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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

January 7, 2008Cherokee County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2008, 7:03 PM CST for Cherokee County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 min. 3 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, 7:03 PM CST (01:03 UTC)
Expired
Jan 7, 2008, 7:45 PM CST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Muskogee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 7, 7:05 PM CSTHAIL 0.881 N Braggs, OK
Jan 7, 7:21 PM CSTHAIL 0.751 N Braggs, OK
Jan 7, 7:30 PM CSTHAIL 0.75Keefeton, OK

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, 4:02 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 00:00Z on 2008-01-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 765 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2008-01-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 281 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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 080103
TORTSA
OKC021-101-080145-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0002.080108T0103Z-080108T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  NORTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 745 PM CST

* AT 700 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF KEEFETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BRAGGS AND
  PUMPKIN CENTER.

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 3577 9481 3564 9510 3565 9512 3563 9512
      3554 9532 3561 9543 3588 9507 3591 9499
      3593 9481
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 229DEG 34KT 3559 9529

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 080114
SVSTSA

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

OKC021-101-080145-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080108T0145Z/
MUSKOGEE OK-CHEROKEE OK-
714 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
CHEROKEE AND NORTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTIES...

AT 713 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR PUMPKIN CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PUMPKIN CENTER.

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 9480 3575 9484 3565 9507 3565 9512
      3561 9516 3560 9541 3588 9507 3592 9494
      3593 9480
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 228DEG 33KT 3570 9516

$$
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 080131
SVSTSA

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

OKC021-101-080145-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080108T0145Z/
MUSKOGEE OK-CHEROKEE OK-
730 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
CHEROKEE AND NORTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTIES...

AT 725 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PUMPKIN CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM
AT ANY TIME.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ELDON.

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

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER 
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3580 9480 3575 9484 3565 9507 3565 9512
      3561 9516 3560 9541 3588 9507 3592 9494
      3593 9480
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 234DEG 33KT 3578 9500

$$

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, 7:06 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, 11:11 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee34 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.