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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2008, 2:46 PM CDT for McIntosh County, Okfuskee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 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
- Mar 31, 2008, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2008, 3:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties McIntosh County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 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 31, 3:04 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 E Pharoah, OK | |
| Mar 31, 3:17 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 2 Sw Grayson, 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 31, 8:44 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1788 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 513 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 397 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 493 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.6
- Supercell composite
- 19.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KTSA 311946 TORTSA OKC091-107-111-312030- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0035.080331T1946Z-080331T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 246 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA SOUTHERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA NORTHWESTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 243 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES EAST OF WELEETKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HENRYETTA... DEWAR...SCHULTER...GRAYSON AND HOFFMAN. 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 3546 9562 3528 9608 3540 9620 3566 9577 TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 239DEG 38KT 3537 9605 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KTSA 312008 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 309 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 OKC107-312019- /O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-080331T2030Z/ OKFUSKEE OK- 309 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OKFUSKEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3566 9577 3546 9562 3538 9587 3551 9597 TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 239DEG 38KT 3549 9579 $$ OKC091-111-312030- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-080331T2030Z/ OKMULGEE OK-MCINTOSH OK- 309 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN MCINTOSH AND SOUTHEASTERN OKMULGEE COUNTIES... AT 304 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOFFMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PIERCE... HITCHITA AND ERAM. 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 9577 3546 9562 3538 9587 3551 9597 TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 239DEG 38KT 3549 9579 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 312018 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 318 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 OKC091-111-312028- /O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-080331T2030Z/ OKMULGEE OK-MCINTOSH OK- 318 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MCINTOSH AND SOUTHEASTERN OKMULGEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM. LAT...LON 3566 9577 3546 9562 3538 9587 3551 9597 TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 239DEG 38KT 3554 9569 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 57 min |
| Mar 31, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 66 min |
| Mar 31, 3:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Delaware, Haskell and 10 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 62 min |
| Mar 31, 4:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 5:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 5:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 6:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 6:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 6:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 6:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 6:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 25 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Rogers | 62 min |
| Mar 31, 7:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 7:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers, Washington | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 7:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 7:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Rogers, Washington | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 7:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 7:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 7:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 8:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 57 min |
| Mar 31, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 61 min |
| Mar 31, 8:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Washington | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 9:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 115 min |
| Mar 31, 10:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 67 min |
| Mar 31, 10:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 10:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 66 min |
| Mar 31, 11:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 62 min |
| Mar 31, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers | 62 min |
| Mar 31, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 11:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 9 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 93 min |
| Mar 31, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 60 min |
| Mar 31, 11:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Rogers, Wagoner | 77 min |
| Mar 31, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Tulsa | 89 min |
| Mar 31, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 75 min |
| Mar 31, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa, Wagoner | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Rogers, Wagoner | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 117 min |
| Mar 31, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 75 min |
| Mar 31, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 71 min |
| Mar 31, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 114 min |
| Mar 31, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 59 min |
| Mar 31, 2:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Wagoner | 96 min |
| Mar 31, 2:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 94 min |
| Mar 31, 3:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 64 min |
| Mar 31, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 87 min |
| Mar 31, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 87 min |
| Mar 31, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha, Sequoyah | 117 min |
| Mar 31, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 60 min |
| Mar 31, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 61 min |
| Mar 31, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 47 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.