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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 30, 2004Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 1:43 PM CDT for Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 62 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, 1:43 PM CDT (18:43 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2004, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sequoyah County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 10:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1630 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2004-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 279 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1630 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
279 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.8
Supercell composite
17.8

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The text

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

715 
WFUS54 KTSA 301843
TORTUL
OKC135-301945-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 143 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
  STRONG ROTATION 8 MILES WEST OF GORE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SALLISAW...
  VIAN...GORE...BRUSHY AND MARBLE CITY.

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

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

LAT...LON 3548 9454 3545 9483 3544 9501 3552 9513
          3564 9512 3565 9450

$$

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, 2:04 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, 1:57 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

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.