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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 431, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 30, 2024Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 30, 2024, 8:03 PM CDT for Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 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: Oct 30, 2024, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired: Oct 30, 2024, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 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
Oct 30, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 30, 7:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Oct 30, 7:14 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 30, 7:28 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
728 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024

OKZ054>056-310100-
Osage OK-Nowata OK-Washington OK-
728 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL OSAGE...WASHINGTON
AND NORTHERN NOWATA COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM CDT...

At 727 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a cluster of strong
thunderstorms from near Barnsdall to 5 miles west of Delaware,
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...
Bartlesville...                   Dewey...
Barnsdall...                      South Coffeyville...
Copan...                          Ramona...
Ochelata...                       Delaware...
Avant...                          Lenapah...
Wann...                           Bartlesville Municipal Airport...
Okesa...                          Tallant...
Wolco...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for northeastern
Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3698 9541 3695 9541 3694 9543 3693 9543
      3641 9609 3649 9630 3700 9598 3700 9552
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 214DEG 44KT 3663 9607

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

Special weather statement, Oct 30, 7:44 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
744 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024

OKZ054-059-310115-
Osage OK-Pawnee OK-
744 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL OSAGE AND NORTHWESTERN
PAWNEE COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM CDT...

At 744 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm 3 miles
south of Sooner Lake, moving northeast 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...
Pawhuska...                       Pawnee...
Fairfax...                        Shidler...
Wynona...                         Ralston...
Burbank...                        Blackburn...
Skedee...                         Foraker...
Sooner Lake...                    Eastern Kaw Lake...
Webb City...                      Apperson...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for northeastern
Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3660 9704 3662 9705 3678 9678 3678 9675
      3680 9675 3692 9654 3649 9623 3625 9687
      3625 9692 3633 9693 3634 9703 3651 9703
      3651 9701 3653 9698 3655 9690 3658 9689
      3660 9692 3658 9698 3659 9704 3659 9706
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 237DEG 34KT 3639 9705

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 30, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	28 min
Oct 30, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	31 min
Oct 30, 7:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata, Washington	32 min
Oct 30, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	31 min
Oct 30, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Washington	48 min
Oct 30, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	26 min
Oct 30, 8:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	26 min
Oct 30, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	35 min
Oct 30, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington	30 min
Oct 30, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	24 min
Oct 30, 9:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	29 min
Oct 30, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	47 min
Oct 30, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers	52 min
Oct 30, 9:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	24 min
Oct 30, 10:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	24 min
Oct 30, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	48 min
Oct 30, 10:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware, Ottawa	29 min
Oct 30, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	25 min
Oct 30, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	30 min
Oct 30, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	32 min
Oct 30, 11:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	34 min
Oct 30, 11:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair	17 min
Oct 31, 12:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee	35 min
Oct 31, 12:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	26 min
Oct 31, 12:25 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Washington	27 min
Oct 31, 12:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	33 min
Oct 31, 1:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	27 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.