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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 21, 2024Delaware County, Mayes County, Rogers County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2024, 6:00 PM CDT for Delaware County, Mayes County, Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2024, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2024, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Rogers County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 21, 2:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 594 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -286 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 999 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

282 
WUUS54 KTSA 212300
SVRTSA
OKC041-097-131-212345-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0252.240521T2300Z-240521T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
600 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Rogers County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  West central Delaware County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Central Mayes County in northeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 600 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 2 miles northwest of Pryor to 3 miles northeast of
  Inola, moving east at 40 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations in or near the path include...
  Jay...                            Pryor...
  Pryor Creek...                    Chouteau...
  Inola...                          Locust Grove...
  Salina...                         Spavinaw...
  Hoot Owl...                       Rose...
  Spavinaw State Park...            Sportsmen Acres Community...
  Snowdale State Park...            

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northeastern
and east central Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3641 9478 3616 9503 3615 9560 3639 9537
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 268DEG 33KT 3634 9535 3617 9550 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

1 follow-up statement

533 
WWUS54 KTSA 212327
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
627 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024

OKC131-212337-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-240521T2345Z/
Rogers OK-
627 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROGERS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northeastern
and east central Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3615 9535 3629 9526 3630 9489 3616 9503
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 287DEG 28KT 3627 9514 3616 9518 

$$

OKC041-097-212345-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-240521T2345Z/
Delaware OK-Mayes OK-
627 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN DELAWARE AND SOUTHEASTERN MAYES COUNTIES...

At 627 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Salina to 2 miles south of Locust Grove, moving
east at 35 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations in or near the path include...
Chouteau...                       Locust Grove...
Salina...                         Rose...
Sportsmen Acres Community...      

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northeastern
and east central Oklahoma.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3615 9535 3629 9526 3630 9489 3616 9503
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 287DEG 28KT 3627 9514 3616 9518 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 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
May 21, 1:15 PM CDT	Flood Watch	TSA	Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	43 hr
May 21, 2:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	34 min
May 21, 2:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	24 min
May 21, 2:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	30 min
May 21, 2:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	27 min
May 21, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	31 min
May 21, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	29 min
May 21, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pushmataha	23 min
May 21, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	36 min
May 21, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Sequoyah	34 min
May 21, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata, Washington	28 min
May 21, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	34 min
May 21, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	46 min
May 21, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Washington	52 min
May 21, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata	17 min
May 21, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	15 min
May 21, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	23 min
May 21, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Mayes, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	42 min
May 21, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	29 min
May 21, 5:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	26 min
May 21, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	47 min
May 21, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	39 min
May 21, 5:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	28 min
May 21, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	29 min
May 21, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	43 min
May 21, 5:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	24 min
May 21, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	33 min
May 21, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	51 min
May 21, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	17 min
May 21, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner	42 min
May 21, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee	26 min
May 21, 6:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	21 min
May 21, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee	33 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.