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Tornado Warning 75, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 10, 2008Haskell County, Latimer County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2008, 5:14 PM CDT for Haskell County, Latimer County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 61 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 10, 2008, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2008, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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
May 10, 5:22 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 W Mcalester, OK
May 10, 5:36 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	2 Sw Quinton, OK
May 10, 5:47 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Kinta, OK
May 10, 5:47 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	8 N Wilburton, 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 10, 1:38 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -598 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 544 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 682 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 102214
TORTSA
OKC061-077-121-102315-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0075.080510T2214Z-080510T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
514 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  WESTERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  CENTRAL PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 512 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION 5
  MILES NORTH OF SAVANNA...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...MCALESTER...
  KREBS...ALDERSON...HARTSHORNE...BLOCKER...HIGGINS...DAMON...
  WILBURTON AND KINTA.

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 3508 9554 3517 9517 3475 9518 3482 9588
      3500 9590
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 266DEG 21KT 3490 9584

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 102224
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
524 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

OKC061-077-121-102315-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-080510T2315Z/
HASKELL OK-PITTSBURG OK-LATIMER OK-
524 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
LATIMER...CENTRAL PITTSBURG AND SOUTHERN HASKELL COUNTIES...

AT 521 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS
CONTINUED TO TRACK A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS
TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCALESTER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. A
LARGE TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM 
INCLUDE...MCALESTER...KREBS...ALDERSON...BACHE...DOW...HAILEYVILLE...
HARTSHORNE...BLOCKER...GOWEN...FEATHERSTON...HIGGINS...QUINTON...PANOLA
...DAMON...WILBURTON...KINTA AND LEWISVILLE.

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

A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND THIS IS A
LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.

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 3508 9554 3517 9517 3475 9518 3482 9588
      3500 9590
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 266DEG 21KT 3490 9577

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 11:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	46 min
May 10, 11:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner	56 min
May 10, 12:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	30 min
May 10, 1:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh	65 min
May 10, 1:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah	59 min
May 10, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Sequoyah	46 min
May 10, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore	57 min
May 10, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, LeFlore, Sequoyah	65 min
May 10, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	57 min
May 10, 3:23 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more	19 hr
May 10, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	23 min
May 10, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg	61 min
May 10, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner	59 min
May 10, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	52 min
May 10, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	63 min
May 10, 5:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg	59 min
May 10, 5:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	McIntosh	26 min
May 10, 5:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	66 min
May 10, 5:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	49 min
May 10, 5:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	31 min
May 10, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	59 min
May 10, 5:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee	41 min
May 10, 5:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg	46 min
May 10, 5:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pittsburg, Pushmataha	41 min
May 10, 5:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware	53 min
May 10, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	49 min
May 10, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	59 min
May 10, 6:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	40 min
May 10, 6:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	34 min
May 10, 6:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore	44 min
May 10, 6:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	42 min
May 10, 6:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	49 min
May 10, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	45 min
May 10, 6:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	LeFlore	38 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.