Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2008, 12:26 AM CDT for Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 64 min. 4 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
- May 2, 2008, 12:26 AM CDT (05:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2008, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 12:40 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Burbank, OK | |
| May 2, 12:40 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 5 W Pawnee, OK | |
| May 2, 1:33 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 N Hominy, OK | DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL |
| May 2, 1:40 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Nelagoney, OK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 340 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KTSA 020526
SVRTSA
OKC113-117-020630-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0252.080502T0526Z-080502T0630Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1226 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT
* AT 1223 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL
AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF BURBANK TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PAWNEE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...BURBANK...
SHIDLER...FAIRFAX...GRAINOLA...RALSTON...PAWNEE...FORAKER...
SKEDEE...PEARSONIA...MARAMEC...BLACKBURN...PAWHUSKA...HALLETT...
JENNINGS...WYNONA...CLEVELAND...HOMINY...BIGHEART...TERLTON...OSAGE
AND OKESA.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM...BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
LAT...LON 3699 9602 3617 9637 3616 9681 3624 9683
3625 9691 3632 9694 3635 9705 3642 9705
3654 9699 3658 9691 3659 9697 3675 9691
3680 9676 3698 9677
TIME...MOT...LOC 0526Z 267DEG 34KT 3665 9683 3613 9713
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KTSA 020556
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1256 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
OKC113-117-020630-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-080502T0630Z/
OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-
1256 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT
FOR PAWNEE AND OSAGE COUNTIES...
AT 1252 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORAKER TO 7 MILES WEST OF
MARAMEC...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PEARSONIA...
MARAMEC...BLACKBURN...HALLETT...JENNINGS...PAWHUSKA...BIGHEART...
CLEVELAND...HOMINY...WYNONA...TERLTON...OSAGE...PERSHING...NELAGONEY
AND OKESA.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.
STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
LAT...LON 3618 9636 3615 9682 3624 9683 3625 9691
3632 9693 3633 9698 3677 9682 3680 9681
3680 9676 3696 9674 3698 9603
TIME...MOT...LOC 0556Z 267DEG 34KT 3692 9642 3622 9676
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 67 min |
| May 1, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 67 min |
| May 1, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 63 min |
| May 1, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 62 min |
| May 1, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Pawnee | 31 min |
| May 1, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 30 min |
| May 2, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 62 min |
| May 2, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more | 63 min |
| May 2, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 4 more | 62 min |
| May 2, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers | 61 min |
| May 2, 3:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes | 31 min |
| May 2, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Mayes and 4 more | 59 min |
| May 2, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa | 60 min |
| May 2, 4:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 43 min |
| May 2, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg and 1 more | 64 min |
| May 2, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 80 min |
| May 2, 5:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 45 min |
| May 2, 6:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Pushmataha | 54 min |
| May 2, 6:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage | 30 days |
| May 2, 6:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 47 min |
| May 2, 7:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 48 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.