Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2009

Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

February 10, 2009Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 10, 5:01 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGPawnee, OKLARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN.
Feb 10, 5:01 PM CSTHAIL 11 N Pawnee, OK
Feb 10, 5:25 PM CSTHAIL 2.54 N Hominy, OK
Feb 10, 5:30 PM CSTHAIL 2.75Wynona, OK
Feb 10, 5:34 PM CSTHAIL 2.75Wynona, OK
Feb 10, 5:38 PM CSTHAIL 0.753 E Pawhuska, OK
Feb 10, 5:40 PM CSTHAIL 1Pawhuska, OK
Feb 10, 5:44 PM CSTHAIL 2.75Nelagoney, OK
Feb 10, 5:45 PM CSTHAIL 1Pawhuska, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 10, 2:42 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2009-02-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2009-02-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 2:10 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer35 min
Feb 10, 2:46 PM CSTFlood WatchTSAAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 15 more13 hr
Feb 10, 2:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg39 min
Feb 10, 3:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore51 min
Feb 10, 3:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah27 min
Feb 10, 3:38 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg52 min
Feb 10, 3:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, LeFlore, Sequoyah61 min
Feb 10, 4:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee40 min
Feb 10, 4:35 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee25 min
Feb 10, 5:38 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Washington52 min
Feb 10, 5:47 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee4 hr

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Oklahoma, 2009Every tornado warning in 2009Tornadoes in 2009

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.