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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 13, 2004Creek County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 13, 2004, 3:32 PM CDT for Creek County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 43 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
May 13, 2004, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2004, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Creek County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 13, 10:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2004-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 924 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2004-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
924 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 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.

168 
WFUS54 KTSA 132032
TORTUL
OKC037-143-132115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
332 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  EASTERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 332 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
  STRONG ROTATION 4 MILES WEST OF KIEFER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
  THIS DANGEROUS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BIXBY...
  JENKS...GLENPOOL...BROKEN ARROW...MOUNDS...KIEFER AND SAPULPA.

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

LAT...LON 3601 9614 3586 9613 3587 9577 3606 9577

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 11:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers61 min
May 13, 12:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Mayes, Rogers65 min
May 13, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner59 min
May 13, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner40 min
May 13, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek39 min
May 13, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware52 min
May 13, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa47 min
May 13, 2:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSADelaware4 hr
May 13, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner41 min
May 13, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa19 min
May 13, 3:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSARogers, Tulsa4 hr
May 13, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa38 min
May 13, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner44 min
May 13, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Tulsa34 min
May 13, 4:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAWagoner4 hr
May 13, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner50 min
May 13, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee40 min
May 13, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah48 min
May 13, 5:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee4 hr
May 13, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell53 min
May 13, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore45 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.