Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 521, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 5, 2008, 10:11 PM CST for Creek County, Okfuskee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 5, 2008, 10:11 PM CST (04:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2008, 10:45 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Creek County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2:17 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 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
- 698 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1393 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KTSA 060411
SVRTSA
OKC037-107-111-060445-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0521.081106T0411Z-081106T0445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1011 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
SOUTHERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WESTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 1045 PM CST
* AT 1009 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PADEN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BOLEY...
CASTLE...WELTY...SHAMROCK...DEPEW...OKFUSKEE...BRISTOW...SLICK AND
WILSON.
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 3587 9663 3590 9662 3603 9632 3550 9597
3544 9644 3546 9645 3545 9647 3543 9648
3543 9652 3544 9656 3542 9655 3541 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 0411Z 240DEG 55KT 3555 9656
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KTSA 060430
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1030 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008
OKC037-107-111-060445-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0521.000000T0000Z-081106T0445Z/
OKMULGEE OK-CREEK OK-OKFUSKEE OK-
1030 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CST
FOR NORTHERN OKFUSKEE...SOUTHERN CREEK AND WESTERN OKMULGEE
COUNTIES...
AT 1026 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SLICK TO OKFUSKEE TO BOLEY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...OKFUSKEE AND
WILSON.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.
STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
LAT...LON 3559 9657 3582 9637 3596 9627 3550 9597
3544 9644 3546 9645 3543 9649 3544 9656
3542 9655 3541 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 240DEG 55KT 3587 9612 3566 9624
3549 9640
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 6:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 34 min |
| Nov 5, 6:24 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 36 min |
| Nov 5, 6:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers | 59 min |
| Nov 5, 6:39 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 36 min |
| Nov 5, 6:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 55 min |
| Nov 5, 7:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 36 min |
| Nov 5, 7:25 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 35 min |
| Nov 5, 7:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 59 min |
| Nov 5, 7:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 34 min |
| Nov 5, 7:47 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Pawnee | 118 min |
| Nov 5, 7:56 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 34 min |
| Nov 5, 8:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 5 hr |
| Nov 5, 8:05 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 25 min |
| Nov 5, 8:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 35 min |
| Nov 5, 8:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa, Washington | 54 min |
| Nov 5, 8:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 47 min |
| Nov 5, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Washington | 45 min |
| Nov 5, 9:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa, Washington | 53 min |
| Nov 5, 9:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 61 min |
| Nov 5, 9:38 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 112 min |
| Nov 5, 9:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa | 50 min |
| Nov 5, 9:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 31 min |
| Nov 5, 10:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 42 min |
| Nov 5, 10:33 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 27 min |
| Nov 5, 10:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 55 min |
| Nov 5, 10:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 57 min |
| Nov 5, 11:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Wagoner | 36 min |
| Nov 5, 11:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 24 min |
| Nov 5, 11:29 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Ottawa | 91 min |
| Nov 5, 11:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner | 40 min |
| Nov 5, 11:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes | 64 min |
| Nov 6, 12:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.