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Tornado Warning 87, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 10, 2008Adair County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2008, 6:11 PM CDT for Adair County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2008, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2008, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Adair County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 102310
TORTSA
OKC001-135-102345-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0087.080510T2311Z-080510T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 607 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
  MARBLE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MARBLE CITY...
  BRUSHY AND SHORT.

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 3578 9450 3549 9445 3549 9497 3565 9498
      3565 9480
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 247DEG 34KT 3561 9488

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 102321
SVSTSA

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

OKC001-135-102345-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0087.000000T0000Z-080510T2345Z/
ADAIR OK-SEQUOYAH OK-
621 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SEQUOYAH AND SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTIES...

AT 620 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BRUSHY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SHORT.

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 3578 9450 3565 9448 3564 9448 3556 9446
      3555 9447 3549 9445 3549 9487 3565 9480
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 247DEG 34KT 3562 9474

$$
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 102336
SVSTSA

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

OKC001-135-102345-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0087.000000T0000Z-080510T2345Z/
ADAIR OK-SEQUOYAH OK-
636 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SEQUOYAH AND SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTIES...

AT 634 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF SHORT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SHORT.

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 3578 9450 3565 9448 3564 9448 3556 9446
      3557 9480 3565 9480
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 256DEG 20KT 3561 9467

$$

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, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Delaware40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.