Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2008, 7:02 PM CDT for Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 58 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 31, 2008, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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 31, 7:40 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Antlers, 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, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2180 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KTSA 010001
TORTSA
OKC127-010100-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0039.080401T0002Z-080401T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
702 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 657 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES WEST OF MOYERS TO 3 MILES WEST OF
DUNBAR...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...DUNBAR...
KOSOMA...MOYERS...SNOW...KELLOND...NASHOBA...ANTLERS...CLOUDY...
RATTAN AND OLETA.
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 3417 9531 3417 9580 3451 9580 3453 9578
3453 9569 3457 9567 3446 9503 3428 9503
3423 9506 3422 9512 3414 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 277DEG 35KT 3428 9601 3445 9556
$$4 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 010024
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
724 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
OKC127-010100-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080401T0100Z/
PUSHMATAHA OK-
724 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
PUSHMATAHA COUNTY...
AT 722 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DARWIN TO 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NASHOBA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ANTLERS...
NASHOBA...DELA...CLOUDY...RATTAN...OLETA...CORINNE AND SOBOL.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
LAT...LON 3417 9531 3417 9580 3433 9579 3451 9536
3446 9503 3428 9503 3423 9506 3422 9512
3414 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 277DEG 35KT 3418 9576 3443 9527
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 010037
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
737 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
OKC127-010100-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080401T0100Z/
PUSHMATAHA OK-
737 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
PUSHMATAHA COUNTY...
AT 735 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ANTLERS TO OLETA TO
11 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLOUDY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...OLETA...CORINNE
AND SOBOL.
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 3417 9531 3417 9580 3425 9579 3448 9515
3446 9503 3428 9503 3423 9506 3422 9512
3414 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 277DEG 35KT 3416 9561 3422 9528
3441 9512
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 010055
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
755 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
OKC127-010100-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080401T0100Z/
PUSHMATAHA OK-
755 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
PUSHMATAHA COUNTY...
AT 752 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DELA TO 9 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SOBOL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CORINNE AND
SOBOL.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
LAT...LON 3417 9531 3417 9579 3425 9553 3435 9503
3428 9503 3423 9506 3422 9512 3414 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 277DEG 35KT 3417 9546 3427 9510
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 010101
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
800 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
OKC127-010110-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080401T0100Z/
PUSHMATAHA OK-
800 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 800
PM CDT...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS SOUTHEAST PUSHMATAHA COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM.
LAT...LON 3417 9531 3417 9579 3425 9553 3435 9503
3428 9503 3423 9506 3422 9512 3414 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 277DEG 35KT 3417 9546 3427 9510
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 63 min |
| Mar 31, 7:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 113 min |
| Mar 31, 7:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 103 min |
| Mar 31, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 8:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Adair | 24 hr |
| Mar 31, 8:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 2 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 6 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 35 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 17 hr |
| Apr 1, 7:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 30 hr |
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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.