Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 92, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2008, 6:41 PM CDT for LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 38 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, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2008, 7:19 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County LeFlore County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 1:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KTSA 102341
TORTSA
OKC079-110030-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0092.080510T2341Z-080511T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
641 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 638 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTH
OF WISTER...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HOWE 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 3477 9490 3499 9473 3491 9442 3479 9443
3478 9444 3456 9445 3455 9447
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 280DEG 35KT 3479 9475
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 102349
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
649 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
OKC079-110030-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0092.000000T0000Z-080511T0030Z/
LE FLORE OK-
649 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
LE FLORE COUNTY...
AT 646 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HODGEN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HEAVENER.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
LAT...LON 3476 9484 3497 9467 3491 9442 3479 9443
3478 9444 3456 9445 3455 9447
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 280DEG 35KT 3476 9466
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 110002
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
703 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
OKC079-110030-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0092.000000T0000Z-080511T0030Z/
LE FLORE OK-
703 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
LE FLORE COUNTY...
AT 659 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HODGEN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED
COUNTY.
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 3459 9453 3470 9475 3490 9461 3491 9443
3489 9442 3478 9444 3456 9445 3455 9447
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 280DEG 35KT 3475 9454
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 110019 RRA
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
719 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
OKC079-110029-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0092.000000T0000Z-080511T0030Z/
LE FLORE OK-
719 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM
LAT...LON 3459 9453 3470 9475 3490 9461 3491 9443
3489 9442 3478 9444 3456 9445 3455 9447
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 280DEG 35KT 3472 9435
$$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, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 42 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 |
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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.