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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 2, 1994Creek County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 1994, 5:54 PM CST for Creek County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 1994, 5:54 PM CST (23:54 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 1994, 7:00 PM CST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Creek County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 12:00Z on 1994-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1994-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 204 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-689 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
327 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 022355
TORTUL
OKC037-030100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
554 PM CST SAT APR 2 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...NORTHERN CREEK COUNTY
 
AT 553 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
DEVELOPING TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF OILTON. THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS
MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
 
PERSONS IN OILTON AND MANNFORD SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!!!
 
 
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.
 
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
Apr 2, 4:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage55 min
Apr 2, 5:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee55 min
Apr 2, 5:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek59 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.