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Tornado Warning 68, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 2, 2004Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2004, 3:04 PM CDT for Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 26 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
Jun 2, 2004, 3:04 PM CDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2004, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Okmulgee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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
Jun 2, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1765 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
1765 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-187 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1084 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

050 
WFUS54 KTSA 022004
TORTUL
OKC111-022030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
302 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 302 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED A LONG-LIVED GUSTNADO NEAR BEGS. 
...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. 

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...BEGGS.

WINDS TO 85 MPH HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED NEAR BEGGS.

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

LAT...LON 3586 9618 3586 9576 3573 9576 3573 9572
          3556 9571 3556 9583 3539 9588 3538 9608
          3556 9608 3556 9618

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 1:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee87 min
Jun 2, 1:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee83 min
Jun 2, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell55 min
Jun 2, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee65 min
Jun 2, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair60 min
Jun 2, 2:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee, Tulsa53 min
Jun 2, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell60 min
Jun 2, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah72 min
Jun 2, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers46 min
Jun 2, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee76 min
Jun 2, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Wagoner48 min
Jun 2, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Wagoner46 min
Jun 2, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee51 min
Jun 2, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Tulsa46 min
Jun 2, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair61 min
Jun 2, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore72 min
Jun 2, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee69 min
Jun 2, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes38 min
Jun 2, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, McIntosh, Muskogee57 min
Jun 2, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner33 min
Jun 2, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee29 min
Jun 2, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Sequoyah65 min
Jun 2, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee32 min
Jun 2, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee27 min
Jun 2, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha and 1 more82 min
Jun 2, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha48 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.