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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2008, 8:28 PM CDT for Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 62 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
- May 1, 2008, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2008, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 9:07 PM CDT | TORNADO | 8 Sw Pawhuska, OK | TORNADO THAT IS TRACKING THROUGH PAWNEE AND OSAGE COUNTIES REMAINS ON THE GROUND AT THIS TIME. CONTINUED REPORTS OF 2 TORNADOES ON THE GROUND AT THE SAME TIME INTERMITTENTLY. |
| May 1, 9:22 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Pawhuska, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 340 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KTSA 020128 TORTSA OKC113-117-020230- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0059.080502T0128Z-080502T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 828 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 826 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF RALSTON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED...TAKE COVER NOW * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BLACKBURN... RALSTON...FAIRFAX...SHIDLER AND PAWHUSKA. 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 3687 9663 3668 9620 3636 9659 3649 9681 TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 210DEG 20KT 3641 9672 $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KTSA 020138 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 838 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 OKC113-117-020230- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080502T0230Z/ OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK- 838 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PAWNEE AND WESTERN OSAGE COUNTIES... AT 834 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS CONTINUED TO TRACK A LARGE AND DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RALSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A LARGE TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...FAIRFAX... SHIDLER AND PAWHUSKA. A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS LAT...LON 3687 9663 3668 9620 3636 9659 3649 9681 TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 227DEG 27KT 3646 9666 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 020148 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 847 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 OKC113-117-020230- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080502T0230Z/ OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK- 847 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PAWNEE AND WESTERN OSAGE COUNTIES... AT 843 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS CONTINUED TO TRACK A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF RALSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A LARGE TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SHIDLER AND PAWHUSKA. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY 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 3687 9663 3668 9620 3636 9659 3649 9681 TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 227DEG 27KT 3651 9660 $$
000
WWUS54 KTSA 020159
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
858 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008
OKC113-020230-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080502T0230Z/
OSAGE OK-
858 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
OSAGE COUNTY...
AT 855 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS
CONTINUED TO TRACK A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS
TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PAWHUSKA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A LARGE TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED...TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PAWHUSKA.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF
NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
LAT...LON 3685 9658 3670 9625 3668 9620 3657 9634
3655 9636 3655 9637 3648 9646 3653 9664
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 222DEG 28KT 3656 9653
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 020211
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
911 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008
OKC113-020230-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080502T0230Z/
OSAGE OK-
911 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
OSAGE COUNTY...
AT 908 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS
CONTINUED TO TRACK A TORNADO. THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF PAWHUSKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A TORNADO
HAS BEEN CONFIRMED...TAKE COVER NOW
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PAWHUSKA.
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 3678 9645 3676 9637 3675 9637 3668 9620
3655 9636 3654 9646 3659 9657 3682 9650
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 222DEG 28KT 3663 9645
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 67 min |
| May 1, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 67 min |
| May 1, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 63 min |
| May 1, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Pawnee | 31 min |
| May 1, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 30 min |
| May 2, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 64 min |
| May 2, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 62 min |
| May 2, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more | 63 min |
| May 2, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 4 more | 62 min |
| May 2, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers | 61 min |
| May 2, 3:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes | 31 min |
| May 2, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Mayes and 4 more | 59 min |
| May 2, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa | 60 min |
| May 2, 4:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 43 min |
| May 2, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg and 1 more | 64 min |
| May 2, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 80 min |
| May 2, 5:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 45 min |
| May 2, 6:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Pushmataha | 54 min |
| May 2, 6:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage | 30 days |
| May 2, 6:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 47 min |
| May 2, 7:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 48 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.