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Tornado Warning 103, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2008, 11:34 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 41 min. 5 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
- Jun 5, 2008, 11:34 PM CDT (04:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2008, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Creek County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 11:42 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Mounds, OK | POWER LINES DOWN...TREES DOWN AND A METAL SHED DESTROYED AND BLOWN ACROSS A FIELD NEAR 221ST AT N150 ROAD. ALSO POWER POLES BROKEN AT N150 ROAD AND GRIMES ROAD. LOCATION IN NORTHERN OKMULGEE COUNTY |
| Jun 5, 11:42 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Beggs, OK | LARGE LIMBS DOWN. |
| Jun 5, 11:47 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mounds, OK | 2 TO 3 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN AT 180TH STREET AND HIGHWAY 75 |
| Jun 6, 12:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 62 | 2 Ne Bixby, OK | |
| Jun 6, 12:08 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Broken Arrow, OK | POWER POLE SNAPPED AT 61ST AND LYNN LANE |
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 5, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 2209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 339 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.2
- Supercell composite
- 21.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KTSA 060434
TORTSA
OKC037-111-143-145-060515-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0103.080606T0434Z-080606T0515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1134 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WESTERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
* AT 1130 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SLICK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BEGGS...
PRESTON...MOUNDS...KIEFER...GLENPOOL...JENKS...BIXBY...TULSA AND
BROKEN ARROW.
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 3616 9576 3586 9574 3586 9576 3578 9576
3564 9620 3565 9624 3582 9633
TIME...MOT...LOC 0434Z 241DEG 34KT 3576 9618
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 060444
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1143 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
OKC037-111-143-145-060515-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0103.000000T0000Z-080606T0515Z/
OKMULGEE OK-WAGONER OK-CREEK OK-TULSA OK-
1143 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR TULSA...
EASTERN CREEK...SOUTHWESTERN WAGONER AND NORTHERN OKMULGEE
COUNTIES...
AT 1138 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. A FUNNEL CLOUD
HAS BEEN SPOTTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BEGGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 39 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PRESTON...
MOUNDS...KIEFER...LIBERTY...GLENPOOL...HECTORVILLE...JENKS...BIXBY...
LEONARD...TULSA AND BROKEN ARROW.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
LAT...LON 3587 9623 3616 9576 3586 9574 3586 9576
3578 9576 3569 9606 3571 9618
TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 241DEG 34KT 3580 9609
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 060454
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1154 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
OKC037-111-143-145-060515-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0103.000000T0000Z-080606T0515Z/
OKMULGEE OK-WAGONER OK-CREEK OK-TULSA OK-
1154 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR TULSA...
EASTERN CREEK...SOUTHWESTERN WAGONER AND NORTHERN OKMULGEE
COUNTIES...
AT 1151 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR GLENPOOL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 49 MPH. A FUNNEL CLOUD
HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BIXBY...JENKS...
LEONARD...TULSA AND BROKEN ARROW.
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 3616 9576 3586 9574 3583 9596 3584 9608
3593 9613
TIME...MOT...LOC 0454Z 229DEG 43KT 3593 9596
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Creek, Nowata, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 8:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 20 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 74 min |
| Jun 5, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more | 77 min |
| Jun 5, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 12:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 98 min |
| Jun 6, 12:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, McIntosh and 6 more | 67 min |
| Jun 6, 1:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Ottawa | 66 min |
| Jun 6, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 36 min |
| Jun 6, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 44 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.