Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 10:45 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 49 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, 10:45 PM CDT (03:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2007, 11:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ottawa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 11:11 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Miami, OK | STRONG THUNDERSTORM WIND BLEW DOWN LARGE TREE LIMBS IN AND AROUND TOWN |
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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 080345 TORTSA OKC115-080445- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0011.070608T0345Z-070608T0445Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1045 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 1145 PM CDT * AT 1041 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF NARCISSA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...NARCISSA... MIAMI...COMMERCE...PICHER...WYANDOTTE AND QUAPAW. 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 3699 9500 3674 9500 3676 9462 3700 9461 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KTSA 080358 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1057 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 OKC115-080445- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070608T0445Z/ OTTAWA OK- 1057 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR OTTAWA COUNTY... AT 1054 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF COMMERCE TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF NARCISSA TO 6 MILES WEST OF NARCISSA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...NARCISSA... MIAMI...CARDIN...PICHER...COMMERCE...OTTAWA...QUAPAW...WYANDOTTE AND PEORIA. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 60 MPH. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3699 9500 3674 9500 3676 9462 3700 9461 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 080411 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1111 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 OKC115-080445- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070608T0445Z/ OTTAWA OK- 1111 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR OTTAWA COUNTY... AT 1106 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PICHER TO COMMERCE TO NARCISSA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...OTTAWA... WYANDOTTE...QUAPAW AND PEORIA. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL 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 3699 9500 3674 9500 3676 9462 3700 9461 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 080434 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1133 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 OKC115-080443- /O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070608T0445Z/ OTTAWA OK- 1133 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR OTTAWA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEST OF OTTAWA COUNTY MAY MOVE EAST INTO THE COUNTY. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS FOR THEIR AREA. LAT...LON 3699 9500 3674 9500 3676 9462 3700 9461 $$
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, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig | 65 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.