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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 29, 2004McIntosh County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Oct 29, 2004, 5:26 PM CDT for McIntosh County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 64 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
Oct 29, 2004, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired
Oct 29, 2004, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County McIntosh County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2004-10-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1002 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 2004-10-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 242 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
1002 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 292226
TORTUL
OKC091-292330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
525 PM CDT FRI OCT 29 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF COUNCIL HILL...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...COUNCIL
  HILL...CHECOTAH AND RENTIESVILLE.

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

LAT...LON 3555 9580 3541 9579 3542 9534 3558 9535

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 29, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee35 min
Oct 29, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa46 min
Oct 29, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata44 min
Oct 29, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig49 min
Oct 29, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers62 min
Oct 29, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes62 min
Oct 29, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig28 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.