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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 24, 2007Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2007, 2:54 PM CDT for Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 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
Apr 24, 2007, 2:54 PM CDT (19:54 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2007, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 24, 2:54 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 N Skedee, OKLOTS OF TREE DAMAGE 2 TO 4 MILES NORTH OF SKEDEE TOWARD ARKANSAS RIVER. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Apr 24, 3:25 PM CDTTORNADO5 Nw Pawhuska, OKBROADCAST MEDIA STORM SPOTTER VIDEO OF TORNADO ON GROUND APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PAWHUSKA.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 11:23 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 76 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2007-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1389 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2007-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 245 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
1389 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
486 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 241954
TORTSA
OKC113-117-242045-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0007.070424T1954Z-070424T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
254 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SKEDEE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BLACKBURN...
  RALSTON...FAIRFAX AND PAWHUSKA.

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 3639 9686 3628 9668 3667 9626 3681 9654

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 242012
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
311 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

OKC117-242021-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070424T2045Z/
PAWNEE OK-
311 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PAWNEE COUNTY 
UNTIL 330 PM.  

LAT...LON 3657 9672 3640 9655 3667 9626 3681 9654

$$

OKC113-242045-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070424T2045Z/
OSAGE OK-
311 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
OSAGE COUNTY...

AT 306 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAIRFAX...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PAWHUSKA.

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 3657 9672 3640 9655 3667 9626 3681 9654

$$
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 242027
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
327 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

OKC113-242045-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070424T2045Z/
OSAGE OK-
327 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
OSAGE COUNTY...

AT 323 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF PAWHUSKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PAWHUSKA.

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 3673 9660 3659 9650 3654 9640 3667 9626
      3681 9654

$$
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 242043
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
342 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

OKC113-242052-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070424T2045Z/
OSAGE OK-
342 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 345 PM
CDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN OSAGE 
COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM. 

LAT...LON 3673 9660 3659 9650 3654 9640 3667 9626
      3681 9654

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee66 min
Apr 24, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa59 min
Apr 24, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Washington54 min
Apr 24, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTSARogers, Tulsa47 min
Apr 24, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg61 min
Apr 24, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee39 min
Apr 24, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee42 min
Apr 24, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha57 min
Apr 24, 6:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAChoctaw3 hr

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.