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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK

January 7, 2008Adair County, Delaware County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2008, 7:28 PM CST for Adair County, Delaware County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 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
Jan 7, 2008, 7:28 PM CST (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Jan 7, 2008, 8:00 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Adair County, OK, Delaware County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 85 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 7, 7:30 PM CSTHAIL 0.758 Ssw Colcord, OK
Jan 7, 7:34 PM CSTHAIL 0.754 S Colcord, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 7, 4:02 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 107 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2008-01-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 765 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2008-01-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 281 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
765 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
281 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
338 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
7.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 080128
TORTSA
OKC001-041-080200-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0007.080108T0128Z-080108T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
728 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 800 PM CST

* AT 725 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
  WATTS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WATTS AND WEST
  SILOAM SPRINGS.

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 3632 9459 3621 9457 3620 9458 3619 9456
      3612 9455 3611 9456 3606 9472 3616 9480
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 225DEG 34KT 3613 9469

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 6:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee59 min
Jan 7, 6:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee67 min
Jan 7, 6:57 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee33 min
Jan 7, 7:03 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee42 min
Jan 7, 7:06 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Delaware24 min
Jan 7, 7:11 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee34 min
Jan 7, 7:22 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee41 min
Jan 7, 7:35 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee55 min
Jan 7, 7:40 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee50 min
Jan 7, 7:58 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee31 min
Jan 7, 7:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner61 min
Jan 7, 8:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more67 min
Jan 7, 8:09 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Delaware66 min
Jan 7, 8:17 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner43 min
Jan 7, 8:24 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner4 hr
Jan 7, 8:54 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware66 min
Jan 7, 9:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 5 more60 min
Jan 7, 9:40 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner65 min
Jan 7, 9:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee3 hr
Jan 7, 9:57 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware63 min
Jan 7, 9:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee62 min
Jan 7, 10:07 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage, Pawnee53 min
Jan 7, 10:45 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware60 min
Jan 7, 10:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee38 min
Jan 7, 11:11 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee34 min
Jan 7, 11:20 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAMayes, Rogers, Wagoner55 min
Jan 7, 11:59 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner61 min
Jan 8, 12:15 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Creek, Mayes, Nowata, Okmulgee, Rogers and 3 more30 min
Jan 8, 12:59 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers and 2 more61 min
Jan 8, 1:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Mayes, Ottawa60 min
Jan 8, 1:40 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner50 min
Jan 8, 2:11 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee, Delaware3 hr
Jan 8, 2:31 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Cherokee, Muskogee29 min
Jan 8, 2:58 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair32 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.