Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 98, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2008, 7:34 PM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 56 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 26, 2008, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2008, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Osage County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 917 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 502 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.1
- Supercell composite
- 13.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KTSA 270033
TORTSA
OKC113-270130-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0098.080527T0034Z-080527T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
734 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 732 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BURBANK...MOVING EAST AT 17 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BURBANK...
GRAINOLA...FORAKER...PEARSONIA AND SHIDLER.
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 3700 9648 3665 9642 3659 9690 3660 9693
3658 9699 3660 9706 3668 9708 3671 9705
3670 9701 3670 9694 3676 9689 3676 9683
3679 9676 3700 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 264DEG 15KT 3678 9697
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KTSA 270057
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
756 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008
OKC113-270130-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0098.000000T0000Z-080527T0130Z/
OSAGE OK-
756 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN OSAGE COUNTY...
AT 754 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF APPERSON...MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
AND WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 70 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...APPERSON...
BURBANK...WEBB CITY...GRAINOLA...FORAKER...PEARSONIA AND SHIDLER.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
LAT...LON 3700 9648 3665 9642 3659 9690 3660 9693
3658 9699 3660 9706 3668 9708 3671 9705
3670 9701 3670 9694 3676 9689 3676 9683
3679 9676 3700 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 261DEG 21KT 3669 9689
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 60 min |
| May 26, 8:17 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 4 days |
| May 26, 8:17 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 14 hr |
| May 26, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 61 min |
| May 26, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 61 min |
| May 26, 10:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 6 hr |
| May 26, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 54 min |
| May 26, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 77 min |
| May 26, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 61 min |
| May 27, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington | 56 min |
| May 27, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers | 74 min |
| May 27, 12:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 6 hr |
| May 27, 12:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Choctaw, Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington | 18 days |
| May 27, 1:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 63 min |
| May 27, 1:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Washington | 19 days |
| May 27, 1:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Tulsa, Wagoner | 20 days |
| May 27, 2:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 6 hr |
| May 27, 3:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 65 min |
| May 27, 4:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 67 min |
| May 27, 4:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 6 hr |
| May 27, 4:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 76 min |
| May 27, 6:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 20 days |
| May 27, 6:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore, Pushmataha, Sequoyah | 77 min |
| May 27, 8:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, LeFlore, Osage, Pawnee, Sequoyah, Tulsa and 1 more | 20 days |
| May 27, 8:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Choctaw, Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more | 22 days |
| May 27, 8:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington | 2 hr |
| May 27, 9:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 119 min |
| May 27, 9:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 13 hr |
| May 27, 9:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 11 hr |
| May 27, 9:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 6 hr |
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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.