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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Tulsa, OK

January 7, 2008Muskogee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2008, 11:11 PM CST for Muskogee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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
Jan 7, 2008, 11:11 PM CST (05:11 UTC)
Expired
Jan 7, 2008, 11:45 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Muskogee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jan 7, 11:23 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGHaskell, OKMETAL ROOF OF MEAT PLANT DESTROYED BY WIND. SPOTTER WATCHED WALL CLOUD MOVE EAST OF TOWN.

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
Jan 7, 7:48 PM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPC9 hr
Jan 7, 8:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2008-01-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 122 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2008-01-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 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
122 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 080510
TORTSA
OKC101-111-080545-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0018.080108T0511Z-080108T0545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1111 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  NORTHEASTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1145 PM CST

* AT 1106 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MORRIS...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BALD HILL AND
  HASKELL.

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 3580 9564 3577 9559 3562 9571 3557 9591
      3565 9594 3586 9587 3585 9582 3586 9566
TIME...MOT...LOC 0511Z 224DEG 51KT 3568 9580

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 080536 RRA
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1137 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

OKC101-111-080547-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080108T0545Z/
OKMULGEE OK-MUSKOGEE OK-
1137 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MUSKOGEE AND NORTHEASTERN
OKMULGEE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1145 PM CST...

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

LAT...LON 3580 9564 3577 9559 3562 9571 3557 9591
      3565 9594 3586 9587 3585 9582 3586 9566
TIME...MOT...LOC 0537Z 224DEG 51KT 3592 9545

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 6:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee59 min
Jan 7, 6:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee67 min
Jan 7, 6:57 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee33 min
Jan 7, 7:03 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee42 min
Jan 7, 7:06 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Delaware24 min
Jan 7, 7:11 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee34 min
Jan 7, 7:22 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee41 min
Jan 7, 7:28 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Delaware32 min
Jan 7, 7:35 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee55 min
Jan 7, 7:40 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee50 min
Jan 7, 7:58 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee31 min
Jan 7, 7:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner61 min
Jan 7, 8:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more67 min
Jan 7, 8:09 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Delaware66 min
Jan 7, 8:17 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner43 min
Jan 7, 8:24 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner4 hr
Jan 7, 8:54 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware66 min
Jan 7, 9:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 5 more60 min
Jan 7, 9:40 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner65 min
Jan 7, 9:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee3 hr
Jan 7, 9:57 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware63 min
Jan 7, 9:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee62 min
Jan 7, 10:07 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage, Pawnee53 min
Jan 7, 10:45 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware60 min
Jan 7, 10:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee38 min
Jan 7, 11:20 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAMayes, Rogers, Wagoner55 min
Jan 7, 11:59 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner61 min
Jan 8, 12:15 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Creek, Mayes, Nowata, Okmulgee, Rogers and 3 more30 min
Jan 8, 12:59 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers and 2 more61 min
Jan 8, 1:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Mayes, Ottawa60 min
Jan 8, 1:40 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner50 min
Jan 8, 2:11 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee, Delaware3 hr
Jan 8, 2:31 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Cherokee, Muskogee29 min
Jan 8, 2:58 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.