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Tornado Warning 89, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2008, 6:18 PM CDT for Latimer County, LeFlore County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 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, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 6:59 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Octavia, 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 245 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 102318
TORTSA
OKC077-079-127-110000-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0089.080510T2318Z-080511T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
618 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION
3 MILES NORTHWEST OF KIAMICHI...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...TAKE COVER
NOW
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...KIAMICHI...
BENGAL...ALBION...TALIHINA...WHITESBORO...MUSE...BIG CEDAR AND
OCTAVIA.
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 3461 9531 3486 9508 3456 9444 3452 9445
3450 9447 3450 9469 3449 9471 3449 9499
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 292DEG 47KT 3467 9520
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 102333
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
633 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
OKC077-079-127-110000-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-080511T0000Z/
LE FLORE OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-LATIMER OK-
633 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LATIMER...NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA AND SOUTHERN LE FLORE
COUNTIES...
AT 629 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALBION...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THIS IS A
DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WHITESBORO...
HONOBIA...MUSE...BIG CEDAR AND OCTAVIA.
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN
AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO IS LIKELY IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE
COVER NOW
IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR
MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
LAT...LON 3460 9525 3484 9504 3456 9444 3455 9444
3452 9445 3450 9447 3450 9469 3449 9471
3449 9499
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 292DEG 47KT 3460 9503
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 102346
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
646 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
OKC077-102356-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-080511T0000Z/
LATIMER OK-
646 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LATIMER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3453 9507 3453 9510 3454 9510 3454 9512
3456 9517 3479 9492 3455 9444 3450 9447
3449 9499
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 292DEG 47KT 3454 9488
$$
OKC079-127-110000-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-080511T0000Z/
LE FLORE OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
646 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA AND SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTIES...
AT 642 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HONOBIA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THIS IS
A DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MUSE...BIG CEDAR
AND OCTAVIA.
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN
AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO IS LIKELY IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO...TAKE COVER NOW
IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR
MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
LAT...LON 3453 9507 3453 9510 3454 9510 3454 9512
3456 9517 3479 9492 3455 9444 3450 9447
3449 9499
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 292DEG 47KT 3454 9488
$$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, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg | 46 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, 6:24 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.