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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2008, 7:40 PM CST for Cherokee County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 50 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
- Jan 7, 2008, 7:40 PM CST (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2008, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cherokee County, OK, Muskogee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 4:02 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 765 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KTSA 080140
TORTSA
OKC021-101-080230-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0009.080108T0140Z-080108T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
740 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
NORTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 830 PM CST
* AT 738 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION 4
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRAGGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...BRAGGS AND
PUMPKIN CENTER.
NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS...TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A
SAFE PLACE
LAT...LON 3573 9496 3564 9509 3565 9512 3562 9512
3556 9521 3563 9540 3598 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 219DEG 32KT 3563 9523
$$3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KTSA 080150 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 751 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008 OKC021-101-080230- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080108T0230Z/ MUSKOGEE OK-CHEROKEE OK- 751 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN CHEROKEE AND NORTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTIES... AT 746 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRAGGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PUMPKIN CENTER. NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS - TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE LAT...LON 3593 9505 3574 9495 3562 9516 3569 9527 TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 219DEG 32KT 3571 9515 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 080153 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 754 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008 OKC021-101-080230- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080108T0230Z/ MUSKOGEE OK-CHEROKEE OK- 754 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN CHEROKEE AND NORTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTIES... AT 751 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PUMPKIN CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME. THE WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS - TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE LAT...LON 3593 9505 3574 9495 3562 9516 3569 9527 TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 227DEG 25KT 3571 9513 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 080221 RRA SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 820 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008 OKC021-101-080230- /O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080108T0230Z/ MUSKOGEE OK-CHEROKEE OK- 820 PM CST MON JAN 7 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CHEROKEE AND NORTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 830 PM CST... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3593 9505 3574 9495 3562 9516 3569 9527 TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 227DEG 25KT 3583 9497 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 6:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 59 min |
| Jan 7, 6:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 67 min |
| Jan 7, 6:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 33 min |
| Jan 7, 7:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee | 42 min |
| Jan 7, 7:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 24 min |
| Jan 7, 7:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 34 min |
| Jan 7, 7:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 41 min |
| Jan 7, 7:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 32 min |
| Jan 7, 7:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 55 min |
| Jan 7, 7:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 31 min |
| Jan 7, 7:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner | 61 min |
| Jan 7, 8:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more | 67 min |
| Jan 7, 8:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 66 min |
| Jan 7, 8:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner | 43 min |
| Jan 7, 8:24 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner | 4 hr |
| Jan 7, 8:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 66 min |
| Jan 7, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 5 more | 60 min |
| Jan 7, 9:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner | 65 min |
| Jan 7, 9:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 3 hr |
| Jan 7, 9:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 63 min |
| Jan 7, 9:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 62 min |
| Jan 7, 10:07 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 53 min |
| Jan 7, 10:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 60 min |
| Jan 7, 10:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Okmulgee | 38 min |
| Jan 7, 11:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Okmulgee | 34 min |
| Jan 7, 11:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 55 min |
| Jan 7, 11:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner | 61 min |
| Jan 8, 12:15 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Creek, Mayes, Nowata, Okmulgee, Rogers and 3 more | 30 min |
| Jan 8, 12:59 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers and 2 more | 61 min |
| Jan 8, 1:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa | 60 min |
| Jan 8, 1:40 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner | 50 min |
| Jan 8, 2:11 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:31 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee | 29 min |
| Jan 8, 2:58 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 32 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.