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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 30, 2004Cherokee County, Delaware County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 2:04 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Delaware County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 71 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 30, 2004, 2:04 AM CDT (07:04 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2004, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
71 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:07 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2004-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2152 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2004-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 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
2152 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
999 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
284 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
11.4

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The text

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

709 
WFUS54 KTSA 300704
TORTUL
OKC021-041-300815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
203 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT

* AT 203 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM 8  
MILES WEST OF PEGGS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. STORM SPOTTERS HAVE 
REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING   
SITUATION...TAKE COVER NOW

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...OAKS...
  LEACH...TWIN OAKS...KANSAS...COLCORD AND PEGGS.

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...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW

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 3631 9501 3619 9502 3618 9510 3604 9521
          3619 9458 3646 9463

$$

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 29, 11:30 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek60 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, 2:13 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.