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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2004, 6:36 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 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 22, 2004, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2004, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cherokee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
430 WFUS54 KTSA 222336 TORTUL OKC021-230030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 636 PM CDT THU APR 22 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 636 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HULBERT. THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...TAHLEQUAH... HULBERT AND ELDON. IF YOU ARE IN OR 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 LAT...LON 3596 9533 3583 9520 3590 9480 3606 9480 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 81 min |
| Apr 21, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 47 min |
| Apr 21, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 63 min |
| Apr 21, 8:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 4 hr |
| Apr 21, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 37 min |
| Apr 21, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 61 min |
| Apr 21, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 65 min |
| Apr 21, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 62 min |
| Apr 21, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 43 min |
| Apr 21, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell | 67 min |
| Apr 21, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 65 min |
| Apr 21, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Okfuskee | 61 min |
| Apr 21, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 52 min |
| Apr 21, 11:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 59 min |
| Apr 21, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 59 min |
| Apr 21, 11:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Pittsburg | 66 min |
| Apr 21, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 49 min |
| Apr 21, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 71 min |
| Apr 21, 11:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 64 min |
| Apr 22, 12:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 12:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 12:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Muskogee | 76 min |
| Apr 22, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 62 min |
| Apr 22, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa, Washington | 60 min |
| Apr 22, 1:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 4 hr |
| Apr 22, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 67 min |
| Apr 22, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 56 min |
| Apr 22, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Wagoner | 41 min |
| Apr 22, 2:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 2:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 24 min |
| Apr 22, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 76 min |
| Apr 22, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 70 min |
| Apr 22, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers | 64 min |
| Apr 22, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes | 63 min |
| Apr 22, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 56 min |
| Apr 22, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 24 min |
| Apr 22, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 63 min |
| Apr 22, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 72 min |
| Apr 22, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okmulgee, Tulsa | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 80 min |
| Apr 22, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 60 min |
| Apr 22, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 65 min |
| Apr 22, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 60 min |
| Apr 22, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 64 min |
| Apr 22, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 59 min |
| Apr 22, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 64 min |
| Apr 22, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 79 min |
| Apr 22, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair | 60 min |
| Apr 22, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 54 min |
| Apr 22, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 95 min |
| Apr 22, 6:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner | 4 hr |
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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.