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Tornado Warning 110, NWS Tulsa, OK

December 27, 2008Wagoner County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Dec 27, 2008, 7:39 AM CST for Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 18 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
Dec 27, 2008, 7:39 AM CST (13:39 UTC)
Expired
Dec 27, 2008, 7:57 AM CST
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:43 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 27, 2:02 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2008-12-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 627 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2008-12-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 428 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
627 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
428 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
370 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
7.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 271339
TORTSA
OKC145-271415-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0110.081227T1339Z-081227T1415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
739 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 815 AM CST

* AT 734 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES WEST    
  OF PORTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH. THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE    
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...OKAY AND
  WAGONER.

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 3608 9526 3593 9530 3583 9527 3580 9547
      3581 9550 3578 9559 3584 9566 3587 9565
      3586 9569 3588 9571 3608 9554
TIME...MOT...LOC 1338Z 218DEG 59KT 3591 9555

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 271357
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
757 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

OKC145-271407-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0110.000000T0000Z-081227T1415Z/
WAGONER OK-
757 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WAGONER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM.

LAT...LON 3608 9526 3593 9530 3583 9527 3580 9547
      3581 9550 3578 9559 3584 9566 3587 9565
      3586 9569 3588 9571 3608 9554
TIME...MOT...LOC 1357Z 218DEG 59KT 3616 9531

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 27, 3:34 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee56 min
Dec 27, 4:29 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage46 min
Dec 27, 5:04 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage, Pawnee41 min
Dec 27, 5:44 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Washington46 min
Dec 27, 6:21 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Creek, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers and 2 more54 min
Dec 27, 6:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee, Tulsa36 min
Dec 27, 6:58 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner2 hr
Dec 27, 7:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more40 min
Dec 27, 7:21 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee24 min
Dec 27, 7:23 AM CSTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner37 min
Dec 27, 7:46 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware, Mayes, Ottawa59 min
Dec 27, 7:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Wagoner38 min
Dec 27, 8:14 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWagoner31 min
Dec 27, 8:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa41 min
Dec 27, 8:46 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Cherokee59 min
Dec 27, 8:50 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg25 min
Dec 27, 9:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg43 min
Dec 27, 9:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah50 min
Dec 27, 9:34 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah41 min
Dec 27, 9:50 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer40 min
Dec 27, 10:02 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha43 min
Dec 27, 10:16 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha and 1 more59 min
Dec 27, 10:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha56 min
Dec 27, 10:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.