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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 401, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 16, 2024LeFlore County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma; Crawford County, Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2024, 11:01 PM CDT for LeFlore County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma; Crawford County, Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 59 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: Aug 16, 2024, 11:01 PM CDT (04:01 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2024, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Destructive
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 80.0 mph

Counties Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, LeFlore County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 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
Aug 16, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 1380 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1791 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.6

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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 Aug 16, 10:22 PM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 10:22 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 8:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
826 PM CDT Fri Aug 16 2024

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-171030-
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-
826 PM CDT Fri Aug 16 2024

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

.DAY ONE...This evening through Tonight.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Northeast Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Northeast Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

DISCUSSION...

Scattered severe storms will continue moving into portions of
northeast Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas this evening.  Damaging
winds to 70 mph will be possible in the stronger storms, with hail
to the size of golf balls. Storms may linger into the overnight
hours with the threat for heavy rain and localized flash flooding.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Local Spotter Activation May Be Needed.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Dangerous Heat
						  Potential.
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...No Hazards.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Tonight's thunderstorms may linger past daybreak Saturday morning
across northwest Arkansas, although the severe weather potential
should weaken Saturday morning. Additional thunderstorm
development is expected into Sunday.

Dangerous heat will persist through the weekend. Relatively cooler
temperatures are expected next week as the upper ridge shifts
west away from the region and a cold front moves through the area
this weekend.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 16, 9:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 16, 9:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 9:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 16, 10:21 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 16, 10:23 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 10:35 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 16, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	41 min
Aug 16, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage	53 min
Aug 16, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	TSA	Delaware, Ottawa	24 min
Aug 16, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	30 min
Aug 16, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Delaware	43 min
Aug 16, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage	50 min
Aug 16, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Craig, Nowata	50 min
Aug 16, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Nowata, Rogers, Washington	39 min
Aug 16, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	17 min
Aug 16, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	47 min
Aug 16, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	39 min
Aug 16, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes, Rogers	44 min
Aug 16, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware	26 min
Aug 16, 9:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware, Mayes, Rogers	32 min
Aug 16, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	51 min
Aug 16, 10:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah	40 min
Aug 16, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	50 min
Aug 16, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	38 min
Aug 17, 12:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	30 min
Aug 17, 12:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	43 min
Aug 17, 12:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	23 min
Aug 17, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes	47 min
Aug 17, 1:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	44 min
Aug 17, 1:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	47 min
Aug 17, 1:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee	42 min
Aug 17, 1:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	42 min
Aug 17, 1:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	48 min
Aug 17, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah	46 min
Aug 17, 2:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	28 min
Aug 17, 2:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah	3 hr
Aug 17, 2:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	48 min
Aug 17, 2:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	44 min
Aug 17, 2:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes	50 min
Aug 17, 2:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	5 hr
Aug 17, 2:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	32 min
Aug 17, 3:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Craig	119 min
Aug 17, 3:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	5 hr
Aug 17, 3:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah	3 hr
Aug 17, 4:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	57 min
Aug 17, 4:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa	3 hr
Aug 17, 4:52 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	3 hr
Aug 17, 5:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	50 min
Aug 17, 5:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	LeFlore	3 hr
Aug 17, 5:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	22 min
Aug 17, 5:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	49 min
Aug 17, 5:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	44 min
Aug 17, 5:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore	5 hr
Aug 17, 6:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	43 min
Aug 17, 6:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	25 min
Aug 17, 6:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	54 min
Aug 17, 6:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah	6 hr
Aug 17, 7:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	28 min
Aug 17, 7:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner	41 min
Aug 17, 7:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	3 hr
Aug 17, 8:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	3 hr
Aug 17, 8:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	31 min
Aug 17, 8:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Muskogee	3 hr
Aug 17, 11:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell	3 hr
Aug 17, 1:45 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh and 12 more	31 hr
Aug 17, 1:45 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	TSA	Adair, Choctaw, Craig, Delaware, Nowata, Ottawa and 3 more	30 hr
Aug 16, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Benton, Madison, Washington	49 min
Aug 16, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison	44 min
Aug 16, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Washington	51 min
Aug 16, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	34 min
Aug 16, 9:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	3 hr
Aug 17, 2:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	42 min
Aug 17, 2:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	46 min

Nearby

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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.