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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 9, 1993Craig County, Mayes County, Rogers County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1993, 4:56 PM CDT for Craig County, Mayes County, Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1993, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1993, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Craig County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Rogers County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 146 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1993-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1889 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1993-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 186 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1889 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
629 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
6.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 092157 RRA
TORTUL
OKC035-097-131-092245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
456 PM CDT WED JUN 9 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN CRAIG COUNTY...NORTHERN MAYES COUNTY
   ...NORTHEASTERN ROGERS COUNTY
 
AT 455 PM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF CHELSEA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.
 
 
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 hON 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.
 
KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage55 min
Jun 8, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Washington50 min
Jun 8, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata54 min
Jun 8, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Washington48 min
Jun 9, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee46 min
Jun 9, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers37 min
Jun 9, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage54 min
Jun 9, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee68 min
Jun 9, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage47 min
Jun 9, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa53 min
Jun 9, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa44 min
Jun 9, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningTSARogers44 min
Jun 9, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee62 min
Jun 9, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Tulsa68 min
Jun 9, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Wagoner63 min
Jun 9, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers42 min
Jun 9, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa68 min
Jun 9, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAWagoner50 min
Jun 9, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes45 min
Jun 9, 5:50 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOttawa40 min
Jun 9, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware64 min
Jun 9, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair69 min
Jun 9, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah60 min
Jun 9, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah38 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.