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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 31, 2008Choctaw County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2008, 7:12 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 63 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, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2008, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Choctaw County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 31, 8:04 PM CDTHAIL 0.885 E Hugo, 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
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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 2008-04-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2008-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 010012
TORTSA
OKC023-010115-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0040.080401T0012Z-080401T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 709 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 19 MILES WEST OF
  KENT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...KENT...HUGO...
  MESSER...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 3409 9596 3417 9597 3418 9579 3416 9578
      3417 9531 3415 9529 3415 9515 3395 9514
      3394 9516
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 283DEG 31KT 3420 9590

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 010024 RRA
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
725 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

OKC023-010115-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-080401T0115Z/
CHOCTAW OK-
725 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
CHOCTAW COUNTY...

AT 722 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF KENT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...KENT...SPEER...
HUGO...MESSER...APPLE...FALLON...SAWYER...FORT TOWSON AND SWINK.

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 3410 9590 3416 9594 3418 9579 3416 9578
      3417 9531 3415 9529 3415 9515 3395 9514
      3394 9516
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 283DEG 31KT 3416 9576

$$
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 010051
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
751 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

OKC023-010115-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-080401T0115Z/
CHOCTAW OK-
751 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
CHOCTAW COUNTY...

AT 747 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SPEER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MESSER...
APPLE...FALLON...SAWYER...SWINK AND FORT TOWSON.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3410 9590 3416 9594 3418 9579 3416 9578
      3417 9531 3415 9529 3415 9515 3395 9514
      3394 9516
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 283DEG 31KT 3411 9550

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPushmataha58 min
Mar 31, 7:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAPushmataha113 min
Mar 31, 7:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALeFlore103 min
Mar 31, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha2 hr
Mar 31, 8:40 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAAdair24 hr
Mar 31, 8:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAChoctaw2 hr
Apr 1, 2:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa6 hr
Apr 1, 2:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACherokee35 hr
Apr 1, 3:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore17 hr
Apr 1, 7:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa30 hr

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.