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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 419, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 2024, 5:56 PM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 13 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
- Sep 19, 2024, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2024, 6:09 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Osage County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 478 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -244 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1183 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
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 Sep 19, 2:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 2:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 19, 4:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Tulsa OK 439 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-201030- 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- 439 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024 This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as much of Eastern Oklahoma. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...Limited. AREA...North of I-44. ONSET...Ongoing...ending by around 10 PM. DANGEROUS HEAT. RISK...Limited to Elevated. AREA...Northeast Oklahoma. ONSET...Ongoing...ending by sunset. FIRE WEATHER DANGER. RISK...Limited. AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas. ONSET...Ongoing...ending by sunset. DISCUSSION... Scattered thunderstorms that have developed over north-central Oklahoma will move into northeast Oklahoma this afternoon, affecting areas mainly to the north of I-44. These storms will pose a limited risk of damaging winds, and possibly some marginally severe hail as well. This threat will gradually diminish this evening with the loss of daytime heating. Heat indices near 105 degrees have been observed across northeast Oklahoma. Conditions will improve this evening. The hot and windy conditions, combined with the dry vegetation, will yield an increased fire weather danger thru the afternoon. A fire could spread quickly in these conditions. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... Local Spotter Activation May Be Needed. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. FRIDAY and SATURDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Dangerous Heat Potential. SUNDAY thru WEDNESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... Afternoon heat index values in the 100 to 105 degree range will be common Friday and Saturday afternoons across much of eastern Oklahoma and west central Arkansas. Thunderstorm chances will return over the weekend, with the best chances late Sunday and Sunday night as a cold front moves across the area. Low storm chances will also prevail Tuesday night and Wednesday of next week. weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 19, 5:24 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
524 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024
OKZ054-192300-
Osage OK-
524 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTY
THROUGH 600 PM CDT...
At 523 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a
line extending from 4 miles northwest of Cedar Vale to 7 miles east
of Newkirk. Movement was east at 40 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...
Elgin... Grainola...
Foraker...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9627 3682 9657 3682 9675 3700 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 258DEG 37KT 3715 9655 3689 9692
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPHSpecial weather statement, Sep 19, 5:35 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
535 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024
OKZ054-059-192300-
Osage OK-Pawnee OK-
535 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN OSAGE AND
NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM CDT...
At 535 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a
line extending from 6 miles north of Kaw Lake to 4 miles east of
Billings. Movement was east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
around unsecured objects.
Locations in or near the path include...
Shidler... Burbank...
Sooner Lake... Southern Kaw Lake...
Webb City... Apperson...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
northeastern Oklahoma.
&&
LAT...LON 3669 9706 3670 9703 3669 9693 3675 9689
3674 9683 3677 9682 3678 9675 3682 9675
3683 9646 3643 9696 3644 9703 3651 9703
3653 9698 3655 9690 3658 9689 3660 9692
3658 9698 3659 9705 3660 9704 3668 9706
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 279DEG 21KT 3687 9689 3653 9736
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 36 min |
| Sep 19, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 31 min |
| Sep 19, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 25 min |
| Sep 19, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 29 min |
| Sep 19, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 40 min |
| Sep 19, 6:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 24 min |
| Sep 19, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 30 min |
| Sep 19, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 47 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.