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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 16, 2024Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at May 16, 2024, 2:08 AM CDT for Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 37 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 16, 2024, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2024, 2:45 AM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Tulsa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 1915 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 9.5

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The text

As transmitted.

084 
WWUS84 KTSA 160708
SPSTSA

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
208 AM CDT Thu May 16 2024
 
OKZ054-059-060-064-160745-
Tulsa OK-Osage OK-Pawnee OK-Creek OK-
208 AM CDT Thu May 16 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE...
NORTHEASTERN CREEK...SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND CENTRAL TULSA COUNTIES
THROUGH 245 AM CDT...

At 208 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm 4 miles
south of Keystone State Park, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 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...
Tulsa...                          Broken Arrow...
Sand Springs...                   Sapulpa...
Jenks...                          Skiatook...
Mannford...                       Sperry...
Kellyville...                     Keystone State Park...
Jenks Riverside Airport...        Turley...
Tulsa International Airport...    Gray...

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 201 and 232.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3592 9626 3608 9645 3642 9601 3610 9577
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 235DEG 36KT 3608 9624 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

Mejia

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	35 min
May 15, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage	66 min
May 15, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	44 min
May 15, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	TSA	Osage	43 min
May 15, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	41 min
May 15, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage	45 min
May 15, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage	42 min
May 15, 9:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	57 min
May 15, 10:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	42 min
May 15, 10:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	45 min
May 15, 10:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	41 min
May 15, 11:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	24 min
May 16, 12:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Kay	27 min
May 16, 1:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	37 min
May 16, 1:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	36 min
May 16, 1:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	29 min
May 16, 2:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	17 min
May 16, 2:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	30 min
May 16, 2:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	24 min
May 16, 3:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	35 min
May 16, 4:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	35 min
May 16, 5:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	34 min
May 16, 11:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	27 min
May 16, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	15 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.