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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 24, 1991McIntosh County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Oct 24, 1991, 7:27 PM CDT for McIntosh County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 24, 1991, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 1991, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 24, 7:30 PM CDTTornado F0Mcintosh, OK
Oct 24, 7:40 PM CDTHail 0.75Muskogee, OK

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1991-10-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1991-10-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2191 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 250027
TORTUL
OKC091-101-250115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
727 PM CDT THU OCT 24 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY...EASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY
 
AT 725 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST NORTHEAST OF
CHECOTAH. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN
CHECOTAH...RENTIESVILLE...OKTAHA...AND KEEFTON SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW!
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE.
OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.
STAY AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND
MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET IN A GROUND DEPRESSION.
 
REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO @THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND
ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 24, 2:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
230 PM CDT THU OCT 24 1991

TIME(CDT)   COUNTY       REPORT

1240 PM     PITTSBURG    GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT QUINTON...FROM QUINTON
                         POLICE DEPARTMENT.

1254 PM     PITTSBURG    1 INCH HAIL IN EXTREME NORTHEASTERN PITTSBURG
                         COUNTY.

110 PM      HASKELL      SHERIFFS UNITS REPORT CYCLONIC CLOUD ROTATION
                         GETTING CLOSE TO GROUND JUhST SOUTH OF KINTA.

116 PM      HASKELL      SHERIFFS UNITS REPORT TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WITH
                         DEBRIS BETWEEN KINTA AND LEQUIRE.
Local storm report, Oct 24, 2:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
240 PM CDT THU OCT 24 1991

TIME(CDT)   COUNTY       REPORT

110 PM      HASKELL      GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED NEAR KINTA.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 24, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh44 min
Oct 24, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee52 min
Oct 24, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah68 min
Oct 24, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg52 min
Oct 24, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg41 min
Oct 24, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg45 min
Oct 24, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer48 min
Oct 24, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer44 min
Oct 24, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.