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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Tulsa, OK

January 7, 2008Mayes County, Rogers County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2008, 11:20 PM CST for Mayes County, Rogers County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 55 min. 2 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: Jan 7, 2008, 11:20 PM CST (05:20 UTC)
Expired: Jan 8, 2008, 12:15 AM CST
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Mayes County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:23 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
Jan 7, 11:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Porter, OK	ROOF DAMAGE TO METAL BARN NEAR INTERSECTION OF SPRINGHILL RD AND 51B
Jan 7, 11:57 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	8 N Wagoner, OK	POWER OUTAGE DUE TO HIGH WIND REPORTED BY FLAT ROCK FD

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
Jan 7, 7:48 PM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr
Jan 7, 8:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 177 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 765 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 281 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 338 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.7
Supercell composite: 7.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 080520
TORTSA
OKC097-131-145-080615-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0019.080108T0520Z-080108T0615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1120 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHEASTERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1215 AM CST

* AT 1119 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  STONEBLUFF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...STONEBLUFF...
  COWETA...ONETA...PORTER...TULLAHASSEE...WAGONER...INOLA...
  CHOUTEAU...PRYOR...LOCUST GROVE...SALINA AND SPAVINAW.

NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS...TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A
SAFE PLACE

LAT...LON 3642 9501 3623 9503 3598 9528 3581 9538
      3577 9561 3587 9566 3586 9582 3591 9581
      3591 9577 3595 9577 3631 9547
TIME...MOT...LOC 0520Z 225DEG 50KT 3578 9568

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 080531
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1131 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

OKC097-131-145-080615-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080108T0615Z/
WAGONER OK-ROGERS OK-MAYES OK-
1131 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CST FOR SOUTHERN
MAYES...SOUTHEASTERN ROGERS AND WAGONER COUNTIES...

AT 1127 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CHOSKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...REDBIRD...
COWETA...PORTER...TULLAHASSEE...WAGONER...INOLA...MAZIE...CHOUTEAU...
MURPHY...PRYOR...LOCUST GROVE...SALINA AND SPAVINAW.

NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS - TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A
SAFE PLACE

LAT...LON 3642 9501 3623 9503 3598 9528 3581 9538
      3580 9552 3578 9553 3577 9561 3587 9566
      3587 9574 3601 9570 3631 9547
TIME...MOT...LOC 0531Z 222DEG 46KT 3586 9557

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 080547
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1147 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

OKC097-131-145-080615-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080108T0615Z/
WAGONER OK-ROGERS OK-MAYES OK-
1147 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CST FOR SOUTHERN
MAYES...SOUTHEASTERN ROGERS AND EASTERN WAGONER COUNTIES...

AT 1144 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR WAGONER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...INOLA...MAZIE...
CHOUTEAU...MURPHY...PRYOR...LOCUST GROVE...SALINA AND SPAVINAW.

NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS - TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A
SAFE PLACE

LAT...LON 3642 9501 3623 9503 3607 9520 3604 9520
      3598 9528 3593 9530 3586 9536 3587 9553
      3594 9562 3631 9547
TIME...MOT...LOC 0547Z 233DEG 49KT 3598 9537

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 7, 6:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee	59 min
Jan 7, 6:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	67 min
Jan 7, 6:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee	33 min
Jan 7, 7:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee	42 min
Jan 7, 7:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	24 min
Jan 7, 7:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee	34 min
Jan 7, 7:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee	41 min
Jan 7, 7:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	32 min
Jan 7, 7:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	55 min
Jan 7, 7:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee	50 min
Jan 7, 7:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee	31 min
Jan 7, 7:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner	61 min
Jan 7, 8:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	67 min
Jan 7, 8:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	66 min
Jan 7, 8:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner	43 min
Jan 7, 8:24 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	4 hr
Jan 7, 8:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	66 min
Jan 7, 9:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 5 more	60 min
Jan 7, 9:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	65 min
Jan 7, 9:54 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	3 hr
Jan 7, 9:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	63 min
Jan 7, 9:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	62 min
Jan 7, 10:07 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	53 min
Jan 7, 10:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	60 min
Jan 7, 10:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee	38 min
Jan 7, 11:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee	34 min
Jan 7, 11:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner	61 min
Jan 8, 12:15 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Creek, Mayes, Nowata, Okmulgee, Rogers and 3 more	30 min
Jan 8, 12:59 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers and 2 more	61 min
Jan 8, 1:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa	60 min
Jan 8, 1:40 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	50 min
Jan 8, 2:11 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	3 hr
Jan 8, 2:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee	29 min
Jan 8, 2:58 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	32 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.