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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2008, 6:22 PM CDT for McIntosh County, Muskogee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 53 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
- Mar 27, 2008, 6:22 PM CDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2008, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 6:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 S Boynton, OK | QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 2 MILES SOUTH OF BOYNTON ON HIGHWAY 62 |
| Mar 27, 6:32 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 N Council Hill, OK | TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED TORNADO 1 MILE NORTH OF COUNCIL HILL |
| Mar 27, 6:52 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 3 S Oktaha, OK | NICKEL TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL |
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 27, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 789 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -280 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 849 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 364 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 412 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KTSA 272322 TORTSA OKC091-101-111-280015- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0026.080327T2322Z-080328T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 622 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA EASTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA NORTHEASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 618 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF COUNCIL HILL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BOYNTON... COUNCIL HILL...CHECOTAH...RENTIESVILLE AND OKTAHA. 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 3566 9537 3543 9538 3553 9582 3568 9577 TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 279DEG 19KT 3559 9574 $$
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KTSA 272336
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
636 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
OKC111-272346-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-080328T0015Z/
OKMULGEE OK-
636 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3543 9538 3554 9577 3556 9576 3556 9570
3560 9570 3561 9572 3566 9571 3566 9537
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 279DEG 19KT 3558 9565
$$
OKC091-101-280015-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-080328T0015Z/
MUSKOGEE OK-MCINTOSH OK-
636 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2008
...TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND ONE MILE NORTH OF COUNCIL HILL...
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MCINTOSH AND CENTRAL MUSKOGEE COUNTIES...
AT 635 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS
CONTINUED TO TRACK A VERY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR COUNCIL HILL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. A TORNADO HAS BEEN
CONFIRMED...TAKE COVER NOW
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WAINWRIGHT...
CHECOTAH...RENTIESVILLE AND OKTAHA.
A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY 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 3543 9538 3554 9577 3556 9576 3556 9570
3560 9570 3561 9572 3566 9571 3566 9537
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 279DEG 19KT 3558 9565
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner | 54 min |
| Mar 27, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 22 min |
| Mar 27, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 61 min |
| Mar 27, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 63 min |
| Mar 27, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 60 min |
| Mar 27, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 56 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.