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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 10, 2009Adair County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2009, 6:47 PM CDT for Adair County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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
Jun 10, 2009, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2009, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Adair County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 10, 7:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG8 Ene Marble City, OKTREE ON HOME.

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
Jun 10, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2009-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1058 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2009-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 390 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1058 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-178 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
390 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
408 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
16.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 102347
TORTSA
OKC001-135-110015-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0027.090610T2347Z-090611T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
647 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 647 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BRUSHY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BRUSHY AND
  SHORT.

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 3547 9480 3559 9488 3576 9449 3556 9446
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 245DEG 36KT 3553 9478

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 110005
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
705 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

OKC001-135-110015-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-090611T0015Z/
ADAIR OK-SEQUOYAH OK-
705 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SEQUOYAH AND SOUTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTIES...

AT 704 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF SHORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SHORT.

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

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
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 3556 9446 3551 9465 3566 9473 3576 9449
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 239DEG 32KT 3562 9464

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee48 min
Jun 9, 8:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage27 min
Jun 9, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage54 min
Jun 9, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa66 min
Jun 9, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Nowata, Ottawa40 min
Jun 9, 9:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington36 min
Jun 9, 9:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACraig, Ottawa65 min
Jun 9, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Ottawa60 min
Jun 9, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes55 min
Jun 10, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Pawnee37 min
Jun 10, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage44 min
Jun 10, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee54 min
Jun 10, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee38 min
Jun 10, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Rogers, Washington47 min
Jun 10, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg71 min
Jun 10, 5:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa24 min
Jun 10, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg67 min
Jun 10, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee and 3 more56 min
Jun 10, 6:32 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Sequoyah28 min
Jun 10, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee and 2 more66 min

Nearby

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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.