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Tornado Warning 82, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2008, 5:44 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 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, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2008, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 5:47 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KTSA 102243 TORTSA OKC061-077-079-121-102330- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0082.080510T2244Z-080510T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 544 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA NORTHERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WESTERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA NORTHEASTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 542 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILBURTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...TAKE COVER NOW * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WILBURTON... KINTA...LEQUIRE...RED OAK...BENGAL AND FANSHAWE. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. 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 3512 9477 3478 9492 3498 9550 3517 9541 TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 282DEG 37KT 3501 9535 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KTSA 102258 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 558 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 OKC121-102308- /O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-080510T2330Z/ PITTSBURG OK- 558 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3512 9477 3478 9492 3497 9538 3514 9531 TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 282DEG 37KT 3494 9522 $$ OKC061-077-079-102330- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-080510T2330Z/ HASKELL OK-LE FLORE OK-LATIMER OK- 558 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN LATIMER...WESTERN LE FLORE AND SOUTHERN HASKELL COUNTIES... AT 555 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO TRACK A POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PANOLA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS VERY DANGEROUS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...TAKE COVER NOW SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PANOLA... LEQUIRE...RED OAK AND FANSHAWE. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS LIKELY 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 3512 9477 3478 9492 3497 9538 3514 9531 TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 282DEG 37KT 3494 9522 $$
000
WWUS54 KTSA 102321 RRA
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
622 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
OKC061-102332-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-080510T2330Z/
HASKELL OK-
622 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3489 9515 3507 9500 3506 9493 3509 9491
3512 9478 3511 9477 3510 9479 3478 9492
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 282DEG 37KT 3485 9493
$$
OKC077-079-102330-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-080510T2330Z/
LE FLORE OK-LATIMER OK-
622 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LATIMER AND WESTERN LE FLORE COUNTIES...
AT 617 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO TRACK A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FANSHAWE...MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH. THIS VERY DANGEROUS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO...TAKE COVER NOW
THE WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED
COUNTY.
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
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES 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 3489 9515 3507 9500 3506 9493 3509 9491
3512 9478 3511 9477 3510 9479 3478 9492
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 282DEG 37KT 3485 9493
$$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, 5:24 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, 5:49 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.