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Tornado Warning 86, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 10, 2008Adair County, Delaware County, Oklahoma; Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2008, 6:05 PM CDT for Adair County, Delaware County, Oklahoma; Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2008, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Benton County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Delaware County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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, 6:08 PM CDTHAIL 0.881 W Cincinnati, AR

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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 105 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 102305
TORTSA
ARC007-143-OKC001-041-102345-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0086.080510T2305Z-080510T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
  NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 603 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF WATTS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CINCINNATI...
  WATTS...LINCOLN...WEST SILOAM SPRINGS...SILOAM SPRINGS...PRAIRIE
  GROVE...FARMINGTON...GREENLAND...FAYETTEVILLE...TONTITOWN AND
  SPRINGDALE.

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 3626 9461 3626 9411 3602 9404 3582 9464
      3608 9476
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 235DEG 53KT 3609 9460

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 102318
SVSTSA

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

OKC001-041-102328-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0086.000000T0000Z-080510T2345Z/
DELAWARE OK-ADAIR OK-
618 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN ADAIR AND SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3602 9404 3598 9440 3605 9447 3626 9445
      3626 9411
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 241DEG 67KT 3621 9425

$$

ARC007-143-102345-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0086.000000T0000Z-080510T2345Z/
WASHINGTON AR-BENTON AR-
618 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
BENTON AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 616 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR HARMON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...JOHNSON...OAK
GROVE...SHADY GROVE AND SPRINGDALE.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TENNIS 
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF NO 
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3602 9404 3598 9440 3605 9447 3626 9445
      3626 9411
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 241DEG 67KT 3621 9425

$$

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, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Muskogee41 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, 6:11 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
May 10, 12:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Washington52 min
May 10, 1:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll, Madison, Washington61 min
May 10, 1:32 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACarroll, Madison, Washington43 min
May 10, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington66 min
May 10, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton, Carroll, Madison, Washington46 min
May 10, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton30 min
May 10, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington63 min

Nearby

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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.