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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 438, NWS Tulsa, OK

November 2, 2024Creek County, Okmulgee County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 2, 2024, 8:28 PM CDT for Creek County, Okmulgee County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 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: Nov 2, 2024, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired: Nov 2, 2024, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Creek County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1079 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Nov 2, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 2, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 2, 4:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
457 PM CDT Sat Nov 2 2024

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-031015-
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-
457 PM CDT Sat Nov 2 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma.
	ONSET...After 6 PM.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Mainly Northeast Oklahoma.
	ONSET...Evening.

DISCUSSION...
Thunderstorms will steadily spread across portions of eastern Oklahoma
this evening with a limited risk of severe weather. The primary hazard
is expected to be locally strong winds. Additional storms are expected
to spread across the region late tonight through early Sunday. These
storms will also pose a limited risk of severe weather with locally
damaging winds possible. Rainfall amounts will continue to increase
with the passing storms and locally heavy amounts are likely across
portions of northeast Oklahoma. Localized flooding may develop this
evening through the overnight hours.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.
SUNDAY and MONDAY...Thunderstorm and Heavy Rain Potential.
TUESDAY...No Hazards.
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
FRIDAY...No Hazards.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...

Thunderstorms are expected to be ongoing across the region early
Sunday with a limited risk of both severe weather and flooding.
Additional rounds of thunderstorms are expected Sunday afternoon
through Monday. A risk of both severe weather and flooding will
accompany the thunderstorms with rainfall accumulations steadily
increasing across the era. Widespread rainfall totals of 2 to 6
inches are expected through Monday evening with locally higher
amounts near 10 inches possible. Flooding potential may increase
across larger main stem rivers with these heavier rainfall amounts.

Another storm system will affect the area late next week, bringing
additional chances for showers and a few thunderstorms.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 2, 8:14 PM CDT, 14 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
Nov 2, 8:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	46 min
Nov 2, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	36 min
Nov 2, 10:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Rogers, Tulsa	4 hr
Nov 2, 10:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	114 min
Nov 3, 1:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers and 2 more	3 hr
Nov 3, 1:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	36 min
Nov 3, 2:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	30 min
Nov 3, 2:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	38 min
Nov 3, 3:04 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	14 min
Nov 3, 3:04 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	14 min
Nov 3, 3:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	36 min
Nov 3, 3:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Creek	21 min
Nov 3, 3:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	19 min
Nov 3, 3:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa	46 min
Nov 3, 3:41 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek	34 min
Nov 3, 3:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	34 min
Nov 3, 3:51 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Tulsa	24 min
Nov 3, 3:55 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek	19 min
Nov 3, 4:03 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	42 min
Nov 3, 4:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Tulsa	32 min
Nov 3, 4:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee	29 min
Nov 3, 4:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	23 min
Nov 3, 4:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	18 min
Nov 3, 4:29 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Craig, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata and 2 more	31 min
Nov 3, 4:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata and 2 more	13 min
Nov 3, 4:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Rogers, Washington	44 min
Nov 3, 4:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee and 4 more	39 min
Nov 3, 5:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair, Delaware, Ottawa, Sequoyah	40 min
Nov 3, 7:51 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	24 min
Nov 3, 7:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	36 min
Nov 3, 8:09 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	21 min
Nov 3, 8:32 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	28 min
Nov 3, 12:02 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	28 min
Nov 3, 12:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	31 min
Nov 3, 2:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	24 min
Nov 3, 2:37 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	38 min
Nov 3, 2:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	35 min
Nov 3, 2:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	16 min
Nov 3, 2:55 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	35 min
Nov 3, 3:06 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	24 min
Nov 3, 3:13 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata, Washington	32 min
Nov 3, 3:30 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	45 min
Nov 3, 3:54 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	36 min
Nov 3, 4:18 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	42 min
Nov 3, 5:01 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	29 min
Nov 3, 5:29 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	31 min
Nov 3, 5:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	51 min
Nov 3, 5:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	24 min
Nov 3, 5:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	36 min
Nov 3, 5:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Madison, Washington	48 min
Nov 3, 5:59 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	31 min
Nov 3, 6:41 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	49 min
Nov 3, 7:20 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll, Madison	25 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.