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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 2008, 2:29 AM CDT for Osage County, Pawnee County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 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
- Apr 8, 2008, 2:29 AM CDT (07:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2008, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 3:08 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Sand Springs, OK | |
| Apr 8, 3:12 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 6 Sw Owasso, OK | U.S. 75 AND 56TH STREET NORTH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 1617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 425 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 835 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KTSA 080728
TORTSA
OKC113-117-143-080815-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0041.080408T0729Z-080408T0815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
229 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 315 AM CDT
* AT 227 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTH OF
WESTPORT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SAND
SPRINGS...SPERRY...TULSA AND OWASSO.
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 3634 9586 3611 9584 3613 9630 3617 9627
3618 9628 3618 9637 3622 9638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0729Z 265DEG 33KT 3619 9631
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KTSA 080746
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
246 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2008
OKC117-080756-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-080408T0815Z/
PAWNEE OK-
246 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3634 9586 3630 9585 3629 9587 3628 9585
3624 9585 3622 9615 3626 9619 3629 9608
3629 9604
TIME...MOT...LOC 0746Z 254DEG 32KT 3626 9615
$$
OKC113-143-080815-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-080408T0815Z/
OSAGE OK-TULSA OK-
246 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR TULSA AND
SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTIES...
AT 244 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF SPERRY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SPERRY...TULSA
AND OWASSO.
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 3634 9586 3630 9585 3629 9587 3628 9585
3624 9585 3622 9615 3626 9619 3629 9608
3629 9604
TIME...MOT...LOC 0746Z 254DEG 32KT 3626 9615
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Pawnee | 90 min |
| Apr 7, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 34 min |
| Apr 7, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 95 min |
| Apr 7, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 26 min |
| Apr 7, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa, Washington | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 65 min |
| Apr 7, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 83 min |
| Apr 7, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 22 min |
| Apr 8, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 110 min |
| Apr 8, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 61 min |
| Apr 8, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 95 min |
| Apr 8, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 67 min |
| Apr 8, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 70 min |
| Apr 8, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 64 min |
| Apr 8, 2:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 86 min |
| Apr 8, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Wagoner | 69 min |
| Apr 8, 2:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 23 min |
| Apr 8, 3:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 82 min |
| Apr 8, 3:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 81 min |
| Apr 8, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington | 76 min |
| Apr 8, 3:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers | 58 min |
| Apr 8, 4:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa and 1 more | 85 min |
| Apr 8, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee | 37 min |
| Apr 8, 4:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 59 min |
| Apr 8, 4:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 5:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 5:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 61 min |
| Apr 8, 6:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa, Wagoner | 4 hr |
| Apr 8, 9:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 3 days |
| Apr 8, 5:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more | 43 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.