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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2004, 8:14 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 61 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 26, 2004, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2004, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pawnee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 2661 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1229 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
066
WFUS54 KTSA 270114
TORTUL
OKC117-270215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
814 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR
EASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 814 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 2
MILES SOUTH OF SKEDEE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...TAKE COVER
NOW
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BLACKBURN...
SKEDEE...CLEVELAND AND WESTPORT.
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
MOTORISTS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD ABANDON VEHICLES FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER DO NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES
TAKE COVER IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE COVER
IN A DITCH OR CULVERT. PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS
LAT...LON 3633 9648 3630 9654 3631 9659 3640 9654
3638 9660 3643 9663 3644 9680 3626 9680
3618 9626
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 60 min |
| May 26, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 80 min |
| May 26, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 53 min |
| May 26, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 53 min |
| May 26, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 66 min |
| May 26, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 46 min |
| May 26, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 51 min |
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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.