Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 10:25 PM CDT for Craig County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2007, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2007, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Craig County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:25 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 10:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bluejacket, OK | STRONG THUNDERSTORM WIND DESTROYED A BARN 2 MILES SOUTH OF TOWN...BLEW DOWN A LARGE TREE ONTO A HOUSE 2 MILES EAST OF TOWN...AND SNAPPED MANY LARGE LIMBS IN TOWN. TIME OF EVENTS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1050 PM AND 1055 PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1639 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 10.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KTSA 080325 TORTSA OKC035-080430- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0010.070608T0325Z-070608T0430Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1025 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 1130 PM CDT * AT 1021 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 20 MILES WEST OF VINITA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...VINITA... BLUEJACKET AND WELCH. 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 3695 9543 3663 9542 3663 9501 3700 9504 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KTSA 080336 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1035 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 OKC035-080430- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070608T0430Z/ CRAIG OK- 1035 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR CRAIG COUNTY... AT 1033 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTRAILIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HOLLOW...PYRAMID CORNERS...BLUEJACKET AND WELCH. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3696 9542 3669 9542 3668 9501 3700 9504 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 080341 CCA SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1036 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 OKC035-080430- /O.COR.KTSA.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070608T0430Z/ CRAIG OK- 1036 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR CRAIG COUNTY... AT 1033 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLLOW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PYRAMID CORNERS...BLUEJACKET AND WELCH. 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 3695 9536 3671 9543 3675 9503 3700 9504 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 080352 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1052 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 OKC035-080430- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070608T0430Z/ CRAIG OK- 1052 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR CRAIG COUNTY... AT 1050 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WELCH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WELCH. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3698 9525 3674 9527 3675 9503 3699 9500 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 67 min |
| Jun 7, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 10:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 27 min |
| Jun 7, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 34 min |
| Jun 7, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 56 min |
| Jun 7, 11:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 23 min |
| Jun 7, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 74 min |
| Jun 8, 1:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Creek, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers, Tulsa | 75 min |
| Jun 8, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 2:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Ottawa, Rogers | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 3:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Okfuskee and 2 more | 71 min |
| Jun 8, 6:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 65 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.