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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 7, 20084 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2008, 7:01 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 59 min. 4 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 7, 2008, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Muskogee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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
May 7, 7:13 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60Bixby, OKWALL CLOUD ALSO REPORTED OVER HIGH SCHOOL.
May 7, 7:17 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Bixby, OKTREE DAMAGE NEAR 101ST AND MEMORIAL
May 7, 7:22 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 602 Sw Broken Arrow, OKWIND GUSTS AND TREE DAMAGE BEING REPORTED NEAR 111TH AND GARNETT
May 7, 7:29 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGBroken Arrow, OKPOWER POLES BROKEN AND TREE DAMAGE NEAR RHEMA BIBLE COLLEGE.

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
May 7, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 2008-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 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 2008-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -80 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-90 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 080000
TORTSA
OKC101-111-143-145-080100-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0067.080508T0001Z-080508T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
701 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  NORTHEASTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  WESTERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 657 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION 9
  MILES NORTHWEST OF BALD HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS IS
  A DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY
  TIME.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...GLENPOOL...
  BIXBY...JENKS...STONEBLUFF...TULSA...COWETA...BROKEN ARROW AND
  ONETA.

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 3606 9550 3570 9582 3584 9607 3587 9606
      3587 9604 3591 9604 3591 9602 3594 9603
      3611 9597
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 217DEG 40KT 3584 9594

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 080013
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
713 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008

OKC101-111-143-145-080100-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-080508T0100Z/
OKMULGEE OK-MUSKOGEE OK-WAGONER OK-TULSA OK-
713 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR TULSA...
WESTERN WAGONER...NORTHWESTERN MUSKOGEE AND NORTHEASTERN OKMULGEE
COUNTIES...

AT 710 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GLENPOOL TO
BIXBY TO STONEBLUFF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS
STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...GLENPOOL...
STONEBLUFF...LEONARD...JENKS...COWETA...TULSA...BROKEN ARROW AND
ONETA.

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 3606 9550 3570 9582 3584 9607 3587 9604
      3591 9604 3591 9602 3594 9603 3611 9597
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 221DEG 33KT 3595 9599 3596 9587
          3588 9577

$$
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 080021
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
721 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008

OKC101-111-143-145-080100-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-080508T0100Z/
OKMULGEE OK-MUSKOGEE OK-WAGONER OK-TULSA OK-
721 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR TULSA...
WESTERN WAGONER...NORTHWESTERN MUSKOGEE AND NORTHEASTERN OKMULGEE
COUNTIES...

AT 718 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM JENKS TO BROKEN
ARROW TO STONEBLUFF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS
STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...COWETA...BROKEN
ARROW...ONETA AND TULSA.

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 3606 9550 3570 9582 3584 9607 3587 9604
      3591 9604 3591 9602 3594 9603 3611 9597
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 218DEG 38KT 3602 9594 3603 9582
          3594 9570

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACraig, Creek, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner37 days
May 7, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha35 min
May 7, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner65 min
May 7, 7:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSANowata, Rogers, Washington6 hr
May 7, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah47 min
May 7, 7:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa, Rogers6 hr
May 7, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Sequoyah and 1 more64 min
May 7, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah29 min
May 7, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers65 min
May 7, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASequoyah32 min
May 7, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair52 min
May 7, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Delaware33 min
May 8, 12:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOsage3 hr
May 8, 12:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa32 hr
May 8, 12:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAWashington44 hr
May 8, 12:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSARogers, Tulsa3 days
May 8, 9:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSATulsa35 hr
May 8, 9:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAMuskogee11 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.