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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 13, 2008Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2008, 9:03 PM CDT for Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 57 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: Mar 13, 2008, 9:03 PM CDT (02:03 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 13, 9:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Moyers, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 13, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 196 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: 110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1918 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 140205
TORTSA
OKC127-140300-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0022.080314T0203Z-080314T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
903 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 859 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
  MOYERS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MOYERS...
  KELLOND...KOSOMA...ANTLERS...SNOW AND RATTAN.

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 3418 9576 3420 9581 3441 9580 3440 9539
      3417 9537 3416 9543
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 284DEG 13KT 3431 9578

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 140223
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
922 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2008

OKC127-140300-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080314T0300Z/
PUSHMATAHA OK-
922 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY...

AT 920 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOYERS...MOVING EAST AT 15 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...MOYERS...
KELLOND...KOSOMA...ANTLERS...SNOW...FINLEY...RATTAN AND DELA.

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 3418 9564 3417 9568 3418 9577 3439 9576
      3440 9539 3417 9537 3416 9543 3417 9563
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 284DEG 13KT 3429 9571

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 140236
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
936 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2008

OKC127-140300-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080314T0300Z/
PUSHMATAHA OK-
936 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
PUSHMATAHA COUNTY...

AT 932 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KELLOND...MOVING EAST AT 15 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...ANTLERS...
FINLEY...DELA...SNOW AND RATTAN.

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 GOLF 
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF NO 
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN 
AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3418 9564 3417 9572 3438 9569 3440 9539
      3417 9537 3416 9543 3417 9563
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 283DEG 16KT 3427 9563

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 13, 7:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	40 min
Mar 13, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	39 min
Mar 13, 7:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	55 min
Mar 13, 7:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	63 min
Mar 13, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers	43 min
Mar 13, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	61 min
Mar 13, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	67 min
Mar 13, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	66 min
Mar 13, 9:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore	55 min
Mar 13, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore	62 min
Mar 13, 9:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	63 min
Mar 13, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	34 min
Mar 13, 10:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	39 min
Mar 13, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	23 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.