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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tulsa, OK

January 7, 2008McIntosh County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2008, 7:11 PM CST for McIntosh County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 34 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
Jan 7, 2008, 7:11 PM CST (01:11 UTC)
Expired
Jan 7, 2008, 7:45 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 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
Jan 7, 7:30 PM CSTHAIL 0.75Keefeton, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 7, 4:02 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 00:00Z on 2008-01-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 122 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 00:00Z on 2008-01-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
122 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 080111
TORTSA
OKC091-101-080145-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0004.080108T0111Z-080108T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
711 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  NORTHEASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 745 PM CST

* AT 708 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF CHECOTAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WARNER AND
  KEEFETON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 265 AND 282.

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 3562 9513 3559 9511 3535 9541 3542 9559
      3560 9543
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 222DEG 31KT 3543 9543

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 080124
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
724 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

OKC091-101-080145-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080108T0145Z/
MUSKOGEE OK-MCINTOSH OK-
724 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN MCINTOSH AND CENTRAL MUSKOGEE COUNTIES...

AT 721 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR WARNER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WARNER AND
KEEFETON.

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 3559 9511 3558 9513 3535 9541 3542 9559
      3560 9543 3562 9513
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 227DEG 31KT 3551 9535

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 6:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee59 min
Jan 7, 6:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee67 min
Jan 7, 6:57 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee33 min
Jan 7, 7:03 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee42 min
Jan 7, 7:06 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Delaware24 min
Jan 7, 7:22 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee41 min
Jan 7, 7:28 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Delaware32 min
Jan 7, 7:35 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee55 min
Jan 7, 7:40 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee50 min
Jan 7, 7:58 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee31 min
Jan 7, 7:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner61 min
Jan 7, 8:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more67 min
Jan 7, 8:09 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Delaware66 min
Jan 7, 8:17 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner43 min
Jan 7, 8:24 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner4 hr
Jan 7, 8:54 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware66 min
Jan 7, 9:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 5 more60 min
Jan 7, 9:40 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner65 min
Jan 7, 9:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee3 hr
Jan 7, 9:57 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware63 min
Jan 7, 9:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee62 min
Jan 7, 10:07 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage, Pawnee53 min
Jan 7, 10:45 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware60 min
Jan 7, 10:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee38 min
Jan 7, 11:11 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee34 min
Jan 7, 11:20 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAMayes, Rogers, Wagoner55 min
Jan 7, 11:59 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner61 min
Jan 8, 12:15 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Creek, Mayes, Nowata, Okmulgee, Rogers and 3 more30 min
Jan 8, 12:59 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers and 2 more61 min
Jan 8, 1:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Mayes, Ottawa60 min
Jan 8, 1:40 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner50 min
Jan 8, 2:11 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee, Delaware3 hr
Jan 8, 2:31 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Cherokee, Muskogee29 min
Jan 8, 2:58 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair32 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.