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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 24, 2005McIntosh County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2005, 4:13 PM CDT for McIntosh County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 41 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 24, 2005, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2005, 4:54 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties McIntosh County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2005-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 141 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2005-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -78 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
141 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-301 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1355 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 242113
TORTSA
OKC091-111-242215-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0026.050524T2113Z-050524T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
413 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 412 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY
  STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION...INDICATING A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR
  COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF SCHULTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HENRYETTA...
  DEWAR...GRAYSON...HOFFMAN...STIDHAM...RAIFORD...VIVIAN AND EUFAULA.

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 3565 9578 3552 9606 3512 9573 3530 9547

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 242128
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
426 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

OKC091-111-242215-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-050524T2215Z/
OKMULGEE OK-MCINTOSH OK-
426 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR MCINTOSH AND
OKMULGEE COUNTIES...

AT 421 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM
WITH VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION...INDICATING A TORNADO IS
OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
WEST OF GRAYSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL 
SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF NO UNDERGROUND 
SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST MCINTOSH COUNTY
...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...HOFFMAN...
HITCHITA...COUNCIL HILL...PIERCE...RENTIESVILLE...STIDHAM...
CHECOTAH...RAIFORD...ONAPA...VIVIAN AND EUFAULA.

LAT...LON 3559 9586 3548 9598 3520 9581 3533 9536
      3556 9534

$$
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 242154
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
453 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

OKC091-111-242201-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-050524T2215Z/
OKMULGEE OK-MCINTOSH OK-
453 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MCINTOSH AND OKMULGEE COUNTIES HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A STORM CHASER REPORTED TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL EAST OF SCHULTER 
EARLIER WITH THIS STORM.

GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT 
CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH MCINTOSH COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

LAT...LON 3565 9578 3552 9606 3512 9573 3530 9547

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee39 min
May 24, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee54 min
May 24, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh84 min
May 24, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee51 min
May 24, 4:14 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASequoyah61 min
May 24, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee57 min
May 24, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell70 min
May 24, 4:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee119 min
May 24, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore85 min
May 24, 5:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah117 min
May 24, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore60 min
May 24, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Sequoyah43 min
May 24, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore54 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.