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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2008, 10:22 PM CDT for LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 38 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
- Apr 9, 2008, 10:22 PM CDT (03:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2008, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County LeFlore County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 9, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 570 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 392 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 550 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 100322
TORTSA
OKC079-100400-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0055.080410T0322Z-080410T0400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1022 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 1020 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TALIHINA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...FANSHAWE AND
WISTER.
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 3474 9506 3487 9500 3493 9500 3496 9498
3497 9492 3509 9493 3521 9489 3485 9458
3469 9504
TIME...MOT...LOC 0322Z 221DEG 38KT 3475 9504
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KTSA 100341
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1042 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008
OKC079-100400-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-080410T0400Z/
LE FLORE OK-
1042 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
LE FLORE COUNTY...
AT 1038 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FANSHAWE TO 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SUMMERFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WISTER AND
HODGEN.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
LAT...LON 3474 9506 3487 9500 3493 9500 3496 9498
3497 9492 3510 9492 3516 9484 3485 9458
3469 9504
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 238DEG 39KT 3499 9481 3476 9491
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 59 min |
| Apr 9, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 43 min |
| Apr 9, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 27 min |
| Apr 9, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 48 min |
| Apr 9, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 7:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 58 min |
| Apr 9, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 20 min |
| Apr 9, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 58 min |
| Apr 9, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah | 27 min |
| Apr 9, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 67 min |
| Apr 9, 8:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 9 days |
| Apr 9, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 44 min |
| Apr 9, 8:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner | 4 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 61 min |
| Apr 9, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 34 min |
| Apr 9, 8:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 54 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 60 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Washington | 48 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 3 days |
| Apr 9, 8:50 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Adair | 36 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:50 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 59 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 24 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore | 67 min |
| Apr 9, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer | 29 min |
| Apr 9, 9:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 5 days |
| Apr 9, 9:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 6 days |
| Apr 9, 9:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 41 hr |
| Apr 9, 9:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 4 hr |
| Apr 9, 9:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 9:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore | 5 hr |
| Apr 9, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 40 min |
| Apr 9, 9:59 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 4 days |
| Apr 9, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 58 min |
| Apr 9, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 53 min |
| Apr 9, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 10:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 10:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 8 hr |
| Apr 9, 10:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 8 hr |
| Apr 9, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 44 min |
| Apr 9, 11:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 4 hr |
| Apr 9, 11:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 41 min |
| Apr 9, 11:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 15 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 12:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 14 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 12:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa, Rogers | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Sequoyah | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee, Wagoner | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 2:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 2:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 30 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 54 min |
| Apr 10, 2:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 3 days |
| Apr 10, 2:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 65 min |
| Apr 10, 2:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore | 4 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 54 min |
| Apr 10, 3:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 64 min |
| Apr 10, 3:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 4:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Muskogee | 82 min |
| Apr 10, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 94 min |
| Apr 10, 4:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 4:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah | 88 min |
| Apr 10, 4:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes, Wagoner | 65 min |
| Apr 10, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 75 min |
| Apr 10, 5:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 58 min |
| Apr 10, 5:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 5:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 52 min |
| Apr 10, 8:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 29 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata | 12 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 28 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:34 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 13 more | 7 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.