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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 27, 2008McIntosh County, Muskogee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 27, 6:30 PM CDTHAIL 1.752 S Boynton, OKQUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 2 MILES SOUTH OF BOYNTON ON HIGHWAY 62
Mar 27, 6:32 PM CDTTORNADO1 N Council Hill, OKTRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED TORNADO 1 MILE NORTH OF COUNCIL HILL
Mar 27, 6:52 PM CDTHAIL 1.253 S Oktaha, OKNICKEL 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 27, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2008-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 789 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 12:00Z on 2008-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 364 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 5:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee28 min
Mar 27, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner54 min
Mar 27, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa22 min
Mar 27, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner45 min
Mar 27, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware61 min
Mar 27, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee63 min
Mar 27, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware60 min
Mar 27, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee56 min

Nearby

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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.