Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 67, NWS Tulsa, OK
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:13 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Bixby, OK | WALL CLOUD ALSO REPORTED OVER HIGH SCHOOL. |
| May 7, 7:17 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Bixby, OK | TREE DAMAGE NEAR 101ST AND MEMORIAL |
| May 7, 7:22 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Sw Broken Arrow, OK | WIND GUSTS AND TREE DAMAGE BEING REPORTED NEAR 111TH AND GARNETT |
| May 7, 7:29 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Broken Arrow, OK | POWER 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Craig, Creek, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 37 days |
| May 7, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 35 min |
| May 7, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 65 min |
| May 7, 7:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 7, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 47 min |
| May 7, 7:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa, Rogers | 6 hr |
| May 7, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Sequoyah and 1 more | 64 min |
| May 7, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 29 min |
| May 7, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers | 65 min |
| May 7, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 32 min |
| May 7, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 52 min |
| May 7, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 33 min |
| May 8, 12:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 3 hr |
| May 8, 12:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 32 hr |
| May 8, 12:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Washington | 44 hr |
| May 8, 12:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 3 days |
| May 8, 9:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 35 hr |
| May 8, 9:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 11 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.