, 2:09 PM CDT (19:09 UTC)
Expired: Mar 14, 2024, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 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
Mar 14, 11:09 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 170 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: 1236 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 799 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 544 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 547 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 25.1

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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, 12:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 12:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1235 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

...New AVIATION...

.SHORT TERM...
(The rest of today )
Issued at 1045 AM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

Forecast remains on track for numerous thunderstorms to develop
along and southeast of Interstate 44 this afternoon and evening.
Conditions are supportive of very large damaging hail and locally
damaging winds especially with early day storms. A tornadic risk
may also develop with the more sustained cellular but low level
shear values are shown to decrease this afternoon before
increasing again by early evening. Storm mode may largely impact
tornadic potential. Updated forecast made minor adjustment to
thunderstorm chances and included mention of severe potential.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Tonight through Wednesday)
Issued at 348 AM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

A cold front will be near Interstate 44 by the start of this
period, and will accelerate southeast through the evening hours.
Storm coverage and intensity will lessen with time this evening,
with most of the activity exiting the area by midnight.

Cooler temperatures will follow the frontal passage for Friday
with some lingering cloudiness at least through the morning. A
brief warmup will occur Saturday ahead of the next cold front due
to arrive Saturday night and early Sunday morning. A few showers
will be possible Saturday night across parts of southeast
Oklahoma, but rainfall amounts look to remain on the light side.

Cooler temperatures will return Sunday and Monday, with a freeze
possible in some places Monday morning. The return of south winds
will bring a quick warmup Tuesday ahead of the next storm system
that may affect the area by next Wednesday night and Thursday.

&&

.AVIATION...
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 1234 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

Showers and storms currently expanding along the Interstate 44
corridor and will impact the NE OK terminals. Thunderstorm
coverage will increase and expand eastward through the afternoon
through mid evening w/ corresponding flight impacts. Storms end
from northwest to southeast as a cold front passes. MVFR ceilings
expected to develop by the cold front late tonight and persist
through Friday morning.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   79  46  63  42 /  60  20   0   0
FSM   79  53  66  44 /  90  90   0   0
MLC   78  49  64  43 /  90  70   0  10
BVO   78  44  63  38 /  20  10   0   0
FYV   78  46  60  38 /  90  70   0   0
BYV   77  46  59  39 /  90  70   0   0
MKO   78  48  63  41 /  80  60   0   0
MIO   77  45  60  39 /  60  30   0   0
F10   78  47  63  43 /  80  50   0   0
HHW   78  53  66  46 /  80  80  10  10

&&

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

SHORT TERM...07
LONG TERM....05
AVIATION...07

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 9:26 AM CDT, 4 hours 43 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

Local storm report, Mar 14, 1:21 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
121 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

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

1250 PM     Hail             Wilson                  35.51N 96.02W
03/14/2024  E1.50 inch       Okmulgee           OK   Public

            Relayed by Broadcast Media.

&&

JDS

Local storm report, Mar 14, 1:36 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
136 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

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

0132 PM     Hail             Gore                    35.53N 95.11W
03/14/2024  E1.00 inch       Sequoyah           OK   Public

&&

JDS

Special weather statement, Mar 14, 1:36 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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

OKZ060-061-064-067-141900-
Tulsa OK-Rogers OK-Creek OK-Wagoner OK-
136 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN ROGERS...EAST
CENTRAL CREEK...NORTHWESTERN WAGONER AND TULSA COUNTIES THROUGH 200
PM CDT...

At 136 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over
Glenpool, moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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...
Sand Springs...                   Owasso...
Bixby...                          Sapulpa...
Jenks...                          Glenpool...
Coweta...                         Catoosa...
Verdigris...                      Inola...
Kiefer...                         Jenks Riverside Airport...
Tulsa International Airport...    Turley...
Liberty...

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 206 and 243.

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
Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3615 9552 3586 9598 3586 9603 3599 9621
      3616 9604 3617 9600 3620 9600 3636 9584
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 225DEG 42KT 3597 9602

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Mejia

Local storm report, Mar 14, 1:53 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
153 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

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

0152 PM     Hail             Tahlequah               35.92N 94.96W
03/14/2024  E0.88 inch       Cherokee           OK   Emergency Mngr

&&

JDS

Special weather statement, Mar 14, 2:00 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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

OKZ063-068-069-141930-
Adair OK-Cherokee OK-Delaware OK-
200 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHWESTERN
ADAIR AND NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM CDT...

At 200 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm 6 miles
northwest of Eldon, moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 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...
Tahlequah...                      West Siloam Springs...
Colcord...                        Kansas...
Oaks...                           Eldon...
Leach...                          Scraper...
Twin Oaks...                      Natural Falls State Park...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3619 9457 3589 9486 3595 9502 3625 9494
      3625 9458
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 212DEG 44KT 3599 9491

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

Mejia

Local storm report, Mar 14, 2:06 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
206 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

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

0202 PM     Hail             1 WNW Tahlequah         35.92N 94.98W
03/14/2024  E1.25 inch       Cherokee           OK   Public

&&

JDS

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, 12:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	23 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, 2:16 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.