Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Oct 17, 2007, 4:05 PM CDT for Delaware County, Oklahoma; Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 40 min. 2 reports 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
- Oct 17, 2007, 4:05 PM CDT (21:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2007, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Benton County, AR, Delaware County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 4:10 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Gentry, AR | FUNNEL CLOUD TRACKED BETWEEN SILOAM SPRINGS TO GENTRY TO HIWASSE. |
| Oct 17, 4:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Gentry, AR | SEVERAL TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 10:43 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 389 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KTSA 172105
TORTSA
ARC007-OKC041-172145-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0015.071017T2105Z-071017T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
405 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WESTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 403 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WEST SILOAM
SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...GENTRY...
SPRINGTOWN...DECATUR...GRAVETTE...HIWASSE AND BELLA VISTA.
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 3648 9412 3611 9454 3612 9457 3615 9456
3617 9457 3617 9463 3651 9456 3650 9413
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 208DEG 40KT 3619 9457
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 172116
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
416 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007
OKC041-172126-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071017T2145Z/
DELAWARE OK-
416 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3648 9412 3644 9417 3643 9417 3621 9444
3621 9457 3651 9456 3650 9413
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 208DEG 40KT 3630 9450
$$
ARC007-172145-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071017T2145Z/
BENTON AR-
416 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
BENTON COUNTY...
AT 411 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GENTRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS
IS A DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY
TIME.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...DECATUR...
GRAVETTE...CENTERTON...SULPHUR SPRINGS...HIWASSE...MILLER AND BELLA
VISTA.
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 3648 9412 3644 9417 3643 9417 3621 9444
3621 9457 3651 9456 3650 9413
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 208DEG 40KT 3630 9450
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 172146
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
446 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007
ARC007-172156-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-071017T2145Z/
BENTON AR-
446 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN BENTON COUNTY EXPIRED AT 445 PM
CDT...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
LAT...LON 3648 9412 3644 9417 3643 9417 3621 9444
3621 9457 3651 9456 3650 9413
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 208DEG 40KT 3624 9449
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 7:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 57 min |
| Oct 17, 7:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 65 min |
| Oct 17, 10:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 75 min |
| Oct 17, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 71 min |
| Oct 17, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Osage, Pawnee | 46 min |
| Oct 17, 2:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 38 min |
| Oct 17, 2:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Washington | 45 min |
| Oct 17, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 34 min |
| Oct 17, 3:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 23 min |
| Oct 17, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 44 min |
| Oct 17, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 27 min |
| Oct 17, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 14 min |
| Oct 17, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Wagoner | 54 min |
| Oct 17, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 36 min |
| Oct 17, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 42 min |
| Oct 17, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers | 44 min |
| Oct 17, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 49 min |
| Oct 17, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 44 min |
| Oct 17, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 56 min |
| Oct 17, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 91 min |
| Oct 17, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 45 min |
| Oct 17, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 38 min |
| Oct 17, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee, Washington | 74 min |
| Oct 17, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 57 min |
| Oct 17, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 70 min |
| Oct 17, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 50 min |
| Oct 17, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 78 min |
| Oct 17, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.