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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 26, 2004Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2004, 9:14 PM CDT for Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 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, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2004, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tulsa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2661 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 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
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

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The text

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

696 
WFUS54 KTSA 270214
TORTUL
OKC143-270300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
914 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  NORTHERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 914 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
  STRONG ROTATION 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPERRY...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SPERRY AND
  COLLINSVILLE.

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

NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS - TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A
SAFE PLACE

LAT...LON 3640 9582 3631 9582 3630 9592 3629 9600
          3643 9600 3643 9580

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPawnee60 min
May 26, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage80 min
May 26, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage53 min
May 26, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPawnee61 min
May 26, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage53 min
May 26, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa66 min
May 26, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington51 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.