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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 20, 2004Craig County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 2004, 8:15 PM CDT for Craig County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 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
Apr 20, 2004, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2004, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Craig County, OK, Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 20, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 00:00Z on 2004-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 40 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 00:00Z on 2004-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 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
40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
860 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

657 
WFUS54 KTSA 210115
TORTUL
OKC035-115-210200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
815 PM CDT TUE APR 20 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  EASTERN CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 815 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
  STRONG ROTATION 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLUEJACKET...MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...FAIRLAND...
  NARCISSA...WYANDOTTE AND BLUEJACKET.

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS

DO NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES

LAT...LON 3682 9518 3671 9516 3668 9463 3691 9462

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington54 min
Apr 20, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Tulsa52 min
Apr 20, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek65 min
Apr 20, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAWashington44 min
Apr 20, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningTSARogers50 min
Apr 20, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig45 min
Apr 20, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAWagoner36 min
Apr 20, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek64 min
Apr 20, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage47 min
Apr 20, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers23 min
Apr 20, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee57 min
Apr 20, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers41 min
Apr 20, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAWagoner50 min
Apr 20, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkmulgee47 min
Apr 20, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes47 min
Apr 20, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek46 min
Apr 20, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa39 min
Apr 20, 9:02 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee43 min
Apr 20, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee37 min
Apr 20, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Wagoner47 min
Apr 20, 9:21 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee24 min
Apr 20, 9:29 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkmulgee46 min
Apr 20, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek44 min
Apr 20, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware49 min
Apr 20, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee46 min
Apr 20, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee38 min
Apr 20, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh51 min
Apr 20, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee38 min
Apr 21, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah42 min
Apr 21, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee67 min
Apr 21, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah76 min
Apr 21, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASequoyah64 min
Apr 21, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee74 min
Apr 21, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee82 min
Apr 21, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee51 min
Apr 21, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASequoyah62 min
Apr 21, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek79 min
Apr 21, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee63 min
Apr 21, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner59 min
Apr 21, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa56 min
Apr 21, 6:21 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek54 min
Apr 21, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers64 min
Apr 21, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah30 min
Apr 21, 6:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTSATulsa57 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.