Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 78, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2008, 5:24 PM CDT for Delaware County, Mayes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 66 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 10, 2008, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2008, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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 10, 5:25 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Ne Pryor, OK | |
| May 10, 5:39 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Spavinaw, 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, 11:29 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1161 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 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 102224 TORTSA OKC041-097-102330- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0078.080510T2224Z-080510T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 524 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA NORTHERN MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 521 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRYOR...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SALINA... PENSACOLA...SPAVINAW...LANGLEY...DISNEY AND CHLOETA. 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 3656 9485 3622 9479 3627 9541 3640 9539 TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 261DEG 22KT 3633 9532 $$
4 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 102235 RRA
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
535 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
OKC041-097-102330-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-080510T2330Z/
DELAWARE OK-MAYES OK-
535 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MAYES AND WESTERN DELAWARE COUNTIES...
AT 533 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS
CONTINUED TO TRACK A VERY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR STRANG...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. A TORNADO HAS BEEN
CONFIRMED...TAKE COVER NOW
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...STRANG...
SPAVINAW...LANGLEY...DISNEY...CHLOETA AND ZENA.
A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO...TAKE COVER NOW
IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR
MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
LAT...LON 3656 9485 3650 9485 3649 9484 3641 9482
3641 9483 3625 9480 3631 9524 3642 9523
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 258DEG 39KT 3636 9516
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 102246
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
546 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
OKC041-097-102330-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-080510T2330Z/
DELAWARE OK-MAYES OK-
546 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
MAYES AND WESTERN DELAWARE COUNTIES...
AT 542 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SPAVINAW...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CHLOETA AND
ZENA.
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 3656 9485 3650 9485 3641 9482 3641 9483
3629 9482 3625 9480 3630 9519 3642 9510
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 258DEG 39KT 3638 9501
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 102256 CCA
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
546 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
OKC097-102256-
/O.COR.KTSA.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-080510T2330Z/
MAYES OK-
546 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MAYES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3656 9485 3650 9485 3641 9482 3641 9483
3633 9483 3625 9480 3628 9497 3645 9497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 272DEG 47KT 3635 9499
$$
OKC041-102330-
/O.COR.KTSA.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-080510T2330Z/
DELAWARE OK-
546 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
DELAWARE COUNTY...
AT 542 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ZENA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ZENA.
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 3656 9485 3650 9485 3641 9482 3641 9483
3633 9483 3625 9480 3628 9497 3645 9497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 272DEG 47KT 3635 9499
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 102313
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
613 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
OKC041-102323-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-080510T2330Z/
DELAWARE OK-
613 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM.
LAT...LON 3656 9485 3650 9485 3641 9482 3641 9483
3633 9483 3625 9480 3628 9497 3645 9497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 272DEG 47KT 3634 9455
$$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, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 61 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, 5:26 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.