Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2009, 6:49 PM CDT for LeFlore County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 56 min. 4 reports 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
- Apr 9, 2009, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2009, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties LeFlore County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:15 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 3 Se Muse, OK | BASEBALL TO GOLFBALL HAIL WITH WIDESPREAD ROOF AND WINDOW DAMAGE AROUND MUSE. |
| Apr 9, 7:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 E Muse, OK | |
| Apr 9, 7:26 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Ese Big Cedar, OK | *** 4 INJ *** A TORNADO DESTROYED ONE MOBILE HOME...DAMAGED SEVERAL OTHER MOBILE HOMES...DAMAGED SEVERAL PERMANENT HOMES...DESTROYED BARNS...SNAPPED AND UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREES...AND BLEW DOWN POWER POLES/POWER LINES. FOUR INJURIES OCCURRED. BASED ON THIS DAMA |
| Apr 9, 7:33 PM CDT | TORNADO | 15 Ese Muse, OK | HOUSE DAMAGED...INJURIES REPORTED...UNKNOWN NUMBER |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 1:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 2648 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 607 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 613 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 092349
TORTSA
OKC079-127-100045-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0013.090409T2349Z-090410T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
649 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 648 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MUSE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...OCTAVIA...MUSE
AND BIG CEDAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER 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 3459 9518 3482 9445 3462 9445 3450 9446
3451 9504 3443 9503 3442 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 251DEG 35KT 3451 9505
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 092356
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
656 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009
OKC079-127-100045-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090410T0045Z/
LE FLORE OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
656 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA AND SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTIES...
AT 655 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HONOBIA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS IS
A DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HONOBIA...
OCTAVIA...MUSE AND BIG CEDAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
&&
LAT...LON 3449 9507 3460 9509 3482 9445 3462 9445
3450 9446 3451 9504 3449 9504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 251DEG 35KT 3453 9497
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 100002
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
702 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009
OKC127-100012-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090410T0045Z/
PUSHMATAHA OK-
702 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3464 9494 3482 9445 3462 9445 3450 9446
3451 9494
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 251DEG 35KT 3455 9491
$$
OKC079-100045-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090410T0045Z/
LE FLORE OK-
702 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
LE FLORE COUNTY...
AT 702 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HONOBIA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS IS
A DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...OCTAVIA...MUSE
AND BIG CEDAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
&&
LAT...LON 3464 9494 3482 9445 3462 9445 3450 9446
3451 9494
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 251DEG 35KT 3455 9491
$$000 WWUS54 KTSA 100023 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 723 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009 OKC079-100045- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090410T0045Z/ LE FLORE OK- 723 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY... AT 723 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BIG CEDAR...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BIG CEDAR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3456 9474 3471 9474 3482 9445 3456 9445 TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 251DEG 36KT 3462 9467 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 4:43 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Creek, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee and 7 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:59 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Okmulgee | 24 min |
| Apr 9, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 27 min |
| Apr 9, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa and 1 more | 65 min |
| Apr 9, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Pittsburg | 66 min |
| Apr 9, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Rogers, Tulsa | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 39 min |
| Apr 9, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 53 min |
| Apr 9, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 63 min |
| Apr 9, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 61 min |
| Apr 9, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner | 55 min |
| Apr 9, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah | 62 min |
| Apr 9, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Ottawa, Washington | 59 min |
| Apr 9, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Ottawa, Rogers | 43 min |
| Apr 9, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 29 min |
| Apr 9, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Ottawa | 43 min |
| Apr 9, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 56 min |
| Apr 9, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer | 13 min |
| Apr 9, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore | 37 min |
| Apr 9, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 78 min |
| Apr 9, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 19 min |
| Apr 9, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Pushmataha | 23 min |
| Apr 9, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 76 min |
| Apr 9, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 31 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.