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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 31, 2008Choctaw County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2008, 6:58 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2008, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2008, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Choctaw County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 31, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Mar 31, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 2008-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1788 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2008-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 397 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 312358
TORTSA
OKC023-010045-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0038.080331T2358Z-080401T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
658 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 657 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES EAST OF
  MESSER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SAWYER AND
  FORT TOWSON.

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 3404 9552 3417 9547 3417 9530 3415 9529
      3415 9515 3415 9514 3398 9514 3397 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 278DEG 24KT 3410 9538

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 3:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee57 min
Mar 31, 3:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee66 min
Mar 31, 3:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchTSAAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Delaware, Haskell and 10 more19 hr
Mar 31, 4:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAPawnee4 hr
Mar 31, 4:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee62 min
Mar 31, 4:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee4 hr
Mar 31, 4:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee53 min
Mar 31, 5:22 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee38 min
Mar 31, 5:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee46 min
Mar 31, 5:49 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage41 min
Mar 31, 6:06 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Washington39 min
Mar 31, 6:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa37 min
Mar 31, 6:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee45 min
Mar 31, 6:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers54 min
Mar 31, 6:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Washington45 min
Mar 31, 6:49 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAPawnee25 hr
Mar 31, 6:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Rogers62 min
Mar 31, 7:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers31 min
Mar 31, 7:30 AM CDTTornado WarningTSARogers, Washington30 min
Mar 31, 7:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Washington44 min
Mar 31, 7:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Rogers, Washington3 hr
Mar 31, 7:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa47 min
Mar 31, 7:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Ottawa53 min
Mar 31, 7:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers33 min
Mar 31, 8:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington57 min
Mar 31, 8:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata61 min
Mar 31, 8:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Osage, Washington54 min
Mar 31, 9:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee36 min
Mar 31, 9:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee115 min
Mar 31, 10:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington67 min
Mar 31, 10:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata54 min
Mar 31, 10:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek34 min
Mar 31, 11:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage66 min
Mar 31, 11:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa62 min
Mar 31, 11:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers62 min
Mar 31, 11:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee42 min
Mar 31, 11:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOsage9 hr
Mar 31, 11:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Ottawa93 min
Mar 31, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Washington60 min
Mar 31, 11:50 AM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata29 min
Mar 31, 11:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Rogers, Wagoner77 min
Mar 31, 12:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee, Osage, Tulsa89 min
Mar 31, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers75 min
Mar 31, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa, Wagoner2 hr
Mar 31, 1:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Rogers, Wagoner31 min
Mar 31, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee2 hr
Mar 31, 1:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee, Mayes, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner117 min
Mar 31, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa, Wagoner75 min
Mar 31, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair71 min
Mar 31, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee114 min
Mar 31, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg59 min
Mar 31, 2:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware3 hr
Mar 31, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Wagoner96 min
Mar 31, 2:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner3 hr
Mar 31, 2:46 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee32 min
Mar 31, 3:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers and 2 more2 hr
Mar 31, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg94 min
Mar 31, 3:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more3 hr
Mar 31, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair29 min
Mar 31, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg28 min
Mar 31, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg53 min
Mar 31, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Muskogee, Sequoyah64 min
Mar 31, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha87 min
Mar 31, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah87 min
Mar 31, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha2 hr
Mar 31, 5:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha, Sequoyah117 min
Mar 31, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAChoctaw60 min
Mar 31, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.