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Tornado Warning 88, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 10, 2008Latimer County, LeFlore County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2008, 6:16 PM CDT for Latimer County, LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 44 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, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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, 1:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 229 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2008-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 146 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2008-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 544 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 102316
TORTSA
OKC077-079-110000-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0088.080510T2316Z-080511T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  CENTRAL LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION
  7 MILES SOUTH OF RED OAK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...TAKE COVER NOW

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...FANSHAWE...
  WISTER...HOWE AND HEAVENER.

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.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
BASEBALL 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 3489 9515 3507 9501 3506 9493 3507 9491
      3499 9452 3467 9470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 284DEG 34KT 3485 9499

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 102332
SVSTSA

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

OKC077-102342-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0088.000000T0000Z-080511T0000Z/
LATIMER OK-
632 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LATIMER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3486 9499 3505 9486 3499 9452 3475 9466
      3474 9467 3473 9467 3467 9470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 284DEG 34KT 3481 9481

$$

OKC079-110000-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0088.000000T0000Z-080511T0000Z/
LE FLORE OK-
632 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
LE FLORE COUNTY...

AT 629 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SUMMERFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WISTER...HOWE...
HODGEN AND HEAVENER.

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 3486 9499 3505 9486 3499 9452 3475 9466
      3474 9467 3473 9467 3467 9470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 284DEG 34KT 3481 9481

$$

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, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Sequoyah34 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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.