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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 29, 2004Creek County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2004, 11:30 PM CDT for Creek County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 60 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 29, 2004, 11:30 PM CDT (04:30 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2004, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Creek County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:31 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 29, 9:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2004-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2169 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 2004-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 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
2169 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1245 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

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

925 
WFUS54 KTSA 300430
TORTUL
OKC037-300530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1129 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1129 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM 2
  MILES NORTHWEST OF DEPEW...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. STORM SPOTTERS
  REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING
  SITUATION...TAKE COVER NOW

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...BRISTOW...
  DEPEW...MOUNDS...SHAMROCK...KIEFER...KELLYVILLE AND SAPULPA.

A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO...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

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT 
LINE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW

LAT...LON 3592 9667 3574 9661 3584 9602 3608 9610

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 10:42 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek63 min
May 30, 12:08 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Tulsa52 min
May 30, 12:52 AM CDTTornado WarningTSATulsa, Wagoner53 min
May 30, 1:18 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAMayes, Rogers57 min
May 30, 1:44 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAWagoner46 min
May 30, 2:04 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Delaware71 min
May 30, 2:13 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAMayes32 min
May 30, 12:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware80 min
May 30, 12:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee26 min
May 30, 12:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes24 min
May 30, 12:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh58 min
May 30, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee63 min
May 30, 1:12 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh33 min
May 30, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee59 min
May 30, 1:26 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee49 min
May 30, 1:43 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASequoyah62 min
May 30, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee78 min
May 30, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair74 min
May 30, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg71 min
May 30, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell59 min
May 30, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer81 min
May 30, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee78 min
May 30, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore70 min
May 30, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha89 min
May 30, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah81 min
May 30, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore78 min
May 30, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell47 min
May 30, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha61 min
May 30, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer56 min
May 30, 4:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALeFlore4 hr
May 30, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore57 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.