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Tornado Warning 81, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 10, 2008Adair County, Cherokee County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2008, 5:39 PM CDT for Adair County, Cherokee County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 41 min. 3 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, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2008, 6:20 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Muskogee County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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 10, 5:47 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Eldon, OK
May 10, 5:57 PM CDTHAIL 2.75Christie, OKMOSTLY GOLFBALL BUT A FEW AS LARGE AS BASEBALLS
May 10, 6:02 PM CDTHAIL 1.5Westville, 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
May 10, 11:29 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 12:00Z on 2008-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2008-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 102239
TORTSA
OKC001-021-101-102330-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0081.080510T2239Z-080510T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  NORTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 538 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF PUMPKIN CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HULBERT...
  COOKSON...TAHLEQUAH...BUNCH...ELDON...PROCTOR...MARIETTA...
  CHRISTIE...STILWELL...BARON AND WESTVILLE.

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 3611 9456 3567 9448 3565 9451 3564 9497
      3565 9512 3564 9513 3563 9522 3590 9524
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 255DEG 49KT 3575 9513

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 102251 RRA
SVSTSA

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

OKC021-091-101-135-145-102301-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0297.000000T0000Z-080510T2300Z/
MUSKOGEE OK-WAGONER OK-CHEROKEE OK-SEQUOYAH OK-MCINTOSH OK-
551 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MCINTOSH...
NORTHWESTERN SEQUOYAH...WESTERN CHEROKEE...SOUTHEASTERN WAGONER AND
NORTHERN MUSKOGEE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 600 PM CDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

LAT...LON 3595 9518 3561 9496 3540 9556 3556 9566
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 243DEG 37KT 3575 9494

$$
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 102320 RRA
SVSTSA

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

OKC001-021-102330-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-080510T2330Z/
ADAIR OK-CHEROKEE OK-
620 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CHEROKEE AND ADAIR COUNTIES 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 3582 9451 3580 9451 3567 9448 3565 9451
      3564 9513 3581 9512 3582 9515 3593 9516
      3611 9456
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 255DEG 49KT 3589 9446

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 11:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWagoner46 min
May 10, 11:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner56 min
May 10, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair30 min
May 10, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh65 min
May 10, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah59 min
May 10, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Sequoyah46 min
May 10, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore57 min
May 10, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, LeFlore, Sequoyah65 min
May 10, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore57 min
May 10, 3:23 PM CDTWind AdvisoryTSAAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more19 hr
May 10, 4:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh23 min
May 10, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg61 min
May 10, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner59 min
May 10, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers52 min
May 10, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg63 min
May 10, 5:14 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg61 min
May 10, 5:16 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg59 min
May 10, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh26 min
May 10, 5:24 PM CDTTornado WarningTSADelaware, Mayes66 min
May 10, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig, Ottawa49 min
May 10, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha31 min
May 10, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee59 min
May 10, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg46 min
May 10, 5:49 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg, Pushmataha41 min
May 10, 5:52 PM CDTTornado WarningTSADelaware53 min
May 10, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha49 min
May 10, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah59 min
May 10, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Delaware40 min
May 10, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Sequoyah34 min
May 10, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore44 min
May 10, 6:18 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha42 min
May 10, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPushmataha49 min
May 10, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair45 min
May 10, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore38 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.