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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Feb 10, 2009, 4:59 PM CST for Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 min. 9 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
- Feb 10, 2009, 4:59 PM CST (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2009, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 5:01 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Pawnee, OK | LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN. |
| Feb 10, 5:01 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 1 N Pawnee, OK | |
| Feb 10, 5:25 PM CST | HAIL 2.5 | 4 N Hominy, OK | |
| Feb 10, 5:30 PM CST | HAIL 2.75 | Wynona, OK | |
| Feb 10, 5:34 PM CST | HAIL 2.75 | Wynona, OK | |
| Feb 10, 5:38 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | 3 E Pawhuska, OK | |
| Feb 10, 5:40 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Pawhuska, OK | |
| Feb 10, 5:44 PM CST | HAIL 2.75 | Nelagoney, OK | |
| Feb 10, 5:45 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Pawhuska, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2:42 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 2319 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 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 102259
TORTSA
OKC113-117-102345-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0002.090210T2259Z-090210T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
459 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 545 PM CST
* AT 455 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION 3
MILES NORTHWEST OF MARAMEC...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS IS A
DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.
ANOTHER TORNADIC STORM IS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RALSTON ALSO
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SKEDEE...
BLACKBURN...RALSTON...FAIRFAX...WYNONA...PAWHUSKA AND PEARSONIA.
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 3666 9667 3687 9641 3669 9612 3617 9669
3628 9686
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 218DEG 38KT 3630 9670
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 102315
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
515 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009
OKC113-117-102345-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090210T2345Z/
OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-
515 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR PAWNEE
AND CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTIES...
AT 512 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLACKBURN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT
ANY TIME.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WYNONA...
PERSHING...PAWHUSKA AND NELAGONEY.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
LAT...LON 3639 9668 3677 9625 3676 9624 3668 9613
3629 9655
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 225DEG 37KT 3640 9652
$$000 WWUS54 KTSA 102332 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 532 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 OKC117-102342- /O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090210T2345Z/ PAWNEE OK- 532 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PAWNEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3655 9649 3676 9624 3668 9613 3645 9637 TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 226DEG 45KT 3655 9633 $$ OKC113-102345- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090210T2345Z/ OSAGE OK- 532 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTY... AT 529 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WYNONA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PERSHING... PAWHUSKA AND NELAGONEY. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS LAT...LON 3655 9649 3676 9624 3668 9613 3645 9637 TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 226DEG 45KT 3655 9633 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2:10 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 35 min |
| Feb 10, 2:46 PM CST | Flood Watch | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 15 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 39 min |
| Feb 10, 3:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore | 51 min |
| Feb 10, 3:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 27 min |
| Feb 10, 3:38 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 52 min |
| Feb 10, 3:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 61 min |
| Feb 10, 4:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 40 min |
| Feb 10, 4:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 25 min |
| Feb 10, 5:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 52 min |
| Feb 10, 5:47 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.